Manny Week Six: Class Act and Snippets

Class Act

On April 16, 2008 we got a bundle of questions and quotations answered in class that day. The idea that I had contributed with the class is that, stealing music, movies, video games and other stuff is all illegal and we could get fined if we get caught, but we still do it because we want an adrenalin rush. People in real life and people in the book, Persepolis, do it too, so that they can feel alive. Later, Fion brought up an idea that you need guards or enforcers to enforce a law and without them, no one will be following the rules. Relating to this idea I brought up an idea that last year, the teachers told us to go outside at lunch and play. Most of us refused because this law was not enforced properly or that we did not feel like going outside. So this year, the teachers had enforced the idea of going outside at lunch and playing. With this “law” being enforced, most of us gave in and went outside to play, but then there were some of us who still refused to go outside and play.

Again, this relates to the previous statement that I had made in class about people wanting an adrenalin rush and also it some what relates to 1984 and how there were still some brave souls that had refused to go outside which is almost the same thing as Winston and Julia who had refused to listen to Big Brother and the Party.

Snippets 

Kevin: Was wondering about how everyone is looking at each other in a circle on the cover of the book. Something that really stood out is that Uncle Anoosh was the only person who was staring outside of the bubble and looking at bigger Marjane. This is like one of Aaron’s Blog posts where he is talking about, breaking the fourth wall. Mr. McG. had an idea that what if everyone in the bubble were foils to each other. Ex. Uncle Anoosh had to escape for a while, just like Marjane had to escape to Austria.

Denitza: Had an idea that the size of the panels represented time. Thin and short panels represent progression of time is fast while, big and wide panels represent progression of time is slow.

Words to Remember

Catharsis= When you see a tragedy happening to someone else, you feel better about yourself because your life is better.

Hubris= Excessive pride or defiance towards someone.

Manny Week Five: Feedback

For this week, I commented on one of Fion's blog post. I wrote that I totally agreed with her and I liked her idea about how more extreme laws, get more people to rebel against them. 

Georgia April15 2009 Snippets

Today, i had a rehearsal for my theatre troupe and we have a song that we use to get ready for a show and it just gives us that extra boost to get going. The song is "Eye of the Tiger". This seems to have no relevance to Persepolis but indeed it does! on page 275 she becomes an aerobics teacher and the stereo is playing "eye of the tiger". T thought that was a little humorous.
I had actually been looking at this snippet this week because you can tell that Satrapi used "Eye of the tiger" for a reason. on the last panel of page 273, you see Marjane wanting to live her life to the fullest.Then from there ,if you know the song "eye of the tiger" you can hear the build up in the song and in the graphic novel you can see her build up to becoming the person she wants to be.So, the song and the panels match up quite well.

Manny Week Five: Snippets

On page 257, in the last panel, Marjane is thinking about what her dad had said. As you can see in the panel Marjane is all alone in her bedroom and if you look at head, arms and legs you can see that she blends in with the background. This is the same thing that we were talking in class last week. Also, the bed blends with the surroundings and its surroundings is black. This symbolizes loneliness and Marjane is in a stage of loneliness right now.

Manny Week Five: Class Act

Today the weather was great outside so we decided to have class outside. The goal for today’s class was to first make questions about Persepolis. Once we had a decent amount of question we were asked to pick one question that struck to us the most and whoever else had the same questions were separated into one group. My group members were Inder, Harroop, Evan, and I and our question was “What changes occur as a result of Marjane’s journey?”

Manny Week Four: Feedback

For this week, I commented on one of Alice's Blog posts where she is talking about rebellions and comparing two panels and how similar they look. I wrote that I totally agree with her idea of rebellions being the same no matter what religion you are from and I also wrote that I was amazed when I saw that those to pictures were mostly similar.

Manny Week Four: Snippets

On page 196 in the last panel, in the text, it says "I saw red" and judging by Marjane's eyebrows and the steam coming out of her nose, she is angry as a bull. The reason being that bulls are the only animals that get angry by looking at the color red. This panel uses one of our examinable literature terms and that term is Metaphor. 

Also, looking at Marjane and the way the steam is formed, the steam covers her mouth. That means when you are angry, you have no control over what you are saying.

This panel is important because this is the last panel before a major turning point in the book. The major turning point is when Marjane yell at the girls at the booth saying that she is an Iranian and she is proud and she finally understands what her grandmother was saying.