Persepolis Essay

Is your mask slipping? “What’s done cannot be undone,” declares William Shakespeare. However, people all over the world do not really understand this. They feel opted (obligated) to destroy anything that scares them or is unfamiliar to them. When we are young, we are taught to memorize certain expectations for when people are looking but being taught to memorize rules does not mean we completely understand what to do. In turn, this leads to people learning to create masks of kindness in front…

respect for women. Even famous soccer players have worn their hijab to raise awareness and to get the message out there (DOC7). Women are heavily silenced in the Middle East, this makes it harder to get a woman 's view of the situation. In the book Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, Marjie a young girl gives her point of view of everything happening around her. She realizes all theses changes and continues to wonder why is she even forced to do these things. Even poets express themselves and give…

This essay aims to present the importance of Alexander the Great within the history. This character represents one of the most important characters of the history; not only of the past but also to the present, his achievements transcend until our days. It is interesting to observe how the outside facts and events that made large figure of Alexander. There are many historians and thinkers who have focused in investigate and analyze the mental aspects and personal of this character. These…

During this semester, we had to write three essays. With each one came different requirements, challenges and also a sense of accomplishment. Throughout my educational career, I have written many, many essays. Each time I write them though, I feel like I improve. I learn from my mistakes I had previously made and remember those so that I can make each paper that much better. This class and these three essays are no exception to that. The first essay that we were assigned in English Composition…

Take Iran for an example, excessive emphasis on severe Islamic rules in schools would provoke rebellious for youth. Rock music means revolt as well as freedom and according to the book Persepolis, one of the favorite thing that students liked to do in or after the class was to share and enjoy the western music especially the rock music. It showed that the students in the schools were suppressed a lot under the serious education in the Islamic…

Sometimes, not saying anything is actually better than saying something. In the excerpt, “The Shabbat,” from the comic book biography, “Persepolis,” Marjane Satrapi uses the absence of text (dialogue) and images (visuals) to realistically emphasize and reinforce the ideas and emotions that she underwent during the war between Iran and Iraq. A handful of examples include, but are not limited to when she was walking on the street, when she found out that her neighborhood was attacked, when she…

James Brown once wrote “This is a man 's world,but it would be nothing, nothing. Not one little thing without a woman or a girl. He 's lost in the wilderness. He 's lost in bitterness” Women have been one of the strongest human beings in our societies and have helped is become what it is today. ” Men, have you ever stop and asked yourself “ Why is about my mother’s love like nothing else? Mothers have always been there but society, mostly males, can’t seem to accept this or just too ignorant…

Without a doubt the most impactful geographical factor of ancient China is the development of the Silk Road. The Silk Road was a trade route opened during the Han Dynasty after a soldier traveled along the road for the purpose of breeding Chinese army’s horses with the horses of the Duyuan, who were descendants of Alexander the Great. When the soldier reported back to the emperor about the other civilizations he had come across in his travels and speculation about what else could be gained from…

the requirement that women had to wear their veil. This started the initial anger amongst the clergy and fundamentalists against the people in power about eliminating religion. When Reza Shah Pahlavi’s son became the next leader of Iran and the Persepolis celebration takes place, the fundamentalists and others are even more angered, as the Shah is focused on secular iran, not religious Iran as lots of alcohol and dancers are allowed, which is strictly against Islamic law. This isolated the…

In On the War for Greek Freedom, a compelling work comprised of selections from Herodotus’ The Histories, Herodotus recalls many accounts of history that were relayed to him throughout his life and many travels. Upon returning home to Athens, he spent years putting together The Histories, an elaborate account of the Greco-Persian Wars (499-479 B.C.), and is now credited with being “The Father of History.” Herodotus aids the reader in learning all about the primary and secondary reasons and…