Catch Up
What am I being educated for?
To figure out what I want to do with my life I guess. It seems like the most logical reason as to why I'm here. Also, because I don't know what I'm going to do as a job, I didn't have any other options other than to go to school.
Is Violence ever a good idea?
Because the word "ever" is used, I have to say yes, simply because at some point or another, violence has to be a good idea. If a women is being robbed/raped or something, then violence is a great idea if that prevents her from being harmed. In the case of trying to prove a point or starting a movement (like the civil rights movement) then I don't think its a good idea. If the african-americans had used violence it would have only perpetuated white intolerance of blacks. Violence is certainly not the best means and should'nt be considered as the first course of action, but it is appropriate in certain cases as a last resort.
Privilege/Disadvantages I share with McIntosh
Well, I'm white and I come from a very rich (google and ebay were both invented in menlo park/surrounding area) area. And I'm a woman so often people go out of there way to help me. Basically, because I'm both white and a woman I get privileges that I often take for granted, I'm treated better than people in other ethnic groups simply because I am part of the majority. I guess woman are disadvantaged just because typically (stereotypically) the business world has been a man's world, but thats definitely changing.
Compare Satrapi's relationship with her family and nation/s to Moraga's relationship with her family and nations
Satrapi gets along with both parents very well; they are comfortable talking to eachother and it is obvious that they love eachother very much. Her relationship with Iran is different though. She is proud to be an iranian, but also ashamed because of how she is looked down on in Europe. The way people in her country are treated and how she is forced to cover her hair is confusing and angers her until she moves away. When she decides to come back, she is initially more accepting of her country's ways as well as more outspoken about the things she sees as wrong. She loves Iran so much that she works to make it better. Moraga on the other hand feels like an outcast both in her family and in her country. Her father is not around and her mother cannot accept her homosexuality. She is pushed out by the whites because she is a woman, and pushed out by the chicanos because she is part white. Ultimately, she identifies with both groups, but can't be identified by either.
Evaluate how Satrapi's use of the form of the graphic novel effects how you receive her narrative or point of view?
To me using a graphic novel made the story both more interesting and easier to read. It wasn't just lines and lines of words, but pictures to make the story seem more real, as well as depict how she saw herself. It made it less of an autobiography and more of a narrative. I found it much more engaging and was able to be more attached to the words as opposed to just viewing it as a novel. I really liked that she included the drawings with her words.
-Wendy Funk
To figure out what I want to do with my life I guess. It seems like the most logical reason as to why I'm here. Also, because I don't know what I'm going to do as a job, I didn't have any other options other than to go to school.
Is Violence ever a good idea?
Because the word "ever" is used, I have to say yes, simply because at some point or another, violence has to be a good idea. If a women is being robbed/raped or something, then violence is a great idea if that prevents her from being harmed. In the case of trying to prove a point or starting a movement (like the civil rights movement) then I don't think its a good idea. If the african-americans had used violence it would have only perpetuated white intolerance of blacks. Violence is certainly not the best means and should'nt be considered as the first course of action, but it is appropriate in certain cases as a last resort.
Privilege/Disadvantages I share with McIntosh
Well, I'm white and I come from a very rich (google and ebay were both invented in menlo park/surrounding area) area. And I'm a woman so often people go out of there way to help me. Basically, because I'm both white and a woman I get privileges that I often take for granted, I'm treated better than people in other ethnic groups simply because I am part of the majority. I guess woman are disadvantaged just because typically (stereotypically) the business world has been a man's world, but thats definitely changing.
Compare Satrapi's relationship with her family and nation/s to Moraga's relationship with her family and nations
Satrapi gets along with both parents very well; they are comfortable talking to eachother and it is obvious that they love eachother very much. Her relationship with Iran is different though. She is proud to be an iranian, but also ashamed because of how she is looked down on in Europe. The way people in her country are treated and how she is forced to cover her hair is confusing and angers her until she moves away. When she decides to come back, she is initially more accepting of her country's ways as well as more outspoken about the things she sees as wrong. She loves Iran so much that she works to make it better. Moraga on the other hand feels like an outcast both in her family and in her country. Her father is not around and her mother cannot accept her homosexuality. She is pushed out by the whites because she is a woman, and pushed out by the chicanos because she is part white. Ultimately, she identifies with both groups, but can't be identified by either.
Evaluate how Satrapi's use of the form of the graphic novel effects how you receive her narrative or point of view?
To me using a graphic novel made the story both more interesting and easier to read. It wasn't just lines and lines of words, but pictures to make the story seem more real, as well as depict how she saw herself. It made it less of an autobiography and more of a narrative. I found it much more engaging and was able to be more attached to the words as opposed to just viewing it as a novel. I really liked that she included the drawings with her words.
-Wendy Funk
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