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    there were many sex secrets displayed on the table and was talked about and coincidentally they all have one idea in common and that a virgin woman is the accepted woman which leads to the woman who aren’t virgins anymore to consider embroidery. Satrapi vividly retells a secret about her grandmother’s friend‚ Nahid. Nahid’s parents chose a husband for her when she was barely 18. In the Iranian culture‚ this was how marriages were set in the past‚ they were arranged. The problem was that Nahid loved

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    and how they illuminate an overall argument about Marjane’s life. 1. How has Marjane been educated through her experience by the end of the movie? Be sure to use examples from the book and cite pages and images that back up your argument‚ as well as examples from the movie. Feel free to compare instances from your own life to hers‚ as this may help frame your essay. 2. Compare the life changes Marjane goes through in the graphic novel with her time spent in Vienna and back in Iran in

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    Introduction 1. Satrapi is trying to dispel the stereotypical image that all Iranians are fundamentalists‚ extremists‚ or terrorists. 2. The author’s two motives for writing the book are to dispel the stereotype and to honor the memory of those who fought for freedom and died. “The Veil” 1. The novel begins in 1979. 2. The two outcomes of the Islamic Revolutions were the shutting down of bilingual schools‚ and the girls had to wear veils. 3. The children dislike the veil; they don’t

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    The Persians had originally worshipped many minor gods before the teaching of Zoroaster were adopted by Darius and the Xerxes. These minor gods were called Daevas. Darius and Xerxes had replaced the Daevas with Ahuramazda as the Persian god to worship. From the leadership of Darius and Xerxes‚ the Persian was Zoroastrian religion‚ this religion believed in rituals such as Lan-sacrifice which was cantered on making offering to a god or traditional cult. The Persepolis tablet gives evidence that these

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    The word ’Comics’ is derived from the word greek word Komikos‚ and is used with reference to images which are used in a sequential narrative to manifest into a form of graphic literature. It is this sequence of narration that helps distinguish a comic book from a picture book. Comics as a form of art established itself in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It saw its way through the industrial revolution‚ and it can be safely said that although comics were popularised in newspapers

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    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 from working‚ but also followed up closely to ensure that they do not go against this directive. Those

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    to well maintain the marketing plan. The product manager function is to improve MIXY as a product with mixed flavors. Different tasks will be given to him in order to enhance it. The merchandisers will be outsourced to work in allow consumers in MARJANE and ACIMA to taste MIXY and offer them gifts. Process control: To ensure that the existing inputs and the additional are doing well‚ many actions are needed during the execution of the marketing plan. For the product manager‚ he has to

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    Violent revolutions have been the most effective way to bring about change dating back to the American Revolution in the late 1700s. While analyzing this ferocious rebellion‚ it is revealed that all of the American’s non-violent attempts to compromise with Britain failed‚ and that it took a bloody eight year war for the Americans to finally separate from Britain. Violent revolutions are not only more effective‚ but easier to pull off. The Iranian government was a well known institution that used

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    husband and devotion to their wives as the working partner Doll House and Thousand Cranes: The effect of past occurrences on the character’s growth in the present (Kikuji and Nora) Doll House and Persepolis: The outgrowth of childhood (Nora vs. Marjane) and its effect on character development Possible connections between Kite Runner and other texts: Kite Runner and Macbeth: The effect of loss on a character (Lady Macbeth vs. Amir) and its effect on character development Kite Runner and Thousand

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    divorce. The chapter depicts how these events had significantly affected her and how that has caused her to be the emotionally sensitive yet resilient and independent teenager she is today after experiencing these hardships. It is written after reading Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis‚ to gain insight on the writing process. The select panel shows the author sitting outside her parents’ room curled up on the floor‚ as she listens to her parents fight. This panel is set right

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