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    Persepolis Paragraph

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    Green: context. Yellow: remember to include the author in your argument since you’re arguing what she is doing. Blue: analysis of picture that goes beyond summary. Pink: explanation. Through her textual and visual evidence‚ Satrapi highlights how Marji’s informal education helps her see the inequalities that exist within the social classes in Iran. The books she reads educate her so that she wants to fight the Shah’s regime and help the people in Iran gain some type of power. At

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    Humor Concept Speech

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    that I just do. That’s the beauty of humor; it’s not a science‚ it’s an art. There is no magical equation to making an audience or even a person laugh at every presented joke because each person has their own sense of humor. Today‚ we’ll be exploring the definition‚ synonyms and antonyms‚ how different types of humor are linked to our society and central aspects that make humor so individual centered. The word humor has various definitions. Wikipedia defines humor as the tendency of particular cognitive

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    In the graphic memoir‚ Persepolis‚ Marjane Satrapi introduces many different symbols to reveal different themes‚ such as confinement and identity loss. One specific symbol would be the veil. This was revealed in chapter one when the new regime in Iran made wearing the veil mandatory‚ “then came 1980: the year it became obligatory to wear the veil at school” (3). In general‚ a veil is used for covering‚ such as in weddings veils for used to cover the bride before she meets her husband. In this case

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    "casey and the bat" the author don’t use humor like a funny thing in the poem said phrases that make the poem humor is that the author use to identify the person who is speaking about‚ this poem has logically ideas about the topic that is that make the poem strong with the humor he uses many phrases to focus you in a world of things that you think about this one‚ "that ain’t my style" the author use some of this sentences to make you mind think about how is the person in what you reading. Focus

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    Humor in Latino Culture

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    10 CODES THAT DEFINE LATINO HUMOR The one paragraph about Latino humor “The aspects that characterize the Latino humor are: satire‚ ethnic self parody‚ parody of the dominant culture‚ code switching‚ language plays between Spanish and English‚ mistranslations and the fusion of the profane‚ body functions‚ sex and swear words into a self referential type of catharsis” Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture‚ Volume 1 1- Humor determines how close or far the rest are from our own selves

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    Persepolis Song Assignment Kyle Andersen 5/23/13 If someone came into our country and started play music that denounced freedom‚ football‚ and Christianity would many Americans be offended? The answer to this question is also the answer to as why the ruling party in Iran in the 1980’s banned all music that went against the principles of Islam. The Muslim religion denounces drugs‚ adultery‚ alcohol‚ gambling‚ renouncing Islam‚ and the consumption of certain animals. During the 1980’s‚ American

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    event that happened already throughout their life or it could be completely irrelevant to them. Often the children who make connections about the stories that they were told find meaning in it that can potentially change their lives. Similarly‚ in Persepolis‚ written by Marjane Satrapi‚ Marji finds meaning in the stories that were told to her throughout the entire graphic novel. Uncle Annosh’s story‚ as well as her grandfather’s story‚ told by her grandma were stories that Marji found meaning in that

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    Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic novel about the islamic revolution in 1979. The book was wrote by Marjane as well as illustrated which makes the images connect and show what she thought better than if someone else did it. Every image in the book was carefully thought out in order to help the reader get the most out of them. One image in particular that has lots of imagery is the image of 3 men sitting around a campfire on the bottom row of page 19. The image of the men sitting around

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    religious‚ physical‚ traditional‚ or even affected by disdained feelings against them‚ Muslims suffer from all kinds of stereotypes. This occurrence‚ however‚ is clearly recognized by a Muslim author named Marjane Satrapi. In her graphic novel‚ Persepolis‚ Satrapi illustrates her story of living in Iran as a discreet revolutionist child going against the Fundamentalists’ throughout the Islamic Revolution. Proving Iran’s image of having connections with fundamentalism‚ fanaticism‚ and terrorism false

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    December 3‚ 2013 Essay #3 HUMOR AND ITS RELATION TO A HEALTHIER LIFE Ever since I can remember‚ I have always enjoyed to make myself and others laugh. Humor has always played an important role in my life as it was key in helping me develop my personality and outlook on life through childhood. What I did not realize however‚ was why or how it made me feel better about myself. For this research paper‚ I wanted to find out just exactly how humor affects us in our day to day lives‚ and

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