Persepolis Humor

In what ways is humour effective at dealing with difficult situations?

Discuss what you have learned from Persepolis about humor.

(n.) hu·mor (hyo͞o′mər)

1. The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness.

(Humor. (n.d.). Retrieved August 21, 2016, from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/humor)

(Almost) everybody has used humor before. It's a great way to break the ice, releas pent up emotions, or prevent things from becoming over-whelming.

In the graphic novel Persepolis, The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return, written by Marjane Satrapi, humor is used in numerous ways to lighten up and deal with difficult situations. The story is set in sexist, 1980s Iran which weren't the best times for the country. The

The novel starts with her at age ten, however, do not let her age fool you. She is very clever and proven when she explains the summary of Iran's history to the reader. The author uses Marijane's character to illustrate the difficulties of what it's like being a muslim woman in Iran. However, the protagonist does have a sense of humor and often uses it to revitalize the reader. Often after Marijane explains an attrocity, she will say something that will lighten the mood like a humorous curse word or she'll have a funny conversation with another character in the book.

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This book has taught me a handful of thing including that humor can be used very effectively to relieve negtive tension, and can help keep the reader engaged on the reading. Personally, I get uniterested in something relatively fast without there being humor of some sort. It keeps me entertained and focused. The way Satrapi used Marijane's character did an excellent job at breaking any negative tension and keeping the reader engaged all through the use of humor.

Overall, Persepolis is a great book and has even taught me some jokes I might have to try on my friends ;-).