Persepolis (BOOK vs. MOVIE)

We had the privilege to watch the beginning of Persepolis the motion picture. After reading the entire book, I was anxious to see if Marjane Satrapi kept the movie the same with the book. The first thing I realized was that the movie was also animated and had the same illustrations as the book, or at least similar. I could tell who each character was by what they said and how they looked. The movie pretty much followed the same story line as the book.

It began the same way, when she was about 10 years old. But, there were some parts that were left out and the movie seemed to move much faster than the book did. The movie didn't show Marjane going to the demonstration with their maid. They also didn't show her parents taking a trip to Turkey. There were many smaller things too, but overall, the movie was very similar. Her parents sounded just as I had read and young Marjane's personality was just as funny as in the book.