The artist Jacopo Zucchi was born in Italy in 1540 and passed away in 1596. He was a painter in the 16th century. When I went to the Yale Art Museum, I saw his painting “The Assembly of the Gods”. The painting was created in 1575, which was the period of the renaissance. It was located in the second floor in the ‘European Art’ collection area.…
The representation of religion in the film Persepolis Persepolis: The story of a child hood is movie made from a graphic novel and autobiography by Marjane Satrapi. The story is told from a first person perspective by young author Marji. She had witnesses the entire Islamic Revolution; including the fall of the pro-western Shah republic in 1979, the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and the Iran-Iraq War in 1980; throughout her childhood.…
Secondly, the internment of the Japanese Americans subjects civilians, men, mothers, women, children, and elderly, American citizens to conditions that were more suitable for soldiers and war criminals. Close to 120,000 people were kept in ten camps, that means around 11,000 people a camp. And they detained men, women, and children. Farewell to Manzanar, an autobiography of Jeanne Wakatsuki, someone who grew up in the camps details the conditions that the Japanese American internees were kept in as well as the hardships. She told of, “Many families weren’t as lucky as ours and suffered months of anguish while trying to arrange transfers from one camp to another.”…
Jesus’ Son Book Review Jesus’ Son is a novel written by Denis Johnson. The genre is Fiction. It is 133 pages long and is about 14 dollars. This novel was published in 1992. This book is a novel full of different short stories that make up the chapters.…
Manzanar Final Write Up: Contrary to most people, I did not enjoy the book “Farewell to Manzanar”. The story itself was only partly interesting and I personally am not a fan of non-fiction. Real life is almost never as interesting as someone else's imagination. In addition, reading a non-fiction war story only made me sad since it actually happened. Jeanne Wakatsuki (the author and narrator) was the character I connected to the most.…
A young girl facing life-threatening fears inherits her father's will to survive. In the book “The Other Side Of The Sky” written by Farah Ahmedi she writes of her life growing up in the harsh environment of Afghanistan. The memoir tells her troubling time losing her leg along with losing her whole family. Farah grew up in the land mine field Kabul Afghanistan. At the age of just seven she lost her leg by stepping on one of the landmines.…
John Peralta AP Literature Ms.Ridge Period 4 English Literature And Composition “Icarus”, written by Edward Field is based on the Greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus but it's portrayed in a contemporary setting. Edward Fields uses Imagery, Diction, Irony and Structure. Field uses those techniques to employs the story into a modern story relevant to today's society.…
Themes in Peace Like a River Theme is defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly (Theme - Examples and Definition of Theme). In the novel Peace Like a River by Leif Enger, Enger focuses on one theme in particular: Spirituality. In the novel Peace Like a River, spiritually is displayed through works of miracles. Jeremiah Land, the father of the narrator, Reuben Land, performs various miracles throughout the story which affect not only his life but lives of the people around him.…
In troubling times, many people look to their faith as a source of guidance and inspiration. This certainly rings true in two graphic novels: Maus: A Survivor’s Story, written by Art Spiegelman, and Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi. Maus tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman’s experience as a Polish Jew in the Holocaust. Persepolis, an autobiographical novel, follows Marjane, a religious young girl who has a passion for activism growing up during the Islamic Revolution.…
The women in the novels Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi are a chief example of the theme of matriarchy present throughout the text. The novel has a prevalent feminist air, which is exhibited in the presence of numerous female role models, and the character Marji 's various protests against the men in the Regime. These moments of rebellion on Marji 's part may stem from the influence her matriarchal role models had on her. Examples of these role models include Marji 's mother and grandmother. Both women are very involved in Marji 's life, and both women hold unique qualities that make them role models for Marji.…
After a short marriage and divorce Satrapi moved to France and had her graphic novel Persepolis published in 2000. Through text and graphics in the short story, "The Shabbat", Satrapi utilizes recollections of her childhood experiences to show the impact of the Iranian Revolution as well as express her thoughts and emotions during it. The Iranian Revolution had a great impact on the daily conversations of those living in Iran. "The Shabbat" begins with Marjane and her family discussing the possibility of Iraq having ballistic missiles.…
There are few things that traditional western culture values more than protecting the innocence of a child. It is not often considered, but many go to great lengths to guard this intangible element of childhood. “The Shabbat”, an excerpt from Marjane Satrapi’s graphic memoir Persepolis, chronicles young Satrapi’s loss of innocence in a terrible way. This comic tells the story of a little Iranian girl who is living through the Islamic Revolution, all from a first-person retrospective point of view. In other words, this story recounts the horrors that a little girl faces in a war zone.…
In the Novel Under A Cruel Star, Heda Margolius Kovaly sheds light on the repercussions of not only the German concentration camps in World War 2, but also shows how the War led to the adoption, practice, and repercussions of a hostile communist government. In this novel courage, not only in a power to survive, but in a power to provide for family, is the most prevalent issue brought about in Hedas retelling of her time in the concentration camps and her time as wife to a communist official. One of the most endearing facts about Heda in her retelling of her experiences is that fact how despite everything that she had observed, participated in, and been subjected to she still remained “human” in that she was not misguided by hate and anger but…
Through her graphic novel, Persepolis, she exposed the struggles of her country and the innocent people in it. The reader experiences the start of the Islamic revolution through the eyes of young Marjane. As each character is introduced, the reader sees the relationships between Marjane and the character to develop important ideas and themes. The author give insight on growing up in Iran and give the reader a different perspective of Iran. Persepolis shows the dangers of what could happen if you let others opinions dictate you.…
To rewrite history is to provide a different version of history that is known or believed. With this in mind, Persepolis is an autobiographical graphic novel about Marjane Satrapi reflecting back on her life during the Islamic revolution in Iran. Throughout the novel, Marjane writes the history again by adding an unique identity to Iran that rejects the government in power and the religion associated with the government. Satrapi often challenges Western perspectives of religion in the East. Additionally, The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, is a fictional story about an Afghan male named Amir recalling growing up during the increasing social, ethnic and political changes in Afghanistan.…