people can’t hide their secrets as good as others because of their guilty conscience. In the story “The Ministers Black Veil” Mr. Hooper is a minister who wears a mysterious black veil and refuses to tell anybody in the town why. Because of the fact that Mr. Hopper is so secretive about this black veil it makes the townsfolk’s wonder. Mr. Hooper has such an attachment to this black veil people automatically criticize him and assume he has some secret. That could be exactly what Mr. Hopper was trying to
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Religion‚ loss of innocence and the danger of the Iranian society caused Marjane to become more self-aware and more mature about her environment. To Marjane‚ religion is important to her; she grew up wanting to be apart of her religion‚ although when she started growing older‚ and heard things from her parents‚ kids from school‚ her uncle‚ that believing something different from the regime can be the reason to go to jail‚ being in war and losing faith in Allah. The events that happened because of
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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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There are many different critical approaches to studying literature. With reference of both texts you have studied‚ show what you believe the value to be in using a particular critical approach. ‘Things Fall Apart’ by Chinua Achebe and ‘Persepolis’ by Marjane Satrapi follow a postcolonial critical approach. Both books take place in a country considered politically inferior through western perspective and both texts‚ even though reinforce colonialists’ oppressive ideology‚ don’t stand completely against
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Reflective Statement On December 5th‚ we had an oral discussion of the book Persepolis. We discussed what the book was about‚ some of our personal questions we had about the book‚ etc. This is basically how our discussion went: We had 5 members in our group that talked about Persepolis. The first and general question that was asked was who was everyone’s favorite character in the story. Everyone said that Marjane was their favorite‚ but Tyler stated that Marjane’s mother was her favorite character
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Response Piece to “The Shabbat” Marjane Satrapi’s literary piece entitled “The Shabbat” is a story that shows that even children have a deep sense of perception. Although the author is only about 13 or 14 years old when the story takes place‚ she is exposed to many adult like scenarios at a very young age. This makes her very mature‚ having a deeper sense of things taking place around her at all times. The story centers around the lives of the Satrapi’s‚ namely Marjane‚ her mom‚ and dad. They sit around
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Live Above the Veil W.E.B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk‚ a collection of autobiographical and historical essays contains many themes. Themes such as souls and their attainment of consciousness and the theme of double consciousness appear in many of the compositions. However‚ one of the most prominent themes is that of "the veil." The veil provides a connection between the 14 seemingly unconnected essays that make up this book. Mentioned at least once in most of the essays the veil is the stereotypes
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Molding Hand of Oppression: Forming an Identity in Persepolis Every person is unique. However‚ there are many similar parts that go into creating every person’s identity. Of course‚ there is the biology‚ the genetics. Then there are outside forces‚ the nurturing of a person. When trying to form an identity‚ there are numerous outside factors that contribute‚ such as gender‚ culture‚ and environment. For Marji‚ the protagonist of the Persepolis series‚ being an Iranian woman is absolutely a factor
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Persepolis is a coming of age graphic novel written and illustrated by Marjane Satrapi. The novel ( also adapted into a film in 2007) depicts her childhood up to her early adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution. The story is timeless and captures the roller coaster of emotions of the human experience. It would translate beautifully to the stage. Even though I think about producing a show with a young audience in mind‚ this is a story for everyone. The narrative creates an experience
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Iran reopens its borders. The family gets their passports. Marjane wants the family to take a vacation together but her parents tell her that they need a vacation alone. They tell her that they are going to Turkey. They promised to bring her back Western things‚ like posters of Kim Wilde and Iron Maiden. Marjane’s father says that he really likes Iron Maiden and the marjane and her mother couldn’t believe it. In Turkey‚ the Satrapis go to a record store and buy the posters. They then must think
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