Persepolis (Second Half) Past Paper PDF

Persepolis (second half) Individually: How does Marji’s life in Iran compare to her life in Vienna? What difficulties does she face in each place, and how are they different or similar? Discuss with the person next to you!  What happens in Persepolis?...

Persepolis (second half) Individually: How does Marji’s life in Iran compare to her life in Vienna? What difficulties does she face in each place, and how are they different or similar? Discuss with the person next to you!  What happens in Persepolis? Marji survives a Marji lives in several suicide attempt. The Iran-Iraq War different places then is Shortly afterward Story begins begins (1980), and unhoused for two she meets Reza roughly around the Marji leaves Iran Marji and her family months in the winter. and they enroll in Iranian Revolution again in 1994 and experience constant She ends up in hospital university together (1979): Marji is moves to France. bombings. with bronchitis. in Tehran 8-9. Marji’s life at In 1984, Marji’s In 1988, Marji Marji and Reza school parents send her returns to Iran marry but are changes under to school in (the war has unhappy the new Vienna for a better ended), but she together, and Islamic life (age 14). struggles to find three years later government. her place again they divorce. there.  Pp. 267-68 Persepolis * The west has been oppressive in a different way * By the end of the book, when Marji leaves Iran again, it feels different than the first time—there is no longer the fantasy of escaping to an ideal life Some image-text relationships (from C. Hill) 1. REDUNDANT: The words and the image say the same thing. It is useful if you need to make an important point crystal-clear or if your audience is less flexible (as with young children, for example) 2. CONTRASTING: The words and the image convey opposites. This will startle the reader or suggest sarcasm 3. COMPLEMENTARY: The words and image combined tell an idea that neither alone completely expresses 4. UNRELATED: No connection seems obvious between the words and the image. It can suggest confusion, stream-of-consciousness, altered states, or poetic associations  Of course, I love I’m getting squished! travelling with my parents And she wondered why I Hickory dickory dock. can’t read on the plane… The mouse ran up the clock. Persepolis p. 10, final panel How might you describe the relationship between text and image in this panel?  Group 1: p. 6, panel 1 In groups (of Group 2: p. 34, panels 3-4 2-3), describe the relationship between image Group 3: p. 52, panel 1 and text: Group 4: p. 215, panel 1 Comic jam! 1. Get into groups of 2-3 students 2. In your groups, write a (very) short story of 2-4 sentences. Start your story with “I’ve been dreading this moment—today is the day I…” 3. Give your story a title, and write it at the top of the sheet of paper. Divide your sentences into the panels. These are your captions—you can put them anywhere you want in the panel, but leave room for images! 4. Do NOT draw any images (yet)! 1. Pass your sheet clockwise 2. With your sheet from another group, draw the first panel (4 mins.). Remember that your drawings can have different kinds of relationship to the caption text, and you can include speech bubbles, thought bubbles, emanata, etc. 3. Pass your sheet! Comic jam! (cont’d) Next week: o On Nov. 6th (Wednesday), Dr. Boschman, Chair of English, Languages, and Cultures will be visiting our class o He will be here to watch me teach, not to evaluate you o Please come to class to participate! It’s important for my teaching record, which in turn is important for your education ☺