crisis? Draw on your readings to discuss the reasons for the revolutions in France‚ Russia and Iran. This essay identifies common themes that throw legitimacy into crisis through a comparison of the causes of the French‚ Russian and Iranian revolutions. As stipulated in the Social Contract‚ as explained by John Locke‚ society has the right to overthrow the authority through revolution when the contract is in breach. Therefore‚ legitimacy ensures political stability and must be lost
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[pic] | | 1979: Iranian Revolution Iran was once one of America’s closest allies; now it’s one of President Obama’s biggest headaches By Peter Edidin |[pic] | |Click for timeline | During his first television interview from the White House—given not to an American network but to Al-Arabiya‚ an Arabic-language channel broadcast throughout the Arab world—President
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depth look at how Iran not only was in war with surrounding Countries but also at war within its own borders. When Persepolis first began Marji attended a coed non religious school. This was normal for Iran until the Cultural Revolution. The Iranian government ordered that bilingual schools be closed down because they were a
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Persepolis is a graphic novel written by Marjane Satrapi‚ who was growing up during the Iranian Revolution in the late 1970’s. The novel displays her experience during the Revolution and shows how it impacted her as a child and the environment she lived. Almost all of the pictures she draws in the graphic novel have a lot more thought put into them than the average reader might think. For example the image to the right (Persepolis‚ page 44‚ far-right center) shows many different things when looked
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According to the perspective of Marjane‚ both the Shah and the Islamic fundamentalist regime are characterized as bad rulers of the Iranian people and it is difficult to say which was worse for the Iranian people. Satrapi seems to say that each regime is one side of the same coin. The Shah was brutal to his people‚ imprisoning many of the political revolutionists‚ in his attempt to maintain power and to serve Western interests. The Islamic regime used the same brutality for the same reasons in order
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The Iranian Hostage Crisis The Iranian Hostage Crisis was a horrific event in which many American were captured and held hostage in the Iranian American embassy. In America‚ this was met with shock; spurring newfound hatred of Iranians. In the book Funny in Farsi‚ the author and her family‚ Iranian immigrants living in Southern California‚ are subjected to the scrutiny and prejudice of the people around them for that reason. At the end of the 1970’s‚ a new wave ushered America into a new
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revolution was to end the repressive dictatorship of the shah‚ who was seen corrupt. This lead to revolutionary supporters wanting to hurt the people who helped. This happened in the book “The Septembers of Shiraz”‚ the book takes place during the iranian revolution and the revolutionary guards were getting a little out of control. For example‚ “The guard rests the swords glistening tip on Farnazs neck‚ pressing down slightly. “Find the damn certificate‚ sister!” He yells in her ear”(Sofer‚ 255). This
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In the book Persepolis‚ the pictures represent a devastating time in Iranian history. The fourth panel on page twenty nine is a picture that gives a good representation of Iran’s history. The bottom left corner presents Marjane’s father taking pictures of demonstrations and fighting between the people and the government. To the right of Marjane’s father are nine pictures unaligned‚ all of whom are taken during the demonstration. The pictures were mainly of the military controlling the demonstrators
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CELTA – Assignment 3 Learner Profile I interviewed ******** an Iranian 31 year old female student in the Level I class. ****’s native language is Persian (Farsi). **** came to England a year ago to join her Iranian husband who has been living and working in England for the past 5 years. At present they have no children. She has only been attending class at college for a few weeks where she is also taking a class in mathematics in order to learn the correct English terminology. **** is an
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attending the school‚ wore their veils‚ while the guardians of the revolution’s role were to arrest females that were improperly veiled. The younger Marji’s role was to show us how the Iranian Revolution/ the mandatory wearing of the veil affected her life‚ while the older Marji’s role was to show us how Iranian cultural expectations of gender differ from Western cultural expectations of gender. These women were forced into these prescribed roles and some managed to rebel against them. Two example
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