Sunday, March 8, 2009
Georgia.Mar2-6.class act
this week had discussion groups and my group the involved Marjane being the "hero" of the story. the got talking about whether or not she was the hero or just the person everything is centered around. some thought she was the hero because she made all these changes in her life and they affected the people around her.also,she Had the same fears and hopes of the society around her. she was a representative of her society just like any other hero. i thought it was more that she was the person all these events were happening around and not that she was a hero. she did not make any move that helped her society. she even fled from the society she was in(Iran) so she could be safe. not very hero like in my opionion
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nice work, Georgia. So what is a hero, anyway?
ReplyDeleteHi Georgia, keep this post in mind when you start your next English unit (The Godfather)... your cue to remember it will be when Mr. Guigan starts talking about "The Hero's Journey."
ReplyDeleteDuring our discussions, David noted that on pg. 189 Majane is is presented as an allusion of a superhero, because of her changes and grwoing up through hyperbole.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise, I recommend you to read the book The Hero with a Thousand Faces" by Joseph Campbell. It is a book that explains what a hero is in connecting it with different types of heroes (such as the Minotaur) therefore to prove its discussions.
The book has different perspectives, in which I think that Persepolis connects with. Here are some quotes from the book to pend on:
~"The hero is the man of self-achievement submission" (15)
~ "The first work of a hero is to retreat from the world scene of secondary effects to those casual zones of the psyche." (16)
-Denitza