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    Relationshipis the bondage in which the Indian society prevails. Githa Hariharan being an Indian women writer has written many novels and short stories. In all her novels she deals with the theme of social, political issues. She also deals with problems faced by women in Indian society. One another theme is relationship. In all her novels, she deals with some kind of relationship. In the novel The Ghosts of Vasu Master Hariharan deals with the relationship between a teacher and a student. She also says about the importance of teaching and education. Similarly in this novel, Hariharan says how Vasu Master put his effort to teach Mani and his life after retirement. This paper deals about the relationship between Vasu Master and Mani. Key Words: Relationship, teaching, education, teacher, student. The Indo – Anglian literature comprises of many women writers in English. In such a condition women writers have been playing an important role as a representative. Most of the Indian women novelists deal with the issues of women and their problems. These Indian women novelists have high knowledge of life and it reveals in their writings. These writers pave way for the younger generation of Indian women novelists. Women writers like Shasi Deshpande, Arundhathi Roy, Manju Kapur, Anita Nair have contributed a lot to Indian English Literature. Among the younger generation writers, one notable novelist is Githa Hariharan. Githa Hariharan was born in 1954 in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. She…

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    Persepolis Conflict Essay

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    Conflicts of Persepolis Persepolis is a story based upon the life and coming to age of Marjane Satrapi. Through out the story, Marjane and the people around her face many conflicts such as war and oppression. The author, whom is also the main character, utilizes external, interpersonal, and internal conflicts to create multiple themes around society and women. The anecdote begins in the 1970's where Marjane is a young girl living among her family in Iran. The first major external conflict is…

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    In the book Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, her childhood memories explain the difficulties within society. Although there were many changes, students were separated by gender due to the Islamic Revolution. Boys were in one room while girls were in another. Many students were not able to see each other. Most girls in the panel were depressed or upset. On the other hand, the boys seemed content. Girls were forced to wear veils. In this chapter, The Veil, Martyrs come into the town and tear down…

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    In the graphic novel Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi, every black-and-white drawing contains a figurative or underlying meaning on what each represents. Specifically on page 10 of the novel, there is a drawing on the 3rd row of cluttered subjects piled up, looking gravely. These people are the center of the illustration, and next to the group of more than 22 people, is a five-wheeled bicycle that is meant for multiple people to ride on. All of the people are melancholy and some even have…

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    People are affected by culture everyday of their life; sometimes in a good way and sometimes in a bad way. A girl named Marjane Satrapi in the autobiography Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi was impacted by a cultural revolution. Turning her life turn upside down. Over the course of a few years she had turned from a child to a young teen, experiencing the violence of war and eventually moving to Austria without her family. She was impacted greatly by the government, social organization, and changing…

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    The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi tells the story of Marjane’s life as she grows up in Iran during the Iranian revolution. In the beginning, Marjane is young and naive, not fully understanding the impact of the war. Throughout the graphic novel, she experiences a series of major life events, including moving to Austria and losing her beloved Uncle Anoosh. By the end of the graphic novel, however, these events have strengthened her, creating a strong, independent woman who knows the…

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    Feminism, the equality of both men and women, is seen in both Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novel, Persepolis, and in Sophocles’s tragedy, “Antigone”. Despite having been written in different time periods, Persepolis in 1980 and Antigone around 600 BCE, the two authors can be considered feminist of their time as both their stories discuss the lives of women in times of political oppression. Persepolis is the autobiography of Marjane Satrapi as she grows up in Iran during times of…

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    Persepolis Veil

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    Lalita Kondubhatla Professor Bowers Writing 01 12 December 2014 The importance of the Veil In the graphic autobiography, “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi takes place roughly ten years after the Islamic revolution which includes a lot of information regarding femininity during the Islamic revolution. As Satrapi describes from a ten-year old perspective, she talks about how shortly after the Islamic Revolution the girls are asked to wear the veils over their heads and cannot look a man in the…

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    Persepolis Humour Essay

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    The Iranian Revolution may not seem like the ideal situation for humour to be applied, but humour is seen often in Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis; a book retelling Satrapi’s childhood during the revolution. Although her story is littered with the tragedy and brutality of oppression and war, the horrors she experienced are often combined with funny moments that seem impossible in her situation. The premise of humour may seem out of place in a graphic novel about a terrible time, the…

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    Everybody with a sibling can tell you that as children there were many fights. Most of the time it would end with some sort of punishment, like being forced to sit it time out or being grounded. Yet we have all seen our parents fight and they never get punished for it. The conflict of parent and child, and many other conflicts, are seen in Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. This graphic novel tells of Satrapi’s tween years, where she lived through the Iranian Revolution and struggled against both…

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