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    While some believe freedom of speech violates the rights of others‚ it’s the main fundamental amendment people use nowadays. Included in the the First Amendment is freedom of speech which protect the citizens free expression. Freedom of speech let’s a citizen speak or express their own mind and opinion. The First Amendment in the United States Constitution gives us the freedom of speech. Freedom of speech gives us the right to say our own opinion on anything we want to speak on. As citizens of this

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    Dean K. Myers THL 357 Research Project 2‚421 words Persepolis and the Iranian Revolution Persepolis was made in 2007. The film is based on the graphic novel of the same name. Persepolis is directed by Marjane Satrapi. The story is derived from her own personal experiences growing up during the Iranian Revolution (also called the Islamic Revolution) in Tehran‚ Iran. Included will be an in-depth analysis of the factors that caused the Revolution as well as an accounting of conditions in

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    In the graphic memoir‚ Persepolis‚ Marjane Satrapi introduces many different symbols to reveal different themes‚ such as confinement and identity loss. One specific symbol would be the veil. This was revealed in chapter one when the new regime in Iran made wearing the veil mandatory‚ “then came 1980: the year it became obligatory to wear the veil at school” (3). In general‚ a veil is used for covering‚ such as in weddings veils for used to cover the bride before she meets her husband. In this case

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    Maria Anwar M. Phil Literature – 2nd Presentataion on “Persepolis as a postmodern fiction” What makes Persepolis a Postmodern Fiction? A mix of High art and popular culture: Marjane Satrapi’s ’’Persepolis’’ is the latest and one of the most palatable examples of a postmodern genre‚ an autobiographical novel in form of a comic-book which tells the history of Iran from Marjane’s point of view. Persepolis is a postmodern graphic novel that blurs the boundaries between popular culture and high art

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    Persepolis Photo Essay The Islamic revolution lasted one year with as many as 3‚000 casualties. Afterwards a strict government‚ of Islamic fundamentalists‚ took control of Iran. This government enforced many strict laws against women‚ men‚ schools‚ and everyday life. Persepolis is a story of how a young girl and her family survived this horrific event. Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis presents how she grew up in Iran dealing with a revolution‚ the dangers in Iran‚ and her own religion. Marjane grew

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    here is where some would claim that the pull of nurture outweighs the effects of nature. This can be exemplified through the influence that the environment which author Marjane Satrapi was exposed to as a child and how her experiences revealed in Persepolis‚ her memoir in the form of a graphic novel‚ influenced her maturity into womanhood.

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    slavery people immediately jump to the conclusion of inferiority and sovereignty‚ the undergo of domination‚ but most people don’t know what really formed within slavery itself due to all of the experiences slaves went through. In “ Generations of Captivity” Berlin seeks to better the knowledge of slavery to people by breaking it down into five different “Generations”. Over these generations slaves refused to surrender their humanity in many different ways‚ but the main factors that slaves part took

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    Persepolis (Old Persian: ’Parseh’‚ New Persian: تخت جمشید/پارسه‚ ’Takht-e Jamshid’) was an ancient ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire. The largest and most complex building in Persepolis was the audience hall‚ or Apadana with 72 columns. Persepolis is situated some 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of Iran (Persia). In contemporary Persian language the site is known as Takht-e Jamshid (Throne of Jamshid) and Parseh. To the ancient Persians‚ the city was known

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    adversity. This same theme of resilience is shown in the graphic novel Persepolis and the tragedy Antigone. In Marjane Satrapis’ Persepolis and Sophocles’ Antigone both protagonists are faced with insurmountable obstacles but various factors allow one to give up and the other to be resilient. In both stories‚ the protagonists face issues: they are not able to do things that should be their unalienable right. For example‚ in Persepolis the protagonist Marji cannot wear certain things‚ and Antigone’s protagonist

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    should NOT be held in captivity. Marine mammals are a part of nature and should not be bought‚ sold or thrown in an aquarium. I believe that they have the right to be kept in their natural environment. I have many convincing reasons to support my opinion. Captivity causes many health problems in marine mammals. Many tanks have water full of chemicals and bacteria; this results in blindness and many skin problems in dolphins and other marine mammals. Marine mammals in captivity die from pneumonia‚

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