Narrative

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The narrative in the story is a first-person point-of-view by the author Marjane Satrapi. This gives the story a more personal touch. For instance, she describes a close personal relationship with God early on in the book:

She is telling her story, based on her experiences during the Cultural Revolution. The reader gets an insight in how a child experienced it. The characters she portrays in the book, is very eager to participate in the demonstrations and contribute.

She is ten years old at the start of her book, so the story is based on what she remembers from when she was young. The book was published about 25 years after the Cultural Revolution started, and Marjane's memory might not recall the happenings precisely. Due to the fact that she was so young when it all started, she might not have fully comprehended what was going on at the time. Hence, the narrative is not an all-knowing storyteller, but rather a expression of her views. Her reason to write the story, she said in the introduction of the book she wanted to remind people that an entire nation shouldn't be judged by what a few extremists did, and that she didn't wish for the people who dies or sacrificed other things to be forgotten.