What particular incidents in the story do you think are conveyed more effectively in pictures than they could have been in words alone?Why do you think Satrapi chose to tell her story in this medium? What does the combination make possible that words or images alone would not?

DIRECTIONS

You will actively participate in our class Discussion Board via Blogger. I will post a question every 1-2 weeks to stimulate our discussion. I will be reading all of the messages, and I will be participating in the discussion as a facilitator; this is a college model of online discussion.

Students are expected to (at a minimum):

A)   INITIAL RESPONSES – Post a response to the question or topic for each Discussion Board thread by the due date. These responses should be 200 words MAX.

B)   DISCUSSION RESPONSES – Participate in the course discussion by posting responses to at least two classmates in each thread. This is due three days after the initial response (weekends count as days). Responses should be 50 words MAX.

How would you describe the child Marji to whom we’re introduced at the beginning of Persepolis? To what extent is she like children anywhere, is she different from the child that you were or the children that you grew up with?