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Friday, October 5, 2007
Does Satrapi depict some characters stereotypically? Do some characters appear to be "types" and if so, why would she depict them this way?
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On page 75 the author actually draws panels that distinguish between fundamentalists and modern/progressive men and women. She illustrates the fundamentalist women as veiled and very dark. The fundamentalist men are pictured with beards, dark clothing and their shirts hanging out. The modern men and women are pictured as light in color with more relaxed clothing.
She does put people into groups. (See page 75) She identifies people's political beliefs by the clothing they wear. She puts women into two groups and men into two groups. I find it interesting that she puts them in two groups. It goes along with the other two group theme of the book, which is the black and white theme. There are no gray areas.
She does it only when she's angry/mad about what that person has done to harm her country. If I was mad/angry at a person who hurts me, i would depict that person as well.
Yes she does,some of the characters are stereotyped. God appearance is a resemblance of Karl Marx or Santa Claus. The maid is dipicted as being lonely,poor and illiterate. She depicts them like that to enable her audience understand her point of view and also relate with some of her characters.
Tania- Yes I do think that Satrapi did depict some characters stereotypically...when she shows the pictures of the fundamentalist woman vs. the modern woman, the fundamentalist man vs. progressive man. It think she depicts them this way because that is the way she feels about them or how a child views them through there eyes.
Yes Satrapi does depict some of the characters in the book. She does this right in the beginning on page 11 when she shows the revolution in her mind. She really defines each type by making them all look alike in an sterotypical way. I think she does this because she is young and that would be a way a child would see each group.
I think she does use some stereotypice like when she used the picture which valiled and unvailed, i though this was strictely stereotype. the vailed suposed to be more educated people vs the unvailed who are less educatied, even the color use are more stronger for vailed vs the unvailed.
There were plenty as portray different characters like Che Guevara who would wear all black and has straight face and who is a revolutionary. at pg 133 she point out that guardians of revolution thinks that someone who doesn't wear vail as a whore and doesn't approve wearing causual clothes. LIke Nicholas said about maid having to be poor and not able to write or read. those are few examples of stereotyping.
Through out the whole book she uses sterotypes, ecspecially for her ideas of GOD and the way she portrays things should be. I don't think that there was a better way for her to express herself in this book.
Satrapi, for sure does alot of sterotyping in this book. Howevere I do feel that because of these sterotyping that she is able to get her story accross to being as powerful as it is. Although I do not agree with all of her sterotyping; for instance, the way she protray herself as being a modern women to a fundamentalist, i do feel taht because of these different views on each person/group it made her story taht much more powerful
I agree with Svet. I do believe she puts the characters into groups by their political beliefs. She describes them as either fundamentalist or modern. She divides the women and the men into these two distinct groups. I like how she views them, it made it a lot easier to follow.
patrick is right there is alot of streotypeing going on me being from far from iran it kinda of gives me the feeling that they are un happy people ther and need new leaders
I agree with Cindy, I also believe some of the things that Marji does is because she is young. She views things differently then an adult would. She doesn’t fully understand things because she doesn’t have the mind set to be able to.
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On page 75 the author actually draws panels that distinguish between fundamentalists and modern/progressive men and women. She illustrates the fundamentalist women as veiled and very dark. The fundamentalist men are pictured with beards, dark clothing and their shirts hanging out. The modern men and women are pictured as light in color with more relaxed clothing.
She does put people into groups. (See page 75) She identifies people's political beliefs by the clothing they wear. She puts women into two groups and men into two groups. I find it interesting that she puts them in two groups. It goes along with the other two group theme of the book, which is the black and white theme. There are no gray areas.
She depicts a lot of the revolutionists stereotypically. They usually come in great numbers and have a dark evil appearance.
She does it only when she's angry/mad about what that person has done to harm her country. If I was mad/angry at a person who hurts me, i would depict that person as well.
Yes she does,some of the characters are stereotyped. God appearance is a resemblance of Karl Marx or Santa Claus. The maid is dipicted as being lonely,poor and illiterate. She depicts them like that to enable her audience understand her point of view and also relate with some of her characters.
Tania- Yes I do think that Satrapi did depict some characters stereotypically...when she shows the pictures of the fundamentalist woman vs. the modern woman, the fundamentalist man vs. progressive man. It think she depicts them this way because that is the way she feels about them or how a child views them through there eyes.
Yes Satrapi does depict some of the characters in the book. She does this right in the beginning on page 11 when she shows the revolution in her mind. She really defines each type by making them all look alike in an sterotypical way. I think she does this because she is young and that would be a way a child would see each group.
I think she does use some stereotypice like when she used the picture which valiled and unvailed, i though this was strictely stereotype. the vailed suposed to be more educated people vs the unvailed who are less educatied, even the color use are more stronger for vailed vs the unvailed.
There were plenty as portray different characters like Che Guevara who would wear all black and has straight face and who is a revolutionary. at pg 133 she point out that guardians of revolution thinks that someone who doesn't wear vail as a whore and doesn't approve wearing causual clothes. LIke Nicholas said about maid having to be poor and not able to write or read. those are few examples of stereotyping.
Through out the whole book she uses sterotypes, ecspecially for her ideas of GOD and the way she portrays things should be. I don't think that there was a better way for her to express herself in this book.
Satrapi, for sure does alot of sterotyping in this book. Howevere I do feel that because of these sterotyping that she is able to get her story accross to being as powerful as it is. Although I do not agree with all of her sterotyping; for instance, the way she protray herself as being a modern women to a fundamentalist, i do feel taht because of these different views on each person/group it made her story taht much more powerful
I agree with Svet. I do believe she puts the characters into groups by their political beliefs. She describes them as either fundamentalist or modern. She divides the women and the men into these two distinct groups. I like how she views them, it made it a lot easier to follow.
patrick is right there is alot of streotypeing going on me being from far from iran it kinda of gives me the feeling that they are un happy people ther and need new leaders
I agree with Cindy, I also believe some of the things that Marji does is because she is young. She views things differently then an adult would. She doesn’t fully understand things because she doesn’t have the mind set to be able to.
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