Marjane’s views on culture and freedom change considerable throughout the book. In the beginning of the book where she is a child and through teenage years‚ right up to being an adult. She robustly considers liberty to be a valuable commodity‚ and in Iran where she lived it was a popular belief. Under the Shahs regime people are fighting and giving their lives in the name of freedom‚ which influences Marjane greatly. These values show through in her words for example when she says. "existence is not
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experiences and life style ways. Violence and protests are used to bring awareness about the unfair treatment to open the minds of those who simply think unfairly. In my novel “Persepolis” Marjane‚ the author and protagonist‚ shares her life in Iran describing the war and new laws made during her childhood. Marjane sees violence being used to get justice in her country‚ as she’s growing up Marjane experiences trauma
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religion differs Although the religious aspects of the Greek and Persian empires differed‚ their military strategies were similar and influential of everyday life. Where as Zoroastrianism‚ a monotheistic religion‚ was practiced throughout Iran‚ Greek polis’ had widespread polytheistic beliefs. In both Greek and Persia‚ military
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only to be faced with a new government that is even worse than the one overthrown? This is exactly what happened in Persepolis: The Story Of A Childhood by Marjane Satrapi. Persepolis: the Story of a Childhood is a story of a young girl’s life in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. After many organized and fatal protests The Shah is finally overthrown and a new Islamic Regime takes control and just like that the peoples’ lives were turned upside down. Unfortunately‚ everyone who supported the revolution
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look at Iran with a different outlook. By portraying her childhood story in a black and white comic book style Satrapi‚ makes her novel easier to relate to. The reason she chose to make her autobiographical novel black and white is so that the person reading it would not judge the characters by their skin color or physic‚ but rather see them for what they really are‚ human. Forgeries often have a negative stereotypical perception about Iran but upon reading Persepolis ones opinion of Iran changes
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Have you ever taken a look at any other lifestyle besides yours? Well Marjane Satrapi has always lived in Iran‚ and she is pretty used to her lifestyle. If anything‚ Marjane is now trying to understand the changes in her lifestyle and why it’s happening. Marjane Satrapi’s understanding of the lifestyle in Iran is affected by three things: imperialism‚ social classes‚ and religion. The first photo demonstrates imperialism because the girl playing with the dolls represents a bigger country that is
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Strip? Should Israel negotiate with groups like Hamas and Fatah? Women’s Rights How are women’s rights changing over time in _________ ?(Choose a country: Turkey‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Egypt‚ Iran) Iran (choose 1 research question) What should be done about Iran and its nuclear program? Is democracy possible in Iran? (Look at protests over presidential election in 2009.) What should be done about Iran’s sponsorship of groups like Hezbollah and Hamas? Terrorism (choose 1 research question) How
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On the West‚ Pakistan borders with Afghanistan‚ whose one kilometer narrow Wahkhan strip kept the defunct Soviet Union away from Pakistani frontiers. To the North‚ she has the Peoples Republic of China. The oil rich heart of the Persian Gulf region-Iran‚ is in the northwest of Pakistan. In the South‚ the Arabian Sea‚ the northwestern extension of the strategically important Indian Ocean washes Pakistan’s coastal shores. The vitality of Indian Ocean has remained unquestionable throughout the known
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matters because they are ignorant on the subject. Rather than educate themselves and formulate their own opinions‚ they listen to the people around them and simply agree. At the beginning of this assignment I did not feel I had enough knowledge about Iran to write a full paper about the subject. I have very general knowledge about the country. My first thoughts were religious extremism‚ oil‚ and links to terrorist groups. They say that ignorance is bliss and I can honestly say that I am guilty of being
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Anthony Gustely and Delaney Pressler WHAP B Block The Safavids (15011736) Who are they? ● The Safavids were members of the Safavid Empire that ruled Persia (present day Iran) from 15011736 and strayed from Sunni Islam and founded Shia Islam as the official religion of the state. Where are they from? ● The Safavids were from Persia‚ which is now presentday Iran. What nations or empires bordered this kingdom? ● The Ottoman Empire bordered the Safavid Empire from the west ○ composed of Turkey‚ Egypt‚ Greece
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