including Persepolis can include the advantages a man can have but not a woman. In the beginning of the graphic novel‚ men and women are shown with an equal comparison such as wearing similar clothing or going to the same school. It is until the Iranian government that creates a new law for women and men that limits their human rights all together. As the story develops‚ the audience can see how a change in the social structure in Iran can affect both genders‚ both male and female. For starters
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Issues of Iranian foreign policy Topic: US-Iran relations Submitted to: Sir Syed Sikander sb Submitted by: Waseem Abbas -02 Asrar Hussain -19 Department of International Relations Introduction With more than 70 million people‚ the Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the most populous countries in the Middle East. In addition to this large and talented human-resource pool‚ Iran possesses a
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with religion and government views. People were executed and sent to jail for showing any sign of indifference. These women took great risks to be themselves. Marjane and her family indulged in many of the things that were band in Iran during the Iranian Revolution‚ such as board games‚ music‚ partying‚ and wine. Also in their physical appearance‚ they showed there disagreement with the regimes new policy when they revealed strands of their hair through their veil. In Persepolis‚ we see Marjane’s
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growing up in Iran. Growing up‚ she is surrounded by her loving family and relatives‚ and like most teenagers anywhere‚ she has a penchant for pop music‚ fashion‚ and rebelliousness. Soon‚ Marjane finds herself confronting the injustices of the Iranian regime. She sees her uncle die after his window-washer-turned-government employee refused to give him permission to seek medical treatment abroad. Women like her had to shroud their faces from men. Alcohol and other Western decadence have been
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because I learned from it‚ the film was accurate and matched what we learned in class‚ and the movie itself was very captivating and interesting to watch. Watching the film in class led me to better understand the hostage crisis which took place in Tehran Iran. Although the movie was not shot in Iran they did a very good job of making it seem like it was‚ they also did a good job of including the Iranian culture in the film which helped me understand the crisis more. My comprehension of the American
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granted what we have in the United States; criticizing every little thing that doesn’t go our way… the women in Iran had everything they loved taken away. We all have dreams of being able to do what we want. The first and most prominent difference Iranian women had to endure would be that they were forced to wear a chador‚ under all conditions no matter how unbearable the weather was. Women in Tehran had little or no freedom outside of their houses. Azar Nafisi (author) was taking a huge risk with
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There was a major censorship and arrests and torture of political prisoners showing that autocracy was in Iran to stay. One of the reasons for the occurrence of the Iranian revolution was due to Iran’s Economy. Around 1962 and 1975‚ economic and social measures in Iran saw huge improvements. This was due to the Shah implementing what he called a ‘White Revolution’ this was a top-down modernisation scheme led by the monarchy
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It has recently announced that a new movie theater may be built in your neighborhood. Do you support or oppose this plan? Why? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.Words: 334‚ TIME: 30 My neighborhood is a nice quiet area near the center of the city. Building a movie theatre in the neighborhood will not be so good for the people living here because can bring a lot of traffic‚ people will get annoyed by the noise of lots of people coming every day at the theatre and a I believe
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Persepolis was a very insightful movie about the lives of Iranian people at a very important time in the country’s history. Two topics that stuck out to me the most were the effects of the war on the everyday lives of the citizens of Iran and secondly the not-so-patriarchal lifestyle of people at the household level. Once the revolution to bring down the Shah began‚ which was followed by the Iran-Iraq war‚ the lives of Iranians were never the same again. Before these events‚ Iran appeared to be
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woman is the accepted woman which leads to the woman who aren’t virgins anymore to consider embroidery. Satrapi vividly retells a secret about her grandmother’s friend‚ Nahid. Nahid’s parents chose a husband for her when she was barely 18. In the Iranian culture‚ this was how marriages were set in the past‚ they were arranged. The problem was that Nahid loved someone else. Nahid cries to Satripi’s grandmother saying her life is over because she has lost her virginity. Nahid said‚ I’m going to be married
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