1. Marjane Satrapi is a young Iranian girl who grew up with
hopes and dreams like all little kids, her and everyone’s lives changed when
“The Islamic Revolution” started. Everyone had to obey the Shaw and his order’s
the girls had to wear veils to cover their hair. Marji’s parents were very
supportive of her thoughts and actions. Her grandmother most of all was marji’s
best friend! At a young teenage age marji’s mother sent her to Vienna with one
of her friends, Marji was so excited to see her friend but while they were in
the car marji realized her friend wasn’t the same she was different. After a
while her mom’s friend sent marji to a boarding home because they didn’t have
any more room in their small apartment but reall6y marji presented a hateful
presence from her mom’s friend but marji said okay to the boarding home with
the nun’s she there got her own room and roommate she was excited to be an
independent adult. But a year later marji got kicked out of the boarding home
for insulting the nuns but really they insulted her first from their own marji
moved in with her friend Lucia, then with a cranky lady who then annoyed her so
much she moved out on the streets she was on the streets for a month or so when
she then coughed up blood fainted and ended up in the hospital, she then went
back to Iran only to find out that it had changed so much! The streets were
named after the martyrs and the dress code increased a lot they now had to
cover up from head to toe. Her life was so distraught and melancholy she didn’t
go out or want to be around anyone she even tried committing suicide but gave
up after failing to. After that she got her life back on track and even got
married to a guy who she thought was the love of her life but divorced quickly
after realizing it wouldn’t work. She then went back to Vienna to study in a
university and become someone successful in life.
2. The theme of this graphic novel is; death, sadness, anger
and finding yourself to not judge other have and learn.
3. We as a class choose this book because it was a graphic
novel and we had never read one. I’m really glad we read it was an awesome learning
experience to learn something new from a different country. It really opened my
eyes to a new world and perspective on things, to not take things for granted
not everyone in the world is as lucky as we are here in the U.S.A.
4. I found the book very realistic especially because it was
real! And Marjane Satrapi hand drew and wrote the book. I made a connection to
the book, I’ve made mistakes before and I’ve learned to grow over them it didn’t
bring me down as a human it only allowed me to prosper.
5. Marjane’s tone changes throughout, she is happy then sad
then very angry as when she say’s “SHUT UP YOU!, GET OUT OF MY LIFE!!! I NEVER
WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!” (70.4).
6. One literary element would be imagery, when she say’s “at
the age of six I was already sure I was going to be the next prophet.” (6.3).
she draws a picture of everyone obeying her rules and kneeling to her feet. Another
literary element would be flashback when she say’s “I wanted to forget everything,
to make my past disappear, but my unconscious caught up with me.” (194.4). she remembers
her home and her parents and everything, she’s home sick.
CHARECTORIZATION
1. An example of direct characterization is when she say’s “this
is me at the age of ten. This was 1980” (3.1).
2. It does change in the beginning its calm and then it changes
to dramatic and sadness.
3. Definitely dynamic she changes from a little girl to a
young woman and also in the way she thinks.
4. I did feel like I met a real person reading the book made
me feel like I was watching someone grow up with all the pictures and details
it made me feel like it was all happening. It was a really great book I recommend
it to everyone so they can read a brave women’s life.
ENDURING MEMORY
The idea of this book is to get people to understand the Iranian
coulter and not be scarred of Iranians. It’s also to make you learn something
new maybe you didn’t know how it all starts but now you do and I just want
people to read the book I promise you won’t be sorry. It’s a great experience
to read something new especially when it’s a true story.
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