Velvet Revolution

during the Zhou Dynasty in 256 BC. Some rebellions have been justified and some have not. Rebellion has brought wars and has birthed new countries; it is needed to keep the government in check. America in all its glory was born in the heart of a revolution. Rebellion against government is not wrong and is justifiable if it is done with the mindset of bettering the country, protecting personal rights, and garners the support of others that have the means…

Persepolis is a graphic novel that centers around the life of Marjane Satrapi. Satrapi’s memoir provides an insightful point of view on the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Marjane, a typical teenager, goes through the hardships of living through a war; her story shows the evolution of a young girl. The censorship of Persepolis is quite absurd; the graphic novel has the chance to relate to, encourage, and educate a child’s mind. Throughout the world many children go through hardships, in Satrapi’s…

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic novel and autobiography that encompasses Marjane Satrapi’s life as a child in Iran’s Islamic Revolution. Satrapi writes a beautiful story but her use of graphic imagery really allows readers to connect and understand to her personal and mental growth. Throughout the story, Satrapi goes through a great change in personality which is fueled by her residence in revolutionary Iran. Her personality matures and is greatly affected by the repression and the…

Persepolis”. With this novel, Satrapi shows her journey as a young child thrown into the fire of war, as a teenager trying to find her own identity in a foreign country and as a young adult who feels guilty for fleeing her country in the midst of a revolution. Marjane Satrapi’s brave, assertive and strong willed personality had a lot to do with her parents, grandparents, and uncle being great role models. They taught her about Iran’s history and the importance of fighting back against…

1984 Essay When a revolution against oppression begins in order for it to be successful You would need to have a strong will, like Rosa park when she was in NAACP, or a strong influence in people, like Gandhi and you have to have the support of the people, like the American revolution and war. But there’s multiple mistakes that can be made in a revolution, and there's multiple qualities that one would need to possess in order to lead a successful revolution. So one may look at past…

Although colonists settled in America as an escape from England, due to unfair laws, lack of organization and colonial revolts, and intellectual reforms, it prompted the colonists to seek for freedom from England which is what made the American Revolution inevitable. When King Charles III ruled the colonies, he paid more attention and intervened with the colonial affairs. Around the 1660’s, merchantilism transformed the America’s economy (3). England sought for more wealth from trade and…

Western commentary appearing in circulation between 1953 and 1965 was cautiously declinist, predicting a loss of living standards gained during the initial land reform years. This opinion was largely based upon the notion that Mao’s FFYP was to be firmly rooted in the Soviet model of FFYP, the latter having caused a substantial decline in peasant living standards and conditions. In these terms, the ambitious FFYP, geared towards the rapid industrialisation of heavy and light industry, was…

Due to the nature of the Cultural Revolution, which placed an unprecedented emphasis on culture, even those without a political background were targeted and branded as ‘class enemies’ because of their professions, interests or backgrounds (Bai, 2014). This classing led to perhaps the most…

The Declaration of Independence was a document established in the United State as a nation on July 4, 1776.The document was ordered and approved by the continental congress and was written mostly by Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration of Independence was a founding document of American political tradition, stating that all men are equal; emphasizing on individual freedom and liberty. In the early 1740s, colonies were dealing with the problem concerning the King of England, at the peak of this…

Two Sicilies. This threat of political change sparks a revolution which rises in Naples. The King of Two Sicilies signs the proposed constitution immediately (Kagan 717). Other large European powers such as Britain, Austria and Russia felt the need to address this matter. It is at the Congress of Troppau that the protocol of Troppau is decided on (Kagan 717). This declaration basically allowed any power to intervene in countries with revolution. Afterward, Austrian troops stormed into Naples and…