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Do the Right Thing: Reading and Writing about Ethics & Morality
In this class, we will read works that pose difficult moral questions and don't always offer simple answers. We will explore individual morality, societal morality, and the relationship between them both as we read stroies, plays, and poems that challenge and complicate the reader's understanding of right and wrong.
8 comments:
Persepolis was an interesting book to read and should be kept as part of the curriculum in future courses. It revealed what life was like in Iran during the revolution in a humorous way. I especially liked the character of Marjane. She was smart, funny and easy to relate to. Persepolis shows that despite ones circumstances people still experience life in similar ways. Marjane falls in love, gets hurt, and breaks rules just as everyone else.
Its a book that takes some getting use to; in regards to the graphics that she uses. If your are not a fan of that type of art work it can be a difficult read and you loose focus on the main point of the story. Other than that it should remain on the syllabus because it does add a nice mix and debatable views to the course. A lot of people are able to relate even if you're not from that culture. Some morals and principles such as integrity and honesty are universal and the book emphasizes these ethics.
Natalie D.
Victoria Golovatenko
I really enjoyed reading and watching “Persepolis”. The genre of autobiographical graphic novel is new to me. Black-and-white images of the book produced a strong effect on my imagination.You can easily visualize all the events taking place in the book.
I liked the character of Marjane. She is sincere, smart, observable. Thanks to her, the readers can find out about important historic event taking place in the country during Islamic revolution through the point of view of a child. Besides, the book is written with a lot of humour.
Persepolis is a good read and should be kept as part of the curriculum. It was a easy and interesting read despite the complex nature of it's subject. The character Marjane was relatable and open your eyes to life in a country during a revolution and war. I particularly liked that the story was told from the perspective of child which made it more vivid and impartial.
Nickeitta Leung
I, too, enjoyed the part of the movie and only an abridged version of the book. The style in which it was created (e.g. black and white film) gives the movie and the story a somewhat classical feel/touch. Thus, the Persepolis became, very much, modern classical literary piece. In my opinion, many immigrants can relate to the main character, Marjane. The relation is especially in the fitting in part of life in a new country. One example of it is her life in Austria and her failing attempts to find herself among the natives. One thing she got from that experience is a depression.[source] However, there is a success story in this piece. Out of her difficult, unique and dangerous situations came out Persepolis. She is able to tell and possibly help those people who were, are and will be going through similar situations. Today, when globalization is playing such an important role, her book is a helpful guide. For now, it is but soon, even sooner, the global cultures will become local and wise-versa. They will no longer influence an immigrant. Everyone will become a citizen of the world.
Thanks for the comments everybody!
Persepolis was an interesting story. Through the itinerary of Marjane the reader was invited to discover the middle east world and from an external point grasp the subtlety of the western world.
Though, through her the reader could understand the feeling the otherness and alienation that one can feel in the society. Also the
theme of liberty and equality held a predominant place in the story. Marjane experience the lack of freedom in her country, later she will be confronted to the problem of inequality in Europe, the west.
I liked the story and the narration of the story that was really accurate to the point the reader or the watcher finds an intimity with Marjane. the story is do not fall into excessive sentimentalism, despite of a painful story,Marjane shares with the reader moments of joy.
I pretty much agree with all the comments posted here about Persepolis. I enjoyed both the movie and the book alike, and was a bit glad that we saw the movie before we read the book. The "graphic novel" style is great! It adds a bit of diversity to the course work, plus it is very entertaining and is an easy read.
I respect Marjane's persective on the history of her country. I do want to say, though it may be too late, that her mother is right. One should not be forced to do anything (in this case, wear the veil). I chose to do so (recently) on my own, and it makes such a big difference when you do something because you want to as opposed to you're being forced to. When you're forced to do anything, you become hateful of that thing and the people who force you to adhere. I think, and I think Marjane would agree with me, that religion is a relationship between one and God, not one and the government. Having said that, please do not think that the bad people depicted in Persepolis and Women at Point Zero are what Muslims are like. Some of them are like that, but not all!
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