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My genre essay is going to be based upon the film Bowling for Columbine, which is an interactive documentary directed by Michael Moore (Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, Where to Invade Next). Michael Moore is an American filmmaker who also participates in other forms of the media such as screenwriting, journalism, acting, an author and is also a left wing activist. In this documentary, Moore brings the audience’s attention towards what he encourages to be the potential causes for the 1999 Columbine High School

In the book Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, she tells a story about her life during the Iranian Revolution. Without family Marjane would have never been able to cope with the war and everything going on around her. He family during the beginning of the book would tell her little white lies so she would feel better and they were the people she would go to when she was upset or confused about anything. She was not the only one though because in the book her friend Laly on page 48 talks about her family

The Separation Between God and Freedom: An analysis of Marii’s coming of age in Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis In Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis, she develops the protagonist Marji maturing throughout the book. Satrapi revolves around the idea of theocracy in Iran, where political controversies also arises. In book I, Satrapi depicts the horror and chaos of the Iranian citizens fighting for the fall of the Shah, which leads to the Iranian Revolution; most specifically impacting gender equality

Ethan Vang Ms. Kottke IB English Hour 7 1 March 2016    Marjane Satrapi, a female Iranian women who lived during the Islamic revolution. She created a graphic novel showing the aspects of society and the government that revolves around her life in Iran. In Persepolis, we watch how Marji undergoes a psychological and moral growth as she continues to grow up. Persepolis isn't an ordinary Bildungsroman because it educates the readers in a family-level way that were impacted by the Islamic war. As Marji

“They whipped me with thick electric cables so much that this looks like anything but a foot. Not to mention putting out their cigarettes on our backs and thighs.”(page 50-51) That’s how life was like in Iran during the revolution if you didn’t obey the laws. The book Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is mainly about culture. Culture is the social behavior and norms found in human societies. Persepolis is a good book that talks about cultural differences at time of war. The story took place

In her graphic novel Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi creates unintentional irony that show the flaws in organized religion, through her own experiences within its manipulability and lack of justified personable faith. Explicitly, Marji’s personal connection with her form of the islamic God, Allah, does not fit what the holy book Quran affirms: “[Fear} none but Me.”1. More specifically, her relationship with Him is more of one of a friendship 2 . With this contradiction, the conclusion can be made that

In Marjane Satrapi's biographical graphic novel, Persepolis, there are two important setting which helped this readers understand Marjane. One of these settings is her childhood in Tehran, Iran, during and after the Iranian Revolution of '79, and another was the four years Marjane spent in Vienna, Austria, from when she was 14 till she was 18 years old. These two settings are important in understanding Marji, as the reader can see how she reacts to change, and her feeling towards it. The readers

“Persepolis: The Iranian Revolution’s Effects” According to RFE/RL, Inc., women could receive up to 74 lashes for not respecting the Islamic public dress code. This public dress code requiring women to wear veils that cover their hair/body was put into effect after the Iranian Revolution. However, this is just one result of the revolution. Many changes occurred that affected all of the people in Iran, not just women. In the graphic novel Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, by Marjane Satrapi

The world’s perception of the Middle East has always been different. Some perceive the Middle East as a prime area for chaos, and some believe those living there are in fear of their regime. However, after the attacks of September 11th, 2001, Marjane Satrapi wrote Persepolis. Those of the Western world believed the Middle East to be a place full of terrorists. Iran was believed to be a malevolent country and Marjane Satrapi wanted to stop this belief in the Western area. Satrapi did this by creating

Genesis Boston April 20, 2018 Mrs. Lopez ENG 112 The women that influenced Marjane In the story Persepolis, there were countless of women that had influenced Marjane in positive and negative ways. She displayed an essential role that several of the female characters had in forming her character and growing into the responsible adult she is today. Marjane's mother, grandmother, her school teachers, her neighbors, and even the guardians of the revolution had an impact on Marji. These women helped