Marjane Satrapi tells her story to readers by allowing them to relate to her. The graphic novel‚ Persepolis‚ by Marjane Satrapi‚ depicts Satrapi’s life as a young female during the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Satrapi universalizes the idea of a battle with independence while growing up‚ by sharing her experiences‚ in order to allow her readers to relate to her. Satrapi suggests that the idea of independence within childhood is universal among children in the world. “Satrapi illustrates that
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I guess my writing prompt for today is to explain the fact that I decided to write with a goal in mind. I was thinking of writing and how useful it is in life. We use it to communicate ideas‚ tell stories‚ and share information. Writing can be seen in letters‚ documents‚ books‚ and signs‚ and more. The introduction and development of technology has given more opportunities to write as online articles‚ blogs‚ and files are created and furthermore‚ we can see the digitization of some of the older
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The graphic novels Persepolis 1 and Persepolis 2 are graphic autobiographical novels that describe the life of Marjane Satrapi who also happens to be the author. The change of setting between Iran and Austria‚ her development and the strong political views she holds constantly put her in an emotional distress. She is a brave and strong women who lived through the Iranian revolution in 1979 but dared to stand up to the Islamic regime and express her views. This is a very dangerous act and it could’ve
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Writing Sample 2: Identity Prompt Everyone has had that one moment in their life that changes them and makes their identity.In my life a lot of things have changed and impacted my life for an example my friends help me change for the better by telling what is rude what ins’t help me be a better person.The things that have influenced my identity are my age‚family‚and friends. My family is one of the main things that define my identity. My.My brothers define because they always push me to be better
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In Persepolis‚ a fictional graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi‚ Marji grows up in war-torn Iran. Being a young child‚ the violence and events around her influence her views and ideals as she matures. Event after event‚ Marji develops her own thoughts and ideas as she grows. The development of her own beliefs including the events that contribute to them convey the theme that violence is too deplorable to respond with more violence or lose innocent lives Satrapi develops the theme through the foil characters
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Digital Story Prompts http://thewritesource.com/writing_topics/#ws_2000 Why weekends should be longer A narrow escape from trouble What I’ve broken or lost that belongs to someone else My first friend A visit to a relative’s house My chores When I was lost My idea of a fun weekend A school field trip I’ve done something no one else has done. If only I would have listened! My favorite neighbor A memorable bus ride My best class ever My first concert If I could be someone else‚ I would be The most
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Anthony Jimenez 9/4/2013 The Great Gatsby - Writing Prompt 1 The 1920’s were a time of dramatic changes that affected the economy‚ society‚ politics and popular culture. The nation’s total wealth doubled between the years of 1920 and 1929. As modern cities began to develop new buildings and advanced technology‚ many Americans began to move into the city and started to abandon the rural farm life. This brought a wave of new technologies that could make the modern consumers life easier
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Katie Chambers Bardenhagen British Literature 2232 FINAL Final Exam Prompts Prompt #1: Throughout the semester‚ the texts that we have worked with have often shown‚ through the writing‚ aspects of the author’s life that could have had a certain reflection on what they chose to write about. For this prompt‚ I have decided to work with Alexander Pope’s‚ “The Rape of the Lock”. When Pope began to write “The Rape of the Lock”‚ it was a time of Restoration and the rise of the eighteenth century. A
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Michael Renard 12/18/2014 Prompt 1: What qualities or unique characteristics do you possess that will allow you to contribute to the arts institute community? I have acquired many unique characteristics through my time spent learning‚ and I persist to gain additional characteristics to help me further my studies‚ One that I am fond of is my creativity‚ having creativity will allow me to look over and acknowledge things in a different perspective‚ also to generate concepts that may be useful. Perseverance
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Persepolis Film and Book Comparison Persepolis the movie doesn’t really deviate from the book all too much. Except for a couple of scenes in color‚ which were set outside the time frame of the book‚ the film basically followed the book. Some scenes‚ for the purpose of time were likely skipped and not included in the film. For the main part‚ the film seemed to want to focus more on Marji’s political commentary and less on the extraneous portions of her life which sort of hurt the narrative. The
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