Response Piece to “The Shabbat” Marjane Satrapi’s literary piece entitled “The Shabbat” is a story that shows that even children have a deep sense of perception. Although the author is only about 13 or 14 years old when the story takes place‚ she is exposed to many adult like scenarios at a very young age. This makes her very mature‚ having a deeper sense of things taking place around her at all times. The story centers around the lives of the Satrapi’s‚ namely Marjane‚ her mom‚ and dad. They sit around
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Persepolis and Destiny disrupted offer two perspectives on the complicated history of Islam. One focused on the personal journey of a woman living in one of the least liberating cultures and the other the complicated history of that culture and religion that lead to that point. Both authors have the eventual goal of educating people in western countries about the Islamic world but they take very different approaches to it and they are both influenced by their personal experiences and identities.
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a. As portrayed in Persepolis‚ Marjane’s life in many ways is very different from yours‚ but there may be more connections than are at first apparent. Explore this possibility by comparing and/or contrasting one of your own experiences with one or two of hers as you know them through the book. Make sure your comparison and/or contrast adds up to more than just an observation of similarity or difference. What is the significance of these connections and why should it matter that your experiences
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Sophisticated and interesting vocabulary‚ descriptive anecdotes. Shorter paragraphs‚ varied sentences. Mostly third person‚ but some 1st. Emotive language and imagery. Refer to Marjane’s experience in Iran‚ Discuss Islamic revolution in Iran‚ interview Marjane; compare to other situations where women have been oppressed; Malala; Compare to personal freedoms of Australian women. Feature Article about the role of protest in conflicts. To consider how and why conflict is changed by protest and resistance
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In the graphic memoir‚ Persepolis‚ written by Marjane Satrapi‚ the new regime takes power during the Islamic Revolution and creates new restrictions in women’s lives. Women in Iran‚ including Marjane Satrapi and her mother‚ are stripped of their freedom by being forced to conform to a restrictive dress code. The dress code was enacted because women were seen as very sexual human beings in the eyes of men. The government found that men finding women sexual was a disruption to society‚ so therefore
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A Contained Country Searching for Freedom “It was too late. Too many of those who had at least tolerated the Shah’s rule had been lost. Demonstrations continued.” (“The Pahlavi Monarchy Falls” 2) In Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi‚ the country of Iran undergoes a series of governmental changes which restricted the citizens. Ironically‚ when the Shah’s regime fell‚ the citizens believed they would gain a limitless freedom with no boundaries; however‚ the citizens were experiencing an unhappy life
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The opening chapter of Persepolis describes the implementation of the veil policy in Iran. After the populist 1979 Islamic Revolution‚ during which the westernized monarch‚ called the Shah‚ is overthrown in favor of an Islamic Republic‚ the new government becomes increasingly religious and oppressive and makes it obligatory for women and girls to wear a veil that covers most of their faces. The girls at Marjanes school‚ including her friends‚ do not like the veil‚ particularly because they do not
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significantly between men and women. Men had the ability to work in an region they liked while women were not allowed to work. In Paronnaud’s “Persepolis”‚ men were at liberty to find work and enroll in different locations where they would earn money for their families. In contrast‚ women were not allowed to work following the coming of stricter laws. When Marjane returns home‚ she was advised that should she be asked what she does all day‚ she was to say that she prays all day. Women were not only barred
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Religion‚ loss of innocence and the danger of the Iranian society caused Marjane to become more self-aware and more mature about her environment. To Marjane‚ religion is important to her; she grew up wanting to be apart of her religion‚ although when she started growing older‚ and heard things from her parents‚ kids from school‚ her uncle‚ that believing something different from the regime can be the reason to go to jail‚ being in war and losing faith in Allah. The events that happened because of
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“Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child’s eye- it is very beautiful‚” is a popular quote by Kailash Satyarthi. Anyone over the age of fourteen modernizes the idea whenever they say: “When I was a kid; life was much less complicated”. Marjane Satrapi literally illustrates this process in her graphic novel Persepolis as the main character Marji grows because her life becomes much more complicated. Marji transforms from a religious naive and self-centered little girl to a reckless
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