invited to speak at West Point‚ a military base that was required to read her novel Persepolis. She describes what she thought the trip would be like before and after it occurred in a comic strip called My Speech at West Point. Satrapi perceptibly addresses the issues of war‚ death‚ and insularity in her essay with humor‚ and is affected greatly by the outcome of her trip. Although Satrapi is there to talk about Persepolis‚ she takes this opportunity to share her views on the war in Iraq. In the beginning
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understand that the terms “comics” and “graphic novels” describe a medium rather than a genre. The difference is that a genre is a type of story‚ with certain rules that it must follow in order to fit into that genre. “Westerns‚” “mysteries‚” “romances” are examples of genre. A medium is a form of expression like movies‚ novels or poetry. Essentially‚ a medium is just a blank slate with no rules governing what it can be used to do. Until recently (the last 10-20 years)‚ comics in North America were
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PERSEPOLIS: Unity in Diversity Submitted by: Akoijam Malemnganbi 13HEMA50 ‘If you prick us‚ do we not bleed? If you tickle us‚ do we not laugh? If you poison us‚ do we not die? And if you wrong us‚ shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest‚ we will resemble you in that.’ -an excerpt from The Merchant of Venice Introduction Inspired by Art Speigelman’s ‘Maus’ and his use of the medium of graphics combined with words in narrating a pensive horror story of the holocaust in
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood‚ by Marjane Satrapi Identity and Social Justice Unit Ms. Kamrass English 9 Essential Questions: Why is childhood an important time of life? When does it end? How do people cope when their lives are changed by forces they cannot control? Persepolis is a graphic novel. Why do you think Satrapi chose this genre to tell her story? I. Literary terms: mood – the effect of literature on the reader: it is usually controlled by imagery allusion - in literature‚ an implied
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That the Xerxes mother and her link to Cyrus the Great was only an advantage in Ahura-Mazda’s claim of Xerxes to be the divine ‘King of Kings’. Xerxes expresses this claim of divinity on a block of Limestone at persepolis “Saith Xerxes the king: had other sons of Darius there were‚ [but]... thus unto Ahura-Mazda was the desire‚ Darius my father made me the greatest after himself.” This is thus showing Xerxes grand claim that Ahura-Mazda himself gives the consent
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was that‚ I kind of in a way‚ was writing about another thesis instead of the one I chose to do. I was mainly writing about what figurative language and literary elements did Satrapi implement in her book and why or why did Satrapi chose to write a comic book style in black and white. That is another thing that I modified and took some parts out‚ and kept some figurative language and literary elements that actually related to how Satrapi portrayed
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within Assyria and ancient Egypt‚ we see vast similarities in the use of materials and basic ornamental styles‚ that suggests that the two styles may have been influenced by one another at some point in time. Specifically‚ the Assyrian palace at Persepolis and those found at Mesopotamia‚ Megiddo and Sargon‚ are comparable to Malkata‚ the ancient Egyptian palace built for Amenhotep III‚ (Wikipedia‚ Ancient Egyptian Palaces) in that both employed the use of stacked‚ mud brick or adobe brick in the construction
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ESSAY 1: ADMINISTRATION OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE It has widely been established by both modern and ancient historians that the administrative basis of the Persian Empire was introduced by Cyrus the Great‚ where it was later revised and stabilised by Darius I around 519BC. According to Herodotus‚ Xerxes had inherited his father Darius’ perfected system of satrapies‚ satraps and economic and communications improvements which enabled Xerxes to continue the running of the Achaemenid empire. Modern historian
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factors to be considered in Xerxes’ rise to power; particularly other claimants to the throne; most notably Artobazanes. However‚ Xerxes held greater claim to the throne due to genetic links‚ and public approval. Epigraphic evidence found at Persepolis; alludes to the possibility of a co-regency; saying that Darius ‘left the throne’ 11 years prior to his death. This would lead to a clear‚ simple succession. However‚ in another version of the text in Akkadian language‚ the text says ‘went to his
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published in. Different audiences are appealed to different styles of literature.For instant‚ a child would read a book with few words and colorful pictures‚ while an older adult would prefer to read a book with nothing but words. When Satrapi wrote Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood‚ it was published in the style of a graphic novel. After analyzing the novel‚ one can conclude that Satrapi chose to write in the style of a graphic novel to fully express
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