Socks

In response to the illustrated story "The Socks", i was very impressed with the combination of the use of illustrations and story to portray an idea. Marjane uses black and white illustrastions throughout this story and I am not sure if she did this on purpose or if it was just the way it was eventually published but i thought that that was one of the most powerful aspects of the story. She writes about freedom and liberation Iran, specifically for women and the youth culture. I thought that by illustrating this point in black and white, she takes a new view at her argument. In the story, there are policemen and authourity figures that supress Marjane and her friends. The policemen make arguments about how women are different than men and yet to have them illustrated in the same color and same shading, they look very similar. I though that this could have been a ploy to present a view of how everyone is eventually equal because underneath our outside layers, its just as simple as black and white.