Prompt One: Marjane in 1980
Summarize the events in the first quarter of The Complete Persepolis (1-71) in a detailed but informal way. Use at least 200 words.
Please include at least ONE (1) correctly formatted in-text citation in your written response.
Prompt Two: Teenage Marjane
What aspects of Marjane’s teenage experience can you identify with from your own life and what experiences does Marjane have that are similar or different from your own and your generation’s experiences? Describe at least THREE (3) similarities or differences.
Marjane’s teenage years start in the second quarter of The Complete Persepolis (72-153). Please response with at least 200 words.
In addition, please trace ONE (1) panel of Marjane from this period and place it next to ONE (1) drawing of yourself from around the same age (between 10 and 14 years old). Give your drawing of yourself a title (perhaps describing the kind of person you were then). You may trace an old photo of yourself if you do not wish to draw. Take a picture of these two drawings and embed it into your response.
You may use the two images and the chapter that Marjane’s image comes from in The Complete Persepolis as the basis of your written comparison between your and/or your generation’s teenage years and Marjane’s teenage years.
Prompt Three: Marjane Teenage Years in Vienna
In the third quarter of The Complete Persepolis (155-245), the political situation in Iran becomes so dangerous that Marjane’s parents send her alone to live and go to school in Vienna for four years from 1984 to 1988. This quarter depicts Marjane from age 14 to 18.
Summarize the events in the third quarter of The Complete Persepolis (155-245) in a detailed but informal way. Use at least 200 words.
Include at least ONE (1) correctly formatted in-text citation in your response.
Prompt Four: Marjane’s Adult Conclusions
In the last quarter of The Complete Persepolis (246-341), the Iran-Iraq War ends in 1988 and Marjane returns to Tehran for eight years until finally leaving for good in 1994. The last quarter of the book covers Marjane’s life from ages 18 to 26.
Do you think that life can ever get so bad for you in your country that you would consider leaving for good? Describe THREE (3) events or conditions that would have to occur before you would consider abandoning your country. Describe how close or how far you believe your country is to realizing those events or conditions.
Identify the specific political events that happen in Iran in The Complete Persepolis that you believe could happen in your homeland in your lifetime. Identify the specific political events that happen in Iran in The Complete Persepolis that you believe will never happen in your homeland in your lifetime. Explain briefly why you believe your specific events could happen and why you believe your other specific events could not.
Trace ONE (1) panel of Marjane from this period and place next to it ONE (1) drawing of yourself from around the same age (between 18 and 26 years old). If you are not between those ages yet, draw yourself as you imagine yourself in the future somewhere between those ages. If you are already older than 26, please draw yourself in a future age that you plan to get to someday from where you are. Give your drawing of yourself a title (perhaps describing the kind of person you are becoming or want to become). You may base the drawing of your future self based on any set of relevant images: current photos of yourself, photos of older family members, photos of role models living the life you think you will be living as you establish yourself as an adult in the coming years. Take a picture of these two drawings and embed it into your response.
Your written response should be at least 100 words long but you can write more as needed. Imagine, speculate, dream. Have fun with this prompt!
Include at least ONE (1) correctly formatted in-text citation.
ALL written responses must be in full sentences and paragraphs and must contain at least ONE (1) correctly-formatted in-text citation per prompt.
Please remember to include ONE (1) correctly formatted list of Works Cited references at the end of your overall response.
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