Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Persepolis: The Water Cell

Post an interpretive question about this chapter.

23 comments:

  1. Why does Marjane’s father contradict her daughter with most phrases that suggest god as an individual.

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    1. Why does Marjane’s father contradict her daughter whenever she thinks of God as a friend?

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  2. How does Marjane’s relationship with God shift in Chapter 3?

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    1. Why does Marjane look at God differently in Chapter 3?

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  3. How does Marjane’s school spread propaganda about the King and the current political state of Iran?

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    1. Why does Marjane’s school feed her inaccurate historical information about the King and current political state of Iran?

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  4. Why do you think that only after being “sidetracked from his princely destiny,” (Satrapi, 23) could Marjane’s father pursue intellectual enlightenment?

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    1. Why could Marjane’s grandfather pursue intellectual enlightenment only after being “sidetracked from his princely destiny,” (Satrapi, 23)

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  5. Why did the author choose to put certain images of what the father was taking pictures of? Why these images?

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    1. Why were images of soldiers and violence used as the father's pictures?

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  6. What is the significance of Marjane’s half light and half dark face at the end of the chapter?

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    1. What is the significance of Marjane's half shaded face at the end of the chapter?

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  7. Does the cell filled with water mean more than an act as a torture?

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    1. How does the cell filled with water act more than a torture device?

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  8. Does Marjane sitting in the bath tub reenacting her grandfather’s past add to her foolish juvenescence and what do you think her thought process was when doing so?

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    1. What is the purpose of Marjane sitting in the bathtub reenacting her grandfather’s past and what do you think her thought process was when doing so?

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  9. What do Marjane’s wrinkled hands represent after she takes a bath?

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  10. When Marjane was so persistent when wanting to take a long bath, why do you think she wanted to feel connected to her grandfather?

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  11. Are Marjane’s parents more Democratic or Republican? What about Marjane (even though she may not entirely understand the concepts yet)?

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    1. What are Marjane’s and her parents’ political views and how are they different?

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  12. As a young girl that supports the uprising, how does she support her beliefs and justify what is going on.

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  13. What is ironic about Marjane asking to play the game Monopoly, and what does this tell us about the way her parents raised her?

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  14. Although Marjane is usually curious to learn about her country, during her father's lesson she only focused on her grandfather. Why do you think this is?

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