new aesthetic experience--that of literary art. Since the beginning of human memory‚ there has been a tendency to communicate with images as often as‚ if not more than‚ words; lucky for us‚ "Images are an international language‚" according to Marjane Satrapi (Foroohar 58). The earliest evidence of this is found in prehistoric cave paintings and ancient pictorial and syllabic alphabets‚ among them ancient Egyptian and Chinese characters. Cartoons over the ages‚ with creators such as Michelangelo‚ Leonardo
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Persepolis was a very insightful movie about the lives of Iranian people at a very important time in the country’s history. Two topics that stuck out to me the most were the effects of the war on the everyday lives of the citizens of Iran and secondly the not-so-patriarchal lifestyle of people at the household level. Once the revolution to bring down the Shah began‚ which was followed by the Iran-Iraq war‚ the lives of Iranians were never the same again. Before these events‚ Iran appeared to be
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oneSummer Reading/Writing Assignment Due August 17‚ 2010 Directions: From the list below‚ choose two books to read over the summer. In all of the following novels and autobiographies‚ the protagonists are struggling to find their place in the world. They want to understand their role and their purpose as human beings as they prepare to enter the adult world. (Note: If you decide to choose a graphic novel from the list‚ the other selection should be a novel or autobiography.) Write a well-developed
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Mohammod Anwar 2A 11-6-14 Word Count:1200 TOPIC: The whole point of knowledge is to produce both meaning and purpose in our personal lives What is meaning? Meaning is the idea of something represented by a word. For meaning to impact ones personal life‚ it needs to be of something that will impact their life for the better or for worst. Purpose is an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions. Meaning and purpose both have a long lasting influence on ones life
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freedom by stating how in some countries‚ groups of people may not have any sort of freedom. Additionally‚ the excerpt also shows us that the government may also change the way how people think by provoking the terrors of punishment. The author Marjane Satrapi tells us of how women were beaten‚ jailed‚ and questioned for “contravening” the strict Islamic dress code. However‚ the women don’t think about a plan to rebel and overthrow the government‚ instead most thoughts are directed to “Am I dressed
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217 Conflicts cause many problems in society and originate from many different sources. In the book “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi she describes conflicts between her family and their beliefs. Two other Articles one by Janet Reitman and one by Tori DeAngelis discuss conflicts between social class‚ western culture and religion. My takeaway from this unit is that conflicts are always present in today’s society and conflicts relating to religion are the source of many. One conflict that people
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So flash forward to Marjane as she is growing up in the transition period from what was a fairly equal modern society to the religious extreme that exists today. The first thing they change is the education of women. They are separated from the boys which separates the sexes even more and then they are taught that they must abide by strict muslim values that restrict the abilities of women to express themselves. However Marjane goes to Europe for her education in an attempt
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countries. The Arab-Israeli conflict has gone on since 1945! That conflict has caused 73‚000-84‚000 casualties‚ an utterly astounding amount of deaths. Deaths that were unnecessary and could have been avoided. In Persepolis the Shah was removed‚ when the Satrapi family returned from Spain‚ a war was going on; a house right next to theirs was destroyed. Marji was sent to Vienna as a result of all this conflict. Not to be bland here‚ but the dress code is much too strict in the Middle East. It is not much
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production works. "The actor thanked his fans and admirers for giving him the strength to tread new creative zones‚ adding that he hopes to explore and bring forward different ""facets"" of the character in the film directed by Iranian-French director Marjane
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throughout their life or it could be completely irrelevant to them. Often the children who make connections about the stories that they were told find meaning in it that can potentially change their lives. Similarly‚ in Persepolis‚ written by Marjane Satrapi‚ Marji finds meaning in the stories that were told to her throughout the entire graphic novel. Uncle Annosh’s story‚ as well as her grandfather’s story‚ told by her grandma were stories that Marji found meaning in that changed the way she viewed
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