Persepolis Essay Options

Ok, Ladies! We have finished reading Persepolis and have excellent Reading Journals. Eh-hem!

We have been working on writing essays in response to our readings of Persepolis. You have three options. Choose ONE.

Then do a 5 minute Free Write in response to the essay question.


Next, highlight the important key words in your free write. They will help you write a thesis.

Then, grab a pink Finding Your Thesis sheet. Collect as much information as you can and draft a thesis for your essay. Yes. It is difficult. Use that fabulous brain of yours!!!

GO!


Option 1 Dreams of Persepolis: Why does Satrapi give her memoir the title Persepolis?

Description

• You will write a compare and contrast analysis of Persepolis the city and Persepolis the memoir.
• Your goal is to understand what Persepolis the city was like and why it was so important to Iran’s history.
• Secondly, your goal is to show how this aspect of Iran’s history is important to the Iranian Revolution.
  

Option 2 Teenage Revolution: Why does Satrapi tell the memoir of her adolescence with the story of the Iranian Revolution?

Description

• You will write an analysis essay explaining how Marjane’s story of adolescence is like a revolution, the Iranian Revolution.
• Your goal is to compare Marjane’s adolescence to the Iranian revolution.
  
• Secondly, your goal is to show how the setting of Iran (including its history) influenced Marjane as a teenager.

Option 3 Revolutionary Advice: If you were one of the adults in Satrapi’s adolescence, what advice would you give her as she leaves Iran?

Description

• You will write an essay in the form of a letter giving Marjane advice for her new life in Vienna.
• Your goal is to show how a person’s history can be useful to her in the future, how she can learn from other’s experiences and choices.
• Secondly, your goal is to show why Marjane had to leave how the Iranian Revolution can help Marjane make choices for the kind of life she wants.