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 home‚ Marji’s parents give her many books about people in other countries that in the past have tried to rebel against their own government. Satrapi includes a panel where Marji is sitting
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During the late nineteen hundreds‚ Iran went through two large revolutions which caused a great deal of destruction. For children like Marjane‚ this was a difficult period of time to grow up due to the strictness of laws and constant violence. The two different revolutions caused many issues in areas such as religion‚ government‚ and education. These major changes cause the amount of disorder and mayhem to escalate to a dangerous level. However‚ numerous families had different reactions to the many
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So flash forward to Marjane as she is growing up in the transition period from what was a fairly equal modern society to the religious extreme that exists today. The first thing they change is the education of women. They are separated from the boys which separates the sexes even more and then they are taught that they must abide by strict muslim values that restrict the abilities of women to express themselves. However Marjane goes to Europe for her education in an attempt
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completed Freud Vocabulary when you take the Midterm Exam 1. Both Ophelia and Marjane experience bouts of deep depression. In what ways are the conditions that contribute to their respective depressions similar and how do they differ? What‚ other than the difference in their temperaments‚ might account for each responded to her sorrows? What events led to each young woman’s depression? What were the elements that helped Marjane recover that weren’t available to Ophelia? 2. Compare and contrast the
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External Inspiration Composers‚ artists‚ musicians‚ singers‚ and writers all have confessed to writing or drawing to express what they’ve experienced or how they feel. Their art is created to present a main point to their audience. These artists use their talents not only to share masterpieces with their audience‚ but to share a story. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Persepolis‚ and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy‚ all three of the author’s lives and experiences during a certain time inspired their
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According to Sorrells and Sekimoto‚ social justice movements or problems are “focused on single identities such as race‚ gender‚ or sexual orientation.” (Sorrells and Sekimoto 269) Intersectionality is a double discrimination against a certain group of people. In the TedTalk by Kimberlé Crenshaw‚ she explains intersectionality as an overlap of social justice problems‚ which include sexism and racism. Crenshaw brings up an interesting point that we often do not even think about. Crenshaw talks about
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Siyuan Hu Ashley Farmer ENG 100 Similarity between “The Veil” and “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” In “The Veil” by Satrapi‚ she describes her early childhood‚ the background of it and also The Islamic Revolution that took place in Iran. In “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” by Anzaldúa‚ she talks about the intertwined issues of her native language and argues for the values of it. Even though these two great works vary not only in genres but also in topics‚ in culture-concerning kind of perspective
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enjoyed life by throwing parties‚ playing card games‚ dancing‚ drinking alcohol‚ telling jokes‚ and listening to music. These events are to distract from the horror they face everyday. They also highlight happiness in difficult times. For example‚ Satrapi uses comic relief in “The Jewels” to balance out the severity of the women of Iran turning on one another with kidney beans and “flatulence” (92). The jokes the children make gives them a sense of childishness and innocence‚ which is quite different
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beginning of the novel‚ it insinuates because of the prestige and high standard that the Americans have established for themselves‚ it makes it easy for a foreigner to want to adopt their culture and abandon his or her own. Persepolis focuses on Marjane and how the
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how the British took an uneducated man and made him the dictator of Iran in exchange for some of the countries oil. He says‚ “And that’s how he became king and naturally his son succeeded him. God has nothing whatsoever to do with this story” (Satrapi 19-20). Growing up in
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