Exploring the Text

  1. Why has Marjane Satrapi left the protagonist out of page 1067, panel 2? What rhetorical purpose does the omission serve?

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    Chapter 13 - The Veil - Exploring the Text: Why has Marjane Satrapi left the protagonist out of page 1067, panel 2? What rhetorical purpose does the omission serve?
  2. How would you characterize the way the children are presented in the last panel on page 1067 and the first two on page 1068?

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    Chapter 13 - The Veil - Exploring the Text: How would you characterize the way the children are presented in the last panel on page 1067 and the first two on page 1068?
  3. What is Satrapi’s attitude toward the responses of the people depicted on page 1068, panel 4? Explain your response.

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    Chapter 13 - The Veil - Exploring the Text: What is Satrapi’s attitude toward the responses of the people depicted on page 1068, panel 4? Explain your response.
  4. What cultural values are being criticized on page 1070, panels 6 and 7? Explain.

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    Chapter 13 - The Veil - Exploring the Text: What cultural values are being criticized on page 1070, panels 6 and 7? Explain.
  5. Read carefully the exchange depicted on page 1071, panel 5. What is Satrapi suggesting in this exchange?

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    Chapter 13 - The Veil - Exploring the Text: Read carefully the exchange depicted on page 1071, panel 5. What is Satrapi suggesting in this exchange?
  6. What can you infer about Satrapi’s attitude toward religion? Refer to specific content to explain your answer.

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    Chapter 13 - The Veil - Exploring the Text: What can you infer about Satrapi’s attitude toward religion? Refer to specific content to explain your answer.
  7. How does the process of reading differ when visuals are included, as they are in graphic novels and memoirs? Do you read the text first? Do you look at the pictures first? Which is primary? Which serves the other? Explain your response.

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    Chapter 13 - The Veil - Exploring the Text: How does the process of reading differ when visuals are included, as they are in graphic novels and memoirs? Do you read the text first? Do you look at the pictures first? Which is primary? Which serves the other? Explain your response.
  8. Are the illustrations humorous? Objective? Argumentative? Select one that illustrates each of these descriptions, and explain how it does so.

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    Chapter 13 - The Veil - Exploring the Text: Are the illustrations humorous? Objective? Argumentative? Select one that illustrates each of these descriptions, and explain how it does so.
  9. Does “The Veil” appeal more to ethos or to logos? Explain.

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    Chapter 13 - The Veil - Exploring the Text: Does “The Veil” appeal more to ethos or to logos? Explain.
  10. About the writing of Persepolis, Satrapi says, “I had the advantage of being cute, because I am just a small girl, it’s not me who makes any decisions, it’s not me who does anything. So the world around me changed, I am a witness of this big change around me.” Why does Satrapi see such an approach as “an advantage”? How would the piece differ if it were presented in the third person? Or by an adult?

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    Chapter 13 - The Veil - Exploring the Text: About the writing of Persepolis, Satrapi says, “I had the advantage of being cute, because I am just a small girl, it’s not me who makes any decisions, it’s not me who does anything. So the world around me changed, I am a witness of this big change around me.” Why does Satrapi see such an approach as “an advantage”? How would the piece differ if it were presented in the third person? Or by an adult?
  11. Is “The Veil” an appropriate title for this chapter? Explain why or why not.

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    Chapter 13 - The Veil - Exploring the Text: Is “The Veil” an appropriate title for this chapter? Explain why or why not.