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The children feel like outsiders in their society and take it upon themselves to fight the system they find themselves forced into.

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Because it is a memoir we believe the events depicted are true, they have more impact because of this.

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The use of the graphic narrative genre enhances the impact of the themes foregrounded by the memoir and also the availability. The meaning of pictures is not limited by language and images generally have greater emotional value.

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The memoir allows for imagery to stand out with more emotion

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The memoir grounds the story in the real world, which is what gives it its impact.
The fictional story allows for ideas to be explored further and perhaps slightly romanticised for effect.

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For a long time, the memory declines, and the unclear memory brings errors; there are personal interests in it, intentionally exaggerating or narrowing the real situation of history

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In this book I feel like Marjane is thrown into adult hood in a very different way, and you grow with her more, which is very different from the shorter time frame of 400 blows, and its told more from the childs aspect than nervous conditions.

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Both the nervous conditions and the 400 blows had their protagonists grow outside the walls of a family vs persepolis which allowed the growth within a family with meaning added by history

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In Persepolis, the family is an escape from the realities of society and life outside whereas in 400 Blows and Nervous Conditions, the family is the thing that is the point of drama and distress within the story. 400 Blows and Persepolis both seem to portray children and childhood as a reflection of a persons upbringing, rather by society or family. Nervous Conditions allows childhood to move outside of a persons context, but as a person learning and coming into their own person.

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Her experiences in Austria were interesting in the way people perceived her. There's a line at some point (not sure whether in Persepolis 1 or 2) when she returns to Iran where she says that when she was in Austria, she was "the Iranian", and in Iran she's now the "Anglicized European woman." She no longer belongs, she's been "tainted" by the cultures she's experienced and no longer neatly fits into one or the other. I thought it was explained in a way that was really understandable, even for someone who has only ever lived in one country.

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both characters (in the 400 blows and Persepolis) had to spend the majority of their formative years away from their parents (or not having much of a connection with them), this would have influenced the way they developed. Although obviously in the 400 blows this separation was not strictly neccessary, while Marjane has a good relationship with her parents- being sent overseas because of external influences.

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The visual aspect allows us to see the world in the way she did, creative spirit and all but also allowed the reader to connect more with the text. The draw back as mentioned is that memory can be warped, and some people may not connect with the comics

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Persepolis in its comical tone is remnant of the representation of childhood in 400 Blows - none of the issues are taken ‘seriously’ but are seen from the perspective of a child whereas Nervous Conditions is attempting to make a serious statement and draw our attention to a widespread issue

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Persepolis presents a contrasting experience of childhood and family life to 400 Blows. They both show the joys of childhood however 400 Blows indicates the negative family relationship where as in Persepolis the child-parental relationship is sound.

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Persepolis is a much more powerful story for us. Nervous conditions is about grappling with education and what it means to be female in a colonised world - rather than in a political context. There are similarities between Persepolis and Nervous Conditions in their treatment of women. 400 Blows and Persepolis treat childhood as something to do with experience rather than as something reflective

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I think in 400 Blows and Nervous Conditions the adults in the texts expect the children to grow up quickly and don't try to protect them to the harsh realities going on around them, whereas in Persepolis, all of the adults are trying to sensor and protect Marji from things they believe she's too young to understand. In the first 2 texts childhood is almost just a stage where you serve and assist your parents, whereas in Persepolis the character has a deep relationship with the adults around her that try to preserve her youth and childhood as long as possible

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A conventional memoir is read as words and the impact of emotions and events could be lost or lessened by this medium.