My favorite chapter of Persepolis so far would be chapter 9 entitled “The Sheep. We’ve seen how close Marji’s and Uncle Anoosh have gotten. In this chapter we lose him, he is executed. He always says “everything will be alright”, something that Marji will also say later on. He never held back from talking with her instead of talking to her. Marji already knows that his trip wasn’t really a trip, it’s just what someone says to cover up what they can’t say. I loved the illustrations, especially the expression Marji makes when she finds out her uncle went on a “trip”. I also appreciated the conversations between Marji’s parents about going to the United States, it’s short but important. The life that they could have, would come with a lot of struggle and pain. What specifically led me to choose this chapter was how Marji yells at God himself, it’s very contrasting from her other conversations with God. She floats in space surrounded by darkness, and yells “shut up”. It’s an incredible way to illustrate how a child perceives the world, how unfair life is, how people die and how things end. After this chapter, there’s a shift I would say, from childhood to adolescence.