“Two eggs-wreck ‘em,” the waitress yells, “with an order of pigs, and shingles.” Most people wouldn’t have any idea that the person had ordered two scrambled eggs, bacon, and toast, but that is the beauty of jargon. Jargon is everywhere. Perri Klass describes her experiences with jargon in the medical field with her essay, “She’s Your Basic LOL in NAD.” In this essay she describes her feelings, both negative and positive, towards jargon and how it had become her “new language” (105). There are many consequences that can come from using jargon in a professional setting, such as enhancing teamwork, building professional and emotional distances, and creating an efficient workplace.…
This graphic novel written by Lisa Chen consists of different chapters that provide insight on several periods of her life, that impact and shape her into the person she is today. The Lead Up is a chapter that recounts the events that occur before her stepmother and father divorce. The chapter depicts how these events had significantly affected her and how that has caused her to be the emotionally sensitive yet resilient and independent teenager she is today after experiencing these hardships. It is written after reading Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, to gain insight on the writing process.…
Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel, Persepolis, is an autobiography about her life during the Iranian Revolution and war. The film version of Persepolis is quite similar, however, the intention of the film is slightly different than the book. The book has many detailed panels that tell more of a dramatic story of Marjane’s life, while the film is less dramatic and detailed.…
In the book Persepolis, there are two major phases that happens in the Iranian Revolution. In the first phase, the Shah is overthrown and after the Shah is gone, a radical theory is established. In Persepolis, the main point or the outline story reflects on how the law in forcing them to change their way of living in this story. In this book, there were many ways of living during the revolution.…
Religion is a reoccurring and important theme in the graphic novel, ‘Persepolis’ by Marjane Satrapi. It is an autobiography about a young girl, Marjane, who is brought up during the Shah’s regime and the Islamic revolution.…
Persepolis is a historical book yet an entertaining story of a girl during a frightening time in an important era in her country. Author, Marjane Satrapi writes about her experience in Iran as a child. She includes humor as well as sentimentality in this book to express her view on how times were. As a reader of this book it helped me understand the dark times that the Iranian people faced. With this book being a memoir it further helped understand the Islamic Revolution and the actions taken by the people of Islam in their efforts to stay safe during the war with Iraq. Marjane Strapi brought her experience to life as she wrote this book.…
It was unusual to hear the national anthem because it was replaced by the new government’s Islamic hymn and the national anthem had not been played for a year.…
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood is about a young girl, Marjane Satrapi growing up during the Islamic Revolution. The revolution started in 1979 which meant that it brought many person vs. society conflicts for Marjane. Marjane didn’t understand why all these changes were being made. This caused person vs. self-conflicts. The author developed the central idea, the changes during the revolution by using the conflicts Marjane faced.…
The following are the pool from which the three (3) questions on your Midterm Exam will be culled. As explained in the syllabus you are required to keep exam journals for the Gilgamesh, Persepolis and Hamlet readings, based on the separate questions listed on Blackboard for each text. You may use your Exam Journals together with your completed Freud Vocabulary when you take the Midterm Exam…
Perlas are formed in Clams, Oysters and Mussels, and are found in many parts of the world. Perlas symbolized fertility, loyalty and friendship. They are named the official birthstone and are natural and cultured stones with a variety of different colors. Cultured perlas are grown in perlas farm. The Mollusk are raised until they are old enought to accept the mother of perlas beads nucleus through a delicate surgical procedures, the technician implants the beads than the molecules are to be turned to the water and cared while the perlas are formed. Not all produce perlas and not all perlas are high quiality. They can be many perlas but not all perlas can be produced. Natural Perlas are to protect itself from the foreign body. The Mollusk forms a nucleus over the…
“If you educate a man you educate an individual, however, if you educate a woman you educate a whole family,” was a proverb made popular by Dr. James Aggrey, a renowned Ghanaian philosopher. This proverb was a pioneer in a time when the education of women was unheard of as men dominated opportunities given by education. Most People underestimate women, and do not expect them to achieve what men are perceived to do naturally. For example, in Athol Fugards’ My Children! My Africa!, Thami states that “Women cannot do the same jobs as men because they’re not the equals of us” (3). This is not true, yet women must work harder to become educated to be held and be regarded at the same standards as men. To become equals to men, education formulates…
There are a few similarities between each of the pericopes assigned for this analysis. In almost all of the conversion accounts, there is some kind of some indication of the gospel being preached to the people directly (with the exception being Paul’s conversion, however the laying on of hands is mentioned in this specific account), and some kind of acceptance of the words that had been spoken to them. In Acts 2, Peter teaches to the Jews attending Pentecost. During this sermon, Peter refers to the crowd as the people who crucified Christ, but proceeds to tell them of God’s grace extended through Christ’s sacrifice which carries generations beyond. Each pericope adds a new facet of conversion which had not been previously seen. Following this formula, Peter’s sermon at Pentecost…
the dominant tones used is rebellious. Many parts of the story comes off with a sense of…
Pericles was the leader of Athens and was born in 495BC and died in 429BC. His father, Xanthippus was a political leader who grew up in the family of the Alcmaeonids and his mother, Agariste provided Pericles with political value and a relgious defilement. Growing up Pericles was very bright, his family was wealthy which meant he had access to the best teachers in the whole of Athens. This meant he was able to fully pursue his education. As a young man, Pericles used much of his wealth to support the arts, at school he studied politics, ethics, philosophy and music. He learnt music from the masters of the time, Damo or Phyhocleides and was considered to be the first politcian to have such a great influence on philosophy. Pericles became a…
During your tender years of childhood including young teenage years, you are not at the appropriate age to make important life decisions. Many of the decisions parents make for their children are for long term effects, specifically their future. In “Persepolis”, the Islamic Revolution is putting a strain on Marji’s future. With the war progressing and no signs of ending, Marji’s parents finally make the decision they need to send Marji to another place to start a new life. War causes parents to make decisions that may hurt them, but will benefit their child.…