Paper 2 Resources - Quotes

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Quotes from Persepolis for Paper 2
THEMES ADDRESSED: -Portrayal of a social group in a particular way  -Use of literature for a social commentary  -Change of the meaning of a literary work over time  -Degree of influence to readers by their culture and content  -Coming of age  -Timeless-ness -Repression of social groups -Patriarchal dominance   
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Page 35 “The Letter"
       Context Marjane’s maid, Mehri pretended to be her sister because she fell in love with the guy across from her Mehri’s real sister also fell in love with him and decided to tell her boss, marjane’s uncle, who eventually told the dad The Dad approached the guy across and told him the truth, making him give back all the letter and forgetting about Mehri all together.       Themes identified Showing that people from different social groups could not be together, Mehri, of a lower social class was marginalised and silenced as she was the maid and couldn’t read or write.
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Page 47  “The Heros”
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        Context After the Shah left, the political prisoners were liberated, Marjane knew 2 men one was a revolutionist and one of was a revolutionist whose profession was a journalist. Both were imprisoned for over 6-8 years their political conviction was communist. They had their nails ripped off, electrocuting them,  families thought they were dead etc.         Themes identified Showing that revolutionists in the books were silenced and excluded by imprisoning them and torturing them. No chance for changing or like doing their time and moving on was given.  Patriarchal dominance
Caption: : Profile of the 2 men, "a few days later" refers to post the resignation of the shah

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Page 65  “The Sheep”
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        Context: After most of Marjane’s family fled the country to USA, one by one, the political prisoners that Marjane’s family knew were killed. Uncle Anoosh was arrested and then executed        Themes identified: Showing that all the former revolutionaries became the sworn enemies of the republic.
Caption: : When her parents lied to her saying that he's gone on a trip. But the next scene they tell her that he can have 1 visitor and she goes and meets him.

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