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Monday, June 18, 2007
How are the women protesting for and against the veil on page 5 depicted? What inferences do you draw from the composition and use of light and shadow
I agree. There are a lot of different issues brought up in this story. Social class seems very important to the story. In fact, there is one part on page 37 where Marji’s father tells her that the revolution is about social class, and Marji struggles to understand this because her maid and friend is of a different social class.
I think gender is another related issue too. In the book i think they give example of that. For instance, when Marji said she was the prophet. on page 6. It shows that example.
on the left side, the women protesting for the revolution seem older, darker in color and more of a singular being. On the right, the women are younger, individualized and mostly white.
this is a very strong comic box i believe. This is showing both sides. on the left side, all the women are in black veils, yelling at the other women "The Veils." The other women are all wearing white clothing and shouting "freedom." This really shows the 2 different sides to the story. Another thing is that the women in black have their eyes closed while the other womens eyes are open. This can maybe represent how the veiled womens eyes are closed the the world and what is around them.
This picture is filled with symbolism. You see adult women on the left side and you see young adult females on the right side. The young adults are shouting for "freedom" and the older adults are shouting "the veil". It is a constant in today's world, change. You typically see this in the older adults vs. the younger adults. Did you notice the older adult females have their eyes closed? The older generation is more apt to go with what they are instructed to do. Their not as willing or motivated to cause any waves. The younger adults in this picture have their eyes wide open! They are ready to fight. Younger adults are willing and definitely motivated to fight for what they have and to defend their freedom. I think it's interesting, very interesting.
The image of the women protesting shows that the women were equally torn between being veiled and not being veiled. This is shown artistically by balancing the women equally between the right and left side of the panel; four on left and four on right. Nick in my class also noticed that all the veiled women all had their eyes closed, while the unveiled women had their eyes open. I think this shows that Marjane felt that the veiled women were blind, closed eyed or closed minded in their belief in the veil.
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I think Satrapi's memoir raises issues of class and gender.
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I agree. There are a lot of different issues brought up in this story. Social class seems very important to the story. In fact, there is one part on page 37 where Marji’s father tells her that the revolution is about social class, and Marji struggles to understand this because her maid and friend is of a different social class.
Mark Felice
in response to persepolis common book.
I think gender is another related issue too. In the book i think they give example of that. For instance, when Marji said she was the prophet. on page 6. It shows that example.
on the left side, the women protesting for the revolution seem older, darker in color and more of a singular being. On the right, the women are younger, individualized and mostly white.
this is a very strong comic box i believe. This is showing both sides. on the left side, all the women are in black veils, yelling at the other women "The Veils." The other women are all wearing white clothing and shouting "freedom." This really shows the 2 different sides to the story. Another thing is that the women in black have their eyes closed while the other womens eyes are open. This can maybe represent how the veiled womens eyes are closed the the world and what is around them.
This picture is filled with symbolism. You see adult women on the left side and you see young adult females on the right side. The young adults are shouting for "freedom" and the older adults are shouting "the veil". It is a constant in today's world, change. You typically see this in the older adults vs. the younger adults. Did you notice the older adult females have their eyes closed? The older generation is more apt to go with what they are instructed to do. Their not as willing or motivated to cause any waves. The younger adults in this picture have their eyes wide open! They are ready to fight. Younger adults are willing and definitely motivated to fight for what they have and to defend their freedom. I think it's interesting, very interesting.
The image of the women protesting shows that the women were equally torn between being veiled and not being veiled. This is shown artistically by balancing the women equally between the right and left side of the panel; four on left and four on right. Nick in my class also noticed that all the veiled women all had their eyes closed, while the unveiled women had their eyes open. I think this shows that Marjane felt that the veiled women were blind, closed eyed or closed minded in their belief in the veil.
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