To the human eye Persepolis can seem to be only a graphic novel of black and white comic strips with little literary value but it is much more. A graphic novel written from the perspective of a young girl in Iran‚ Persepolis offers a large amount of valuable information on the Islamic Revolution. The Ithacan Newspaper claims that Persepolis is only a little more then an advanced comic book‚ but it offers way more then a comic book. Persepolis gives students an insight to the turmoil in Iran during
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Persepolis is a historical book yet an entertaining story of a girl during a frightening time in an important era in her country. Author‚ Marjane Satrapi writes about her experience in Iran as a child. She includes humor as well as sentimentality in this book to express her view on how times were. As a reader of this book it helped me understand the dark times that the Iranian people faced. With this book being a memoir it further helped understand the Islamic Revolution and the actions taken by
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In the book: Persepolis Marji and others are surrounded by oppression set upon them and they have to live their lives under the control of the Regime‚ The Shah‚ and being in the mix of a war between Iran and Iraq. Persepolis reflects on what happened during the Iranian Revolution‚ the way of life for people in Iran‚ and how the conflictual and corrupt state of Iran effected & changed the lives of many. Marji shows and tells us throughout the book her experiences she faces in being surrounded by oppression
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“To become self-aware‚ people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say‚ write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic‚ but fundamental‚ right. Without it‚ human beings are reduced to automatons” (Ma Jian). The Islamic Revolution in Iran has affected the country for decades making it a completely different place to live. Before western items and style were encouraged‚ now they are forbidden. The stark
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Only Ten - Alan Baille SUMMARY The short story has a main idea about acceptance and fitting in. The main character‚ Hussein‚ is referred to as ‘The Shah’. You can infer that he was a boy soldier at age only ten‚ which gave the text its title. The Shah has to learn how to adjust to a newer lifestyle and learn to live among people and get accustomed to a different way of life. He is amazed simply by a mandarin tree‚ which shows he is adjusting to things he wasn’t previously exposed to. He works
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by an illusion that we can solve everything for ourselves without any help from others. Also‚ they are shameful to seek help from others. However‚ receiving help is perfectly natural to survive or coexist. So it is not to be ashamed. In the Chosun Dynasty‚ this is the era before republic of Korea; they have culture “mutual aid”. So we have regarded mutual help as a virtue. For example‚ if someone has to reclaim farm‚ other family help them. And then‚ aided family give a gift like or labor for other
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Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar involves a part in history revolving around the Roman Revolution‚ the blood lust‚ corruption of an empire‚ and the rise and fall of five rulers. During 27 BC to 68 AD these five rulers who ruled the Julio-Claudians were; Augustus‚ Tiberius‚ Caligula‚ Claudius‚ and Nero these five leaders led an allure during their rule and were shadowed by crimes they committed. This dynasty is a story of a family that changed the world and still gives off an incredible
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The Qin dynasty (also written as Ch ’in) was brief‚ 221 B.C. - 206 B.C‚ but much was accomplished during this 15-year period. It was the first dynasty whose emperor ruled over a unified China‚ following his defeat of seven warring states. One currency and a single system of weights and measures for the entire empire were created and a standardized Chinese written language was established. Construction of a national highway system and the Great Wall of China were begun. The name‚ China‚ even originated
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gargantuan dynasties have formed on Earth. How this has occurred many have wondered‚ it was when all the barbaric and most corrupted places united forming the deadliest and most powerful dynasty‚ Zeng. The dynasty‚ Zeng‚ has been able to recruit North Korea‚ Russia‚ and the entire Middle East in order to rule ruthlessly. The people living in this dynasty were constantly in fear and either starving or poor. However‚ Zeng wasn’t going to rule over Earth due to the UNE and the Austrailica dynasty. UNE is
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hundred and fifty years the Gupta empire provided political unity‚ good administration and economic and cultural progress in North India. The glories of the Gupta age are partly because of the Gupta art‚ sculpture and architecture. The Gupta dynasty produced a number of great rulers successively. They were great conquerors‚ patrons of art and science & they themselves were men of letters. Of them‚ one great king was Samudragupta‚ son of Chandragupta. After more than three hundred years of division
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