Persepolis Writing Assignment Chose one of the following essay prompts and write an essay based Persepolis. I am looking for two things here: 1) to get an overall impression of your writing skill and 2) to assess your comprehension of the graphic novel (this will be assigned a grade). Your grade will be determined by how you explain the relevance of your examples and how they illuminate an overall argument about Marjane’s life. 1. How has Marjane been educated through her experience by the
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Bryon and Mark go to the hospital to see Bryon’s mom again. She notices the stitches on Mark’s head‚ and he tells her that he was in a fight. She accepts the explanation without question‚ and Bryon tells us that his mother never gets hysterical over her boys fighting. Like drinking‚ she would prefer they didn’t do it‚ but also seems to understand that she can’t stop it. They stop by Mike’s room. He’s upset because his father recently visited and yelled at him. Mike says that he wishes he were
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BUTALID‚ LOUSYL JOY L. PLOT OF LES MISERABLES The convict Jean Valjean is released from a French prison after serving nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread and for subsequent attempts to escape from prison. When Valjean arrives at the town of Digne‚ no one is willing to give him shelter because he is an ex-convict. Desperate‚ Valjean knocks on the door of M. Myriel‚ the kindly bishop of Digne. Myriel treats Valjean with kindness‚ and Valjean repays the bishop by stealing his silverware. When
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The constitution first starts by reciting its preamble‚ “We the People of the United States‚ in Order to form a more perfect Union‚ establish justice‚ insure domestic Tranquility‚ provide for the common defense‚ promote the general welfare‚ and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity‚ do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” The preamble is used to introduce the constitution‚ laying out the purpose of government and explaining why a constitution
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The wind blew around me as I rushed over to the softball field where I saw two girls the coach. I had been anticipating this for a week and it was finally here‚ my first ever softball practice. I recognized the two girls from junior high and could still remember their names‚ Sadie and Blake‚ and was able to meet a new friend whose name I have forgotten already. I also met Coach Smith. I had never been to the Lehi Sports Complex‚ but just being on the fields there was enough to excite me. We spent
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My junior year of high school my school softball coach expressed to me that I would never be as talented as the starting varsity catcher. I was sixteen years old and of course I thought I could handle anything that was thrown at me; i felt invincible. After that season of softball that fall‚ I knew I would never be the same. My coach had changed something inside me and I could never go back. I had felt a sense of failure that I had never felt before. From that point on I told myself that I was going
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So what makes an athlete successful in his chosen field? What could be the mindset of the best softball player such as Jennie Finch and Erick Byrnes. Is there any secret formula? The answers to these questions are a combination of talent‚ coaching‚ luck‚ team effort and the player’s attitude toward the sports. The team’s odds of winning heavily rely on every player’s confidence and focus. Each and one of them should be willing to give their 100% all the time. Hence‚ the saying champions are made
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Imagine your best friend‚ you have been friends for years‚ but that friend is becoming a different person. You hardly recognize them now‚ this was not the same person as before. This situation occurs all the time. This same circumstance occurs in the book That Was Then‚ This is Now by S.E. Hinton. This book takes place in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma‚ around the 1960s. The main characters are Bryon and his foster brother Mark. Everything was working out ok until their lives were turned upside down. The story
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What are the Themes Explored in ‘That was Then‚ This is Now?’ That was Then‚ This is Now is a novel written by S.E. Hinton‚ published in 1971. It follows the lives of two teenagers named Bryon Douglas and Mark who have been best friends for as long as they can remember. That was Then‚ This is Now has many prevalent themes including young people maturing‚ the effects of drugs and young people growing apart as they grow up. These themes can be related to by many teenagers who are the book’s intended
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What will life be like 50 years from now? In the future‚ we will be having many different changes‚ some predictable and some a complete mystery to us. In 50 years we may have a complete breakthrough in medicine. Cancer‚ aids‚ and all sorts of ilnesses may be cured. We might even discover a new life form from another planet. There is just so much we can do in 50 years and predictions must be made. In 50 years we will have the ability to go outer space without need of all the training that astronauts
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