Plot
2 Color Symbolism
There are ve colors repeated throughout the entire novel:
yellow, blue, red, black and white. They reect the colors
of each of the countries ags that Riads families reside in
throughout the book. The rst chapter of Sattoufs novel
recounts his time in Libya. The background color of the
panels is yellow. While yellow typically provokes brightness and happiness, the specic shade painted is actually
a dull, mustard color. Something that Riad really takes
pride in is his platinum-blonde hair with golden highlights. In fact, that is how he describes himself in the rst
panel shown. Since his father has very dark hair, this light
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graphic memoirs. The text has been translated into sixteen languages,[7] demonstrating its international appeal.
There are two other colors that are vividly seen throughout the book: a vibrant green and a deep red. The green is
rst seen in Libya, mainly representing Gadda. His little
green book set the rules for the Libyan people. Ironically,
green has been a color that universally tends to represent
goodness and moving forward. However, it is apparent
that life in Libya is anything but that. The deep red appears when Riad draws the bull his father loves in one
of his classes in France, when his grandfather shared his
vacation pictures and when there was a potential ghost
in his French grandmothers house. The choice in color
could be to depict that all these objects are either bad or
have an element of danger to them. Even though Riads
father loves his bull, it is actually one symbol of capitalism and Wall Street - something the Middle Eastern
is vehemently ghting with. Riads grandfather is a terrible inuence, constantly irting with every woman he
sees and using Riad to pick these women up. A ghost in
ones house is rarely something that anyone desires. Sattouf uses these bold colors to highlight specic moments
he wants the reader to give extra attention to and provoke
the audience to give it a second thought.
Critical Reception
The Arab of the Future has received widespread critical acclaim and is considered an instant classic among
5 External links
The Arab of the Future website.
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