Thursday, April 11, 2013

Blog prompts for Persepolis 2!

Hi all!

Here are some themes/ topics to consider while writing your blog:

superficialities such as the veil, makeup, etc. deflecting from serious questions concerning freedom, quality of life, war, etc. (see page 148)

self-destructiveness/ destructiveness of war

intellectualism vs. fundamentalism

disillusionment

homelessness/ transience

"The only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it" (page 112)

censorship

the modern woman/ the traditionalist woman

loss of identity/ clash of cultures

notion of being "truly" religious

"Art should defy the law" (page 148)

"schizophrenia" in the way people present themselves in the private/public spheres

loss of political conscience/desensitization

"Disneyland in Tehran"

drugs/parties to "escape"

sexual revolution

marriage of text/images

unsuspected moments of victory/ outspokenness rewarded

propaganda

advertising

influence of capitalism

references to theorists/writers

Good stuff! See you in class on Tuesday. (:

-Maggie, Margaret and Martha

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