Marjane

Marjane

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Meg's Persepolis Week One- Snippets

I believe there is a reoccuring motif in Persepolis... hair. It might sound strange, and we haven't analysed all of Persepolis as a class, however it begins on pg.5. Her mother dyes her hair to avoid being recognized. Next, on pg. 12, all the revolutionaries have unibrows. Pg. 13, Marx and God both have thick, full beards, one curly and one more straight. Then later in the graphic novel, Marji eventually fluctuates between long and short hair. This idea of hair might come up again, and I will talk about it more when I learn more.

Meg's Persepolis Week One- Feedback


Mr. McGuigan said:
I thought the idea of the devil "framing" her family on pg.43 was really interesting. Also, that her parents had their eyes closed, and she was looking straight at the audience. I definitely did not think about the eyes or Marjane.

Classmates said:
I liked Gabe's idea of this ying yang symbol for the 1st panal on pg. 6. I didn't agree completely with Geneva's idea that Marjane prefers the regular side than the religious side.

On *Fion and Alice's Blog":
"Is Marji not behaving what her private self tells her to?"

I think Marji is behaving like her private side, but in a controlled way. For example, Marji has a holy book, and follows the first three rules from Zarathustra. She also wants to celebrate Zarathustrain holidays. However, she only tells her Grandmother about the holy book. I believe this could be because on pg.6, Marjane is a little embarassed that her family's maid didn't eat with them, and that her father had a cadillac. I believe Marjane desperately wanted to become a part of the world that she didn't understand. Marjane (pg.3) didn't understand why she had to wear the veil. Also, she was seperated from her friends. (pg.4)Her mother had to dye her hair and disguise herself for being published during a demonstration against the veil. So, Marjane, a young girl, thought the most she could do was become a prophet. Later on pg.17, Marjane cries in bed without God because her parents refuse to let her go to a demonstration. This is why Marjane keeps most of the religion inside, because she is afraid that her parents won't let her.

Meg's Persepolis Week One- CLASS ACT

Once discussing Persepolis with the rest of the class, it was interesting to discover new symbols and allegorical meanings to the photos. Since this is a graphic novel, most people would think that there is nothing more to the photos and words chosen. However, since we are IB students (whoo!) and now that you mention it, intelligent students, we can analyze anything to the death. Once we are done with Persepolis, it will be battered and analyzed to shreds.

I like this idea of white spaces. I can't wait to hear more about graphic novels tomorrow.
"Can a dictatorship crush culture?"

Monday, February 23, 2009

Starting Up

Hello all!
Everything you see here from now on is going to be posted by the two most extreme Persepolis followers in the class!!!!