BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL

Throughout the comic, there are panels where Marji will look directly at you, speechless or explaining her thoughts. This is called breaking the fourth wall, which means the character's awareness of the reader/ audience. Although, I'm not actually sure if the author, Marjane Satrapi, meant for Marji to be aware of the readers, or if she wanted to capture the whole "documentary style" in her comic, as this is an autobiography. Either way, I think it's pretty cool.