1_Persepolis_Story_of_Childhood_Part_1

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Persepolis I

Introduction

VEIL

BICYCLE

Introduction

1. According to the introduction, what stereotypical image does Satrapi try to dispel*?
2. The author indicates two motives for writing Persepolis. What are they? 

*dispel: eliminate; make disappear

VEIL 

1. How does Marji's family influence her thinking? What is their background and beliefs? 
2. How was education affected by the new regime? Why?
3. What did bilingual schools represent to the new regime? 

What doe class photo reveal about Satrapi's drawing? What does this drawing reveal about Satrapi's message?

What does this panel reveal about Marjane's perception of the Revolution? 

How does perception of veil in this panel varry? 

The social inequality in Iran was stark, and Marji saw it even at a young age.  Marji never understood the social classes in Iran. She didn't agree with them, and she wanted to change her country into a place where people could hang out or fall in love no matter what social class they came from.

Why does Marjane want to become The Last Prophet?

The Islamic Revolution became reality. What is Marjane's perception of religiosity? 

Marjane illustrates and wishes to implement a different version of religiosity, one that treats people with fairness and love, and which accepts women as equal. 

Though the revolution had not yet begun, people were protesting against the Shah for his bad handling of the country. Marji's parents were protestors, fighting for the cause of freedom and justice. She writes, ''I wanted to be justice, love, and the wrath of god all in one.''

wrath: extreme anger

THE BICYCLE

THE BICYCLE

1. Why is this chapter entitled 'The Bicycle?' 
2. Who are Che Guevara, Fidel, and Trotsky? Why are they important? 
3. How does Marji's relationship with God begin to change?
4. What happens at the Rex Cinema? What does the Sha say? What do Marjane's parents know? 

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Descartes effectively discovered the category of ‘consciousness’, and

thus laid the foundation for both modern philosophy and psychology, the science of consciousness.