Persepolis Resistance
Resistance noun/ re-zis-tense
Resistance is the process of creating a fair world by voicing the nontrivial injustices that plague society’s institutions and by fighting with action to resolve those inequities.
Resistance takes many forms, and all of the texts demonstrate the full definition of resistance, but the different clauses and phrases will be best exemplified by certain texts. In Persepolis, Satrapi shows that the manifestations of resistance that she saw in her childhood ultimately existed so that a fairer world would be created. In Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Freire gives voice to the resistance against socio-economic oppression by critiquing the institutions of his world. In “Brokeback Mountain”, Proulx creates a narrative that stresses the gravity of violence against gay and queer people, so that the injustices against LGBT people are shown to be nontrivial. Finally, in Notes of a Native Son, Baldwin shows the actions he takes to fight the systems of oppression that he experiences.
In Persepolis, people resisted the injustices that existed in the society around them because they believed that they were fighting for something meaningful in order to change the world, and this desire to better the world is demonstrated in the Satrapi family’s fight for women’s rights. Throughout Persepolis, the mother consistently fought against being forced to wear the veil because she did not want to lose her agency for self-expression. The mother knew the importance of letting women dictate their own lives, and she strove to empower her daughter by letting her go to a demonstration in the following passage: …show more content…
Freire critiques the institutions of socio-economic oppression in his society by articulating the problems with the
Resistance is the process of creating a fair world by voicing the nontrivial injustices that plague society’s institutions and by fighting with action to resolve those inequities.
Resistance takes many forms, and all of the texts demonstrate the full definition of resistance, but the different clauses and phrases will be best exemplified by certain texts. In Persepolis, Satrapi shows that the manifestations of resistance that she saw in her childhood ultimately existed so that a fairer world would be created. In Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Freire gives voice to the resistance against socio-economic oppression by critiquing the institutions of his world. In “Brokeback Mountain”, Proulx creates a narrative that stresses the gravity of violence against gay and queer people, so that the injustices against LGBT people are shown to be nontrivial. Finally, in Notes of a Native Son, Baldwin shows the actions he takes to fight the systems of oppression that he experiences.
In Persepolis, people resisted the injustices that existed in the society around them because they believed that they were fighting for something meaningful in order to change the world, and this desire to better the world is demonstrated in the Satrapi family’s fight for women’s rights. Throughout Persepolis, the mother consistently fought against being forced to wear the veil because she did not want to lose her agency for self-expression. The mother knew the importance of letting women dictate their own lives, and she strove to empower her daughter by letting her go to a demonstration in the following passage: …show more content…
Freire critiques the institutions of socio-economic oppression in his society by articulating the problems with the