Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood‚ by Marjane Satrapi Identity and Social Justice Unit Ms. Kamrass English 9 Essential Questions: Why is childhood an important time of life? When does it end? How do people cope when their lives are changed by forces they cannot control? Persepolis is a graphic novel. Why do you think Satrapi chose this genre to tell her story? I. Literary terms: mood – the effect of literature on the reader: it is usually controlled by imagery allusion - in literature‚ an implied
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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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It is a historical dispute that woman did not have their share of say in the revolutionaries’ political agenda (Mouri). In the months following the Revolution‚ obligatory hijabs were decreed (Mouri). Girls of every age rank were forced to wear a veil. Several active Iranian female revolutionists discharged into the street protesting what soon became the law of the land. Their male comrades did not offer support believing that the time was not appropriate. Instead‚ they simply encouraged solidarity
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about the many challenges of growing up in Iran. Some of the challenges that she faced were serving time in the Evin Prison for speaking out against the Iranian government‚ escaping a death sentence and finally fleeing Iran for a new life in Canada. Persepolis is a memoir written by Marjane Satrapi‚ which is an autobiographical graphic novel that explores a childhood in Iran during the turbulent years surrounding the 1979 Iranian Revolution. It also talks about how the government was overthrown‚ the theocracy
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during the time of the Iranian Revolution (1978-1979). In the graphic novel‚ Persepolis‚ by Marjane Satrapi the reader shadows the life of an independent young girl‚ Marjane in her early years‚ trying to break away from the gender roles found in her society. The oppression of women (or men) in any society will negatively affect half of a country’s population by limiting their freedom and opportunities. In Persepolis‚ by Marjane Satrapi‚ one can learn about how it was like to live in Iran during
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4. Make connections with other texts or concepts or events. Do you see any similarities between this material and other books that you have read? Does it bring to mind other issues or incidents or people or descriptions that are somehow related? Section: The Letter Important Quote: “When I went back to her room she was crying. We were not in the same social class‚ but at least we were in the same bed (p.37).” This section discusses Marjane’s friendship with their maid Mehri‚ who was ten when
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reflect upon their attitudes towards the past. This interaction manifests in the examination of the conflicting strengths and limitations of history and memory throughout Mark Baker’s memoir The Fiftieth Gate and Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis as both texts place emphasis on the inherent bias of acts of inclusion‚ emphasis and omission. Consequent of the inability to objectively capture definitive truth‚ all modes of representations of the past are unassailably mediated by the author
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Although they come from two different worlds‚ Marji and Tayo learn‚ experience‚ and grow to become the people they are at the end of their novels. To become who they are‚ Tayo and Marji change their outlooks and perspectives. In Iran‚ Marji’s school taught her that God chose the leader of the country. Consequentially‚ Marji believed this throughout most of her childhood. As a result‚ Marji tells her father‚ “As for me‚ I love the king‚ he was chosen by God” (Satrapi 19) Marji’s father tells her
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Although they come from two different worlds‚ Marji and Tayo learn‚ experience‚ and grow to become the people they are in the end of their novels. To become who they are‚ Tayo and Marji change their outlooks and perspectives. In Iran‚ Marji’s school taught her that God chose the leader of the country. Marji believed this throughout most of her childhood. Marji tells her father‚ “As for me‚ I love the king‚ he was chosen by God” Marji’s father tells her the story of how the British took an uneducated
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other Iranian cities are patrolled by militia‚ who ride in white Toyota patrols‚ four gun-carrying men and women‚ sometimes followed by a minibus. They are called Blood of God. They patrol the streets to make sure that women like Sanaz wear their veils properly‚ do not wear makeup‚ do not walk in public with men who are not their fathers‚ brothers or husbands.” It continues to further explain how Sanaz is walking without a male figure and is trying to keep a low status. This act is rebellious because
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