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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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    “Music has power – especially for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.” (AFA Website 2016). Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible neurodegenerative condition (that deteriorates significantly over time) of a patient’s memory and daily bodily functions. Since humans are living longer and our older population is increasingly getting larger there are more and more people suffering from Alzheimer’s than ever before. There are currently over 5.4 million Americans suffering…

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    The Importance of Sacrifice in The Road Cormac McCarthy’s The Road portrays a post-apocalyptic world containing nothing but the distinct loss of morality and desperate attempts to survive. In this cruel world, while most become bestial and corrupt, a father and his son struggle to find ways to stay alive while simultaneously keeping hope alive and staying humane in their ways. The sacrifices made by the man strengthen his relationship with his son and help maintain the only thing they have…

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    In the story Strength in What Remains Deogratis Niyizonkiza is faced with unbelievable stuggles that no one should ever have to go through. Divine intervention plays a role in Deo’s life, whether it be good or bad. All throughout his life, we see instances where a higher being is working in the background. Through divine intervention, Deo’s successes and struggles lead him down the path of righteousness. From the sheer mass of dead and decaying bodies, to the cries of a lone baby, Deo was no…

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    The father and the son lived in dark and dreary world, filled with violent people. In the book The Road, the father looked at his son for hope and mercy. The son carries the fire within him throughout the book showing that he has the light and hope to stay positive and survive through the rough and ashed world. The motif of this novel is light versus dark because they live in a dark place that they are trying to escape by making fires and the son carrying the fire. The way they lived was hard…

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    In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte employs birds a symbol in order to highlight important themes in her novel. While birds traditionally symbolize freedom and expression, Bronte uses them to show independence (or a lack of), freedom, and rifts in social class. Bronte also depicts some of her most prominent characters as birds such as Jane, Rochester, Adele, Bertha, and even Rochester’s guests. Through the use of bird symbolism Bronte highlights important topics in her novel, while giving the reader…

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    Many characters throughout some of the most famous and brilliant novels cannot be identified as the “good guy” or the “bad guy.” These characters intentions and actions create this confusion, making them morally ambiguous. An example of this moral ambiguity can be found in The Road by Cormac McCarthy with the use diction. The father is the character at play, in which his decisions are controversial. The father’s character causes doubt in his morals when he justifies why he has kept his son…

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    Childhood In Persepolis

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    Persepolis is a graphic novel written by Marjane Satrapi that examines the childhood of a young girl in Iran during the 1980’s. This story provides an alternative perspective of the events of the Islamic revolution and the war to follow. This paper seeks to prove the importance of Marjane’s childhood perspective when expressing her view of an alternative Iran. Marjane uses the innocence of childhood to expresser point of view. Iran is commonly thought of as an Islamic majority country. In an…

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    Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, is a graphic novel written about her life and the struggles and challenges she faces and how she overcomes them. Maus, written by Art Spiegelman, is a graphic novel telling the story of his father's experience through World War II. In both books, the role that government and soldiers takes is different yet similar. In Persepolis the government and soldiers are meant to keep people in order and suppress rebellious acts. In Maus the government and soldiers are there…

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    "Growing up" is very confusing yet pivotal for learning, self-discovery, and development. It is difficult to maneuver through this time under "average" circumstances. However in The Complete Persepolis, the author Marjane Satrapi recounts her childhood spent in Iran during the Iranian Revolution, her teen years spent in Austria in asylum from the Iran-Iraq War, and her return to Iran after gaining global perspective. Throughout the graphic novel Marjane is required to adapt to her ever-changing…

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