usually thinking about Islamic fundamentalism‚ disastrous war between Iran and Iraq‚ nuclear weapons tests… However‚ they don’t know what it is like to grow up and live in Iran. Graphic novelist‚ Marjane Satrapi‚ in her autobiographical comic book Persepolis that was published in French‚ recounts her childhood life in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution. Satrapi’s purpose is to show French people what it is like to live in Iran at that particular time in a comic form. She described her experience
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The Future of Books 17 November 2011 The Future of Books 1. Introduction Books have evolved greatly since the first writings in clay tablets a thousand years B.C. to nowadays with the digital versions of most books that were‚ not long ago‚ only available in paper. Even though stories have been carried and passed from generation to generation since the emergence of language‚ only until around the fifth century has it been heard about books and their use. In the antiquity‚ primitive materials
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If someone were to flip through the graphic novel Perseoplis‚ by just looking at the images‚ the book could be put off as something that was intended for the children’s comic book section. However‚ this books power of simplification and literary content shows a much more compelling learning experience. Persepolis is a autobiographical narrative about a young girl experiencing the Islamic revolution. Coming of age‚ government empowerment‚ and feminism are some of the many challenges Marji managed
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Bowen 27 February 2013 Reading a Book vs. Listening to an Audio Book Now days‚ most people simply do not have the time to sit down and read a book. More and more are beginning to use a source of recorded audio books to listen to on the go. It really depends on whom one asks whether or not audio books are considered to be the most efficient way to obtain a books content. Various pros and cons come along with either option. Whether or not taking the time to read a book is greater than only listening
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi is a thoughtful examination of the Iranian government’s corrupt regime against its own people. During the late 1970s‚ Iran experienced cultural upheaval as the citizens fought to remove the amoral Shah from power (Tedla and Dolan). Since the Shah’s removal‚ Iran has been subject to violence‚ terrorism‚ and extreme ideology. The context with which Persepolis was written helps give readers perspective and insight as to the reasoning that motivates
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The ALA bans books for bad language‚ sexual themes‚ and much more. If it was not for the ALA we would not have the entire subject of a banned book‚ but it is so I am here. The book that I am doing is the art of racing in the rain. This book doesn’t have much in it to get it banned but for the little that is in it got it banned. But this has been the loom on what I think about this book getting banned. There are a bunch of little reasons for this book getting banned such as cussing or
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“A book is a gift you can open again and again‚” wrote Garrison Keillor. People read all the time. They read for information‚ for escape‚ for entertainment‚ for instruction‚ for guidance. They read recipes and tweets and texts. They read newspapers‚ blogs‚ and Facebook replies. In a recent survey by Pew Research‚ the number of people who actually read a book in the past year was 72 percent in 2015. I am one of those. As I consider my reading experiences‚ I realize they represent the journey I have
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I think we should ban books because if we need to learn a subject that we don’t know then we can look that book up in the library. There’s lots of students that can learn by reading. We learn from different subjects.We should banned books that are not appropriate for ages 11 to 15 If we do have books we can look up any word we want and that would be cool for some kids because if they got a spelling test coming up they can get the spelling words list from there teacher and look them up before the
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How to create a smash book How to create a smash book‚ not a scrapbook. A smash book is a place where you can place the little things in life’ ticket stubs‚ magazine clips‚ recipes‚ snapshots‚ love letters‚ design ideas‚ pictures‚ and notes to self. It is faster than scrap booking and is portable too. A smash book can be made from a ringed binder or a note book or you can buy a book from k and company at a craft store or online. They are personal on each page with picture design on each that
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Persepolis The memoir of Marjane Satrapi growing up in Iran is written as a very personal account in the comic book Persepolis. This is a story that describes her life during the Islamic Revolution which includes her moral‚ physical‚ religious‚ and psychological struggles she endured. Being the setting of a bloody war with Iraq‚ Iran was not the ideal environment Marjane’s parents wanted her to grow up in. Persepolis represents a unique life of a child in Tehran‚ Iran and the actions she took
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