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Panel Analysis
Persepolis Mania
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Iran got rid of this leader
The Shah
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Marji wrote love letters for this person
Mahri (the maid)
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What kind of story is Persepolis?
Coming of age
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What does Marji see when she looks back at her parents in the airport
Mom being carried by dad
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What does this image reveal about the girls?
She is showing that girls are still independent individuals and not powerless victims.
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Marjane's first disciple
her Grandmother
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What became obligatory for girls in Tehran to wear in 1980
Veils/Hijab
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This is Marji's uncle
Anoosh
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Iran went to war with this country
Iraq
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This is where Marji's parents send her
Austria / Vienna
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How does this panel characterize Marji?
This panel reveals how Marji is torn between her religious identity and her more modern outlook on the lifestyle (mentions of identity)
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What revolutionary did Marji aspire to be like? What was something we learned about them?
Che Guevarra was a communist revolutionary who introduced guerilla warfare
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Major political event took place in 1979 in Iran
What is the Islamic Revolution
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This was set on fire with 400 people inside.
Rex Theatre
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Young boys who fought in the war were given this item
What did it symbolize?
Gold painted, plastic keys
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What did it mean if someone was "on a trip"
That they were in prison or executed
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Why are Marji and Mahri upset? (beyond surface)
The impact of social classes on Marji and Mahris life and how betrayed they felt by both the government and Marji's parents
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What are TWO ways the new Islamic republic impact the educational system?
They closed the universities and re-wrote the textbooks.
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They were a symbol of decadence
Why were the bilingual schools shut down?
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Why does Marji ask her grandmother why she smells so good the last time she sleeps over before moving?
Because she know it may be a long time until she sees her and the smell is a childhood comfort to her.
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What major event occurred when Marji and Mehri snuck out to a protest?
Black Friday many people in the protest were massacred by the Pahlavi military
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At school they did this to honor war victims
Beat chest
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What does the way the body is drawn reveal? Must make specfic references to the image
Childlike perception of violence because of how the body looks hollow, like a mannequin, no blood, etc
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How does what happened to Anoosh change Marjane’s beliefs?
She no longer believes in God
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Siamak and Mohsen
Who were the two male friends that were let out of prison after but searched for later?
500
Marji's uncle escaped to this country
Russia
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These types of missiles were fired at Tehran.
Ballistic/Scuds
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Marji's dad tells her to have this food in Europe
Sachertorte (small; chocolate cake-like desser)
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an important literary term in that it highlights contrasts between two things but also invites comparisons.
The history of Iran as constantly being in a state of endless invasions and how it affects them currently
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Why would Marji’s parents think it is funny she wants to play Monopoly after they returned from a protest?
The point of Monopoly is to own everything and they are protesting against the man who owns everything.