means to make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction. And freedom means the power or right to act‚ speak‚ or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. For example‚ in Persepolis 2: The story of a Return – “we confronted the regime as best we could.” Persepolis 2: the story of a return stated‚ “It’s only natural! When we’re afraid‚ we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides‚ fear has always been the driving force behind all dictator’s
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What connections did you find between issues in the work and your own culture(s) and experience? Family and Extended Family Greek Culture: - Dominant figure - The Father – Very important - Open family – Always big dinners‚ people come around unannounced - Feeling secure/safe in the culture - Very open‚ leave your doors open at night - Traditions – Very important (Christmas‚ easter etc.)‚ Family always has to be together - Same Household/ area – Same house through the generations‚ passed
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Persepolis: Write a letter from Marji to Kaveh telling her about all the changes in the country from the point of view of a child/young person. Dear Kaveh: I hope you are doing well but the reason for my letter is to tell you everything that has been going on around here. There have been major changes. Something called the Islamic Revolution has taken place. Everything is different. Our school has been separated between boys and girls‚ we can no longer be mixed up in classes. But the worst
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More Than a Veil A Feminist Readings of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis Cultural differences have been on the foreground of the ongoing struggle between the United States and Iran since the 1970’s. Stereotypes are built on misunderstandings which can prove costly in international relationships. Our national media coverage of Iran portrays radical Islamic men oppressing their female counterparts. Many American citizens have narrow opinions on Iranian women‚ most of them dealing with the infamous veil
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Cranes: … Antigone and Persepolis: The effect of a leader on a person’s belief of religion and how it helps or hinders character development Possible connections between Doll House and other texts: Doll House and Kite Runner: … Doll House and Macbeth: Roles as a husband and devotion to their wives as the working partner Doll House and Thousand Cranes: The effect of past occurrences on the character’s growth in the present (Kikuji and Nora) Doll House and Persepolis: The outgrowth of childhood
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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic novel that depicts the life of a female coming to age during a time of war and violence in Iranian. The editor of The Ithacan‚ an online college newspaper‚ criticized this work of literature as being nothing more than an “advanced comic book” and “not too challenging.” He argues that Persepolis and similar literary works do not encourage intellectual advancement and does not benefit college freshmen. Despite the more basic vocabulary‚ the side narratives
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Jatinder Jaura ENGL- 1003(3)-001 Dr Audrey Hill July 28‚ 2014 The Complete Persepolis: Toggling Between Identities The cultural context in the storyline of the autobiographical masterpiece‚ The Complete Persepolis‚ is highly important for one to get an awareness of the settings in which the protagonist‚ Marjane ‘Marji’ Satrapi lives during this middle-eastern conflict of the 1979 Iranian revolution. The Complete Persepolis shows the major influences that the Shah’s government had on Iranians
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express what they’ve experienced or how they feel. Their art is created to present a main point to their audience. These artists use their talents not only to share masterpieces with their audience‚ but to share a story. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Persepolis‚ and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy‚ all three of the author’s lives and experiences during a certain time inspired their writing. The author’s life inspires their writing by specific events happening around a specific time period‚ by providing
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and Persepolis Novel by Marjane Satrapi. Social classes became an important Topic all throughout both novels that affected each charecter in a social‚
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Why Marjane Satrapi chose to tell her story Persepolis in the graphic form The graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi was written in the graphic medium to appeal to a wider audience. Literary critic‚ Manuela Constantino‚ proposes that “the combination of a visual representation and a child’s point of view makes the story easily accessible and therefore attracts a wide range of readers.” (Constantino‚ 2008: 2) Another plausible reason for Satrapi’s choice to do the novel in this medium is the
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