In Class with Ms.Brownrigg

Book Recommendations:

*Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud came out in 1993

Non fiction informational text in comics.

*The Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass (synesthetic example book)

*Plane Janes

Photo connections:

Geneva Week 1 Category 4: Snippets

While underlining all the characters from page 1-50 (Moscow), I noticed on page 28, that the army men were for the shah were different than the following panel. The second panel's armies actually look identical to the large man (statue?) underground. The large army in the second panel maintains the same face. Identiy is a large part in the army (any detail could reveal a secret which could be used for and against you) and possibly reflects upon the strict and rigid sense of Iran during the Islamic Revolution.
Another interesting part of that panel is that the man underneath the ground (possibly "Cyrus the Great"[Satrapi, 28]) is awake, yet the drawing of the Shah wants Cyrus to "rest in peace, [because he is] looking after Persia" (Satrapi, 28). Cyrus also looks angry and is staring at the large tombstone above him.
The first panel states that "Cyrus the great, ruled over the ancient world" (Satrapi, 28), which is assumingly under-ground and facing downwards towards the Earth's core. Yet, Cyrus is facing upwards, which is the heavens and is not aimed towards the ancient world.
This panel also refers to Iran as Persia, which is its previous name and the main body of people. It also discusses the child partake on the information. Followed by "I'm hungry!" (Satrapi, 28) by Marjane while her father educates her on the history of Iran and the Shah.

More later... <3

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Geneva Week 1 Category 1: Class Act

In class, there were many points and snippets contributed (even for the first day). Throughout the entire discussion, the conversation tended to veer towards religion many times. Also, discussion into society and history came up a lot as well.
Especially pertaining to our discussion, on page 6.

The idea was initially led by Fion, discussing the importance of panel 3 and Marjane's resemblance to the sun.

The sun symbolized the similar importance between the sun and a prophet. Like the sun, prophets hold a high place in society. Suns play a literal high place in the world and are seen by all and utilized by all on Earth.

Our discussion then led to a conversation about the veil and the use of yin-yang style comparison. This was brought up by Gabe, where the discussion started to debate perspectives. I think this discussion revealed a lot about personal opinion, bias and perception of the art and text used by Marjane Satrapi.

There are so many connections pertaining to 1984. The connections between the Iranian government and Big Brother are immense, as are the results of rebellion by the protagonists.

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