English H 11 August 2014 Printed Books vs. Evolving Technology The battle between books and the digital age: will technology diminish the significance of a printed book? Although many books can be found on a Kindle‚ I-pad‚ or computer‚ the printed book is traditional and one simply can’t stray from tradition. It’s easy to get lost in a world where advancements are flourishing everywhere‚ but a world without books‚ is a world without knowledge. Printed books are still vital in a rapidly evolving
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Effects of Violence on Marji Although violence is intended to harm someone‚ there can be positive effects in certain situations. In Marjane Satrapi’s personal memoir‚ Persepolis‚ it is shown that Marji is exposed to a large amount of violence in her life‚ and in turn‚ it has affected her in many ways. The negative effect on her life include the emotional scarring that entails deaths from violence and also her increased violent tendencies. A positive effect of violence on Marji’s adolescence is
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changed. After national referendum to become an Islamic Republic‚ Ruhollah Khomeini become leader of Iran and started to get rid of opposition; additionally‚ he started his dictatorship over Iran. This paper will focus on the analysis of the movie Persepolis with the use of some concepts such as rights of women in Iran society after revolution and change of life with revolution. The rights of woman after Iranian Revolution in society can be easily seen in the movie. Firstly‚ woman does not have
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Book will always exist We are living in a century of technical progress. More and more new gadgets appear in our everyday lives. If I had been told ten years ago that I would be able to check e-mails‚ listen to the music and read electronic books with the use of only mobile phone‚ I wouldn’t have believed it. Nevertheless nowadays it’s as easy as abc to read a book through computer‚ mobile phone or a special e-books reader. Major IT corporations raise competition for the invention of the most
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In the book Persepolis‚ the pictures represent a devastating time in Iranian history. The fourth panel on page twenty nine is a picture that gives a good representation of Iran’s history. The bottom left corner presents Marjane’s father taking pictures of demonstrations and fighting between the people and the government. To the right of Marjane’s father are nine pictures unaligned‚ all of whom are taken during the demonstration. The pictures were mainly of the military controlling the demonstrators
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Persepolis is a postmodern work because of the style in which Marjane Satrapi presents her memoir‚ in the form of a graphic novel. Rather that retell factual stories with certainty‚ she is able to convey her childhood by giving her own experiences that encapture what her emotions and recollection of what the events meant‚ through images and dialogue. Satrapi makes a cohesive and moving memoir through her alternate style of the novel. The style of it makes the retelling of the story much more abstract
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BOOK FAIR A book fair is a fair for selling and displaying books on various subjects. A book fair is usually arranged on the important days of a year. As 21st February is our Mother Language Day‚ the book fair named “Ekushey Boi Mela” is held in Bangla Academy on February is the most important and popular book fair of our country. The book fair of 21st February takes place in Bangla Academy under open sky. There are many stalls and pavilions in the fair of different publishers. In a book fair
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Persepolis Project Persepolis is a graphic novel written by Marjane Satrapi. The book is written in a first person point of view‚ portraying Marjane’s interpretations of key aspects of her child hood and what she had to go through growing up in Iran. Unfortunately for Marjane she grew up in a very troublesome time‚ the Islamic revolution of 1979 and the continuous revolts that occurred after the revolution. And we see over the course of the book how this greatly affects her life and the decisions
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Markus Zusack: The Book Thief Teaching suggestions Pre-Reading: • Book covers Students talk about their expectations by looking at the title and the various book covers. Suggestion: one cover per group‚ then exchange with other groups. • Prologue activity Hand out prologue without title‚ read in class (together or silently)‚ students invent their own title‚ discuss questions: - Who’s telling the story? - What do you expect from a book which has Death as a narrator? - What’s
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Persepolis is a graphic autobiography by Marjane Satrapi that characterize her childhood up to her early adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic Revolution. The title is a reference to the ancient capital of the Persian Empire‚ Persepolis. During the 1980s when this book is set‚ Iran was having the largest revolution in the country’s history. We are going to see Marg’s evolution threw out five major themes: religion‚ family‚ friends‚ society and authority. We are going to peruse the pros
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