beliefs. In the graphic novel Persepolis‚ the author Marjane Satrapi‚ provides a viewpoint of the Iranian society far different from the widely perceived stereotypes. She depicts the Iranian people as much more than fundamentalists‚ fanatics‚ and terrorists by incorporating a humane atmosphere within her family and visualizing events that conveys to all people regardless of ethnicity and culture. One impression that I held about the people of Iran prior to reading Persepolis was that they lived their
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EXAM JOURNAL: MIDTERM QUESTIONS The following are the pool from which the three (3) questions on your Midterm Exam will be culled. As explained in the syllabus you are required to keep exam journals for the Gilgamesh‚ Persepolis and Hamlet readings‚ based on the separate questions listed on Blackboard for each text. You may use your Exam Journals together with your completed Freud Vocabulary when you take the Midterm Exam 1. Both Ophelia and Marjane experience bouts of deep depression. In what
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In Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis‚ we follow Marji as she faces various obstacles throughout her childhood into adulthood. Most of her childhood is spent in Iran‚ yet her adolescent years are spent in Vienna. Although she and her family believe a different environment will bring her peace‚ she’s faced with a set of complex issues in both Iran and Vienna. She faces herself when she is thrown into less than ideal situations. Satrapi displays how even in a place away from physical violence
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An American Childhood Study Guide 1. Why does the author of An American Childhood resist going to bed when she is five? 2. Why does the author of this story not tell anyone about her feelings at bedtime? 3. Why does the author’s sister not feel the same as the author? 4. What does the author see every night in her bedroom? 5. Find 2 examples of sentences from An American Childhood that create a mood of fear a. _________________________________________________________________ b. __
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Childhood is the most innocent phase of man’s life. With the passage of time‚ it fades into adolescence and adulthood. Yet the sweet memories of childhood linger on. My childhood recollections are those of a sheltered and carefree life‚ nurtured with love and concern. As I was the first child in the family‚ everybody doted on me. My funny lisping‚ my innocent mischief and my inane talk-everything was a source of immense pleasure to them. There was never a word of reproach or censure against me
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Images of Childhood “It is my opinion that a story worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then.” ― C.S. Lewis(Lewis‚ 38) Stories read in childhood influence‚ invoke thought‚ and open doors that we find ourselves going through as adults. What happens in childhood defines how we live our lives today. However‚ the luxury of “childhood” and the plethora of literature that is available to us at the present was not always accessible. In the past the view of childhood was quite different
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There are many different critical approaches to studying literature. With reference of both texts you have studied‚ show what you believe the value to be in using a particular critical approach. ‘Things Fall Apart’ by Chinua Achebe and ‘Persepolis’ by Marjane Satrapi follow a postcolonial critical approach. Both books take place in a country considered politically inferior through western perspective and both texts‚ even though reinforce colonialists’ oppressive ideology‚ don’t stand completely
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Amira Black 10-29-12 Period: 2nd Kim Wilde Analysis In Kim Wilde‚ it’s been a year after her Uncle Taher dies‚ Iran reopens its borders. The family gets their passports. Marjane wants the family to take a vacation together but her parents tell her that they need a vacation alone. They tell her that they are going to Turkey. They promised to bring her back Western things‚ like posters of Kim Wilde and Iron Maiden. Marjane’s father says that he really
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THE CHILDHOOD AND THE FAMILY As you remember the good times‚ the fun‚ the understanding and love felt and shared – as a feelings stir to life all over again and then the childhood memories with family are special for everyone I was born and brought up in a small family which included my father‚ my mother and I. We lived very happily and harmoniously. My father was a government servant and my mother was a well-known teacher. They were very well connected and they had many friends
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In my experiences that followed this particular adventure‚ I found that not everything is the same as you see it. I was young‚ six and a half years old‚ and back then‚ I thought I was so grown up. Its funny how the older we get‚ the younger we feel we are. But I think six is a pretty reasonable age to enjoy an adventure like this one. Buying a dinghy doesnt seem like the most exciting thing in the world but back then it was‚ when I would imagine myself as a pirate sailing off and discovering treasures
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