Text for discussions:
Persepolis 茉莉人生
She told her stories with keen observation and intriguing pictures from a pure and innocent mind vis-a-vis the political turmoils in Iran. Iran, formerly called Persia, was one of the great ancient civilizations, and "Persepolis" was originally the name for the empire's capital city. Therefore, in telling her own stories of growing up in Iran and in Europe, Satrapi also shows her pride in her own cultural heritage as well as her deep expectation for a bright future.
Her works were originally written in French. There is a focus for each of the four volumes:
Persepolis 1 (2000): I Grew up in Iran
Persepolis 2 (2001): I Grew up in Iran
Persepolis 3 (2002): Hide and Seek
Persepolis 4 (2003): The Day of Recess
Questions for discussions:
Satrapi described her childhood in Iran
and her teenage days in Europe from
a unique perspective. This vision is both
innocent and sophisticated, sincere and sad.
More importantly, Satrapi expressed her
views in vivid pictures portrayed in Iranian
style and with a much appreciated sense
of humor that turns pains and sorrows into
interesting stories.
1. What do you think are the marked
traits of Satrapi's perspective? How is
this standpoint different from yours
and from the people around you?
2. How did Satrapi, as a child and
as a teenager,perveive the world she
lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
3. How do you perceive the world
you live in? What kind of state
of mind do you presently have?
4. Do you think a "young child's perspective"
would help you in some ways?
(1) Satrapi is very sensitive. She can sense the feelings and emotions involved in an event and then express them in a few words and simple pictures. She has talents in observation, telling stories, and making pictures tell the stories. I think, we all have this talent, but we forget what we have and leave them un-used.
ReplyDelete(2) She can only passively suffer from what has happened to the country, to her family, her friends, and herself. She is like a hopeless and helpless child, who understands a lot of things but can do nothing about them. We were like this when we were young chldren, are we not?
HOwever, she has a sense of humor to tell her side of stories as a cartoonist, who tends to focus on something and then highlight it with funny words and pictures.
(3) I am getting more and more matured, and my physically condition is failing me. However, I try my best to stay healthy and to stay mentally young. This means that I have to learn new things and to care about people around me, including my students, family, colleagues and friends. I hope I am still GROWING even though I am actually getting MORE MATURED.
My students give me a lot of support. It is for them that this blog was first created. I cherish the good time we have together. I think them for keeping me learn and offer what I know.
(4) A child's young mind is creative, friendly, warm, unselfish, caring, loving, and without bias. WIth a child's eye, we can see things in a different way. More importantly, we can see the truth, even though it hurts. A young heart would not hide. A young heart will get hurt. A young heart will suffer. A young heart will cry. These are the things that we do in this class: We show our young hearts; we let our true hearts shine!
I think that one tends to be happy when his/her heart is ture. He/she tends to be creative and sincere when his/her heart is young.
~from Vinia, ID# 11092
1. What do you think are the marked traits of Satrapi's perspective? How is this standpoint different from yours and from the people around you?
ReplyDeleteI think Satrapi wants to tell other people that she lived in a boring and dark world, because she draws the picture only in two colors-black and white rather than beautiful and brilliant colors. I consider it to be a serious and grievous story, but some people think of it as a humorous and interesting story. This is my standpoint which is different from other people.
2. How did Satrapi, as a child and as a teenager,perveive the world she lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
She perceives that Iran is a deceptive city which is full of lies. Everyone including teachers and government officials deceives others. What's worse, the war happend frequently. It is a terrible city. As for Europe,
she thinks it may be a good city for her. However, she didn't feel happy there. The teachers even looked down her. She can have the sense of existence only with her friends whom are deem to be bad guys by others.
3. How do you perceive the world you live in? What kind of state of mind do you presently have?
I think the world is a unfair and chaotic world. Although I don't have the power to change the world, I can still face the situations I have. Thus,I have to be brave to live in the unfair and chaotic world.
4. Do you think a "young child's perspective" would help you in some ways?
Of course. I think children will not tell the lies. Besides, they have a pure mind. They can tell a genuine story brightly so that we can grasp the truth in a relaxing way.
student ID number: 98540334
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ReplyDelete1. The marked trait of Satrapi's perspective is that she is curious about everything and she has his own individual viewpoints. What's more, she actually doesn't want to give in to the conservative system of the government.
ReplyDelete2. Satrapi perveives that Iran is conservative and full of battles. Because her open standpoints is not suitable for Iran, her parents sent her to Europe. However, when she lived in Europe, she found that she couldn't blend in the country and she only can get along with those who are not accepted by mainstream life.
3. I think the world I live in is very
realistic. The whole society is filled with "benefits." A lot of people are unscrupulous to get their benefits. It is terrible! However, in my opinion, I just want to be myself. Do what I should do.
4. Yes, "young child's perspective" would help you in some ways. Children's viewpoints are very simple but understandable. Adults like us always think too much to deal with things. Therefore, it is not bad to use child's perspectives.
student ID number: 98540335
1.What do you think are the marked traits of Satrapi's perspective? How is this standpoint different from yours and from the people around you?
ReplyDeleteAs far as I am concerned, Satrapi harnessed an innocent perspective towards her life even lives in Iran, a chaotic country full of conflicts and political turbulences. She is an adult with naïve mind. We always lost most part of our innocence after growing up. I love the feeling of being a careless child even though I am nineteen years old now. It is a big challenge for me to narrate my story in a childish manner to the audience; however, after seeing part of Persepolis, I realize telling a story in a creative way seems not as scaring as I thought before. We are taught to be mature women by our societies. But if we could use our sense of humor to confront every difficulties, it will become less stressful.
2. How did Satrapi, as a child and as a teenager,perveive the world she lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
Although Iran is under a great turbulence of warfare, Satrapi still loves her own nation. Nevertheless, Satrapi is a tough and bull-headed girl, She fights against every restrictions in Iran, such as wearing a veil, pedantic religion and so on. I think that is the main reason why her parent sent her to France for studying due to safety concern. After being sent to Europe, Satrapi still hold optimistic attitude to life hurdles. From this movie, I found that the friends around Satrapi were not attached to home at all. When Christmas coming, each of her friends complaining how boring it is to gather with families. On the contrary, Satrapi felt lonely because she couldn’t go back to Iran to celebrate festival with her beloved parents. Even though she was sad, Satrapi still used a funny way to demonstrate her life in
foreign country.
3. How do you perceive the world you live in? What kind of state of mind do you presently have?
In my opinion, the world assist me grow up and independent. Several months ago, I was a vocational high school student determined to enter my ideal university. But now, I am a student in university. Life in university is unacceptable in the beginning of the first semester let alone heavy works in school. After being adjusted to this new environment, I know that freshmen should learn turning pressure into power to motivate ourselves keeps on going. As for time management, I can manipulate my schedule well and spare time for my family. I think the state of my mind is much more mature than nineteen years old. But part of my mind is still innocent as a child.
4. Do you think a "young child's perspective" would help you in some ways?
Of course, it does help me to understand other perspective from myself. Besides, young child's perspective is vivid and vivacious which can provide me a new vision of the story. Children’s perspectives are pure and clean as if the fresh air in the morning. Kids have great influence on everything no matter literatures, pop songs, movies and the forth. Children represent the direct feelings without affectation. So, young child's perspective conveys what we think from the simplest state.
saleishia student ID number: 98540315
1) I think the marked traits of Satrapi’s perspective are very detailed, deep and vivid no matter it is viewed from insider or outsider. She knows about her Iranian people and also western people’s bias toward them. Actually, at first, I was influenced by western concept that Iranian people are all devils and terrorists who like fighting. However, from Satrapi’s point of view, her people are not willing to live in war lives. That is why her people always want to overthrow the government again and again and have a better leader, but things are not so easy. A lot of people sacrifice and continue living under great pressure and violence without freedom and privacy. People are innocent. The problem is on the leader, who even washes young people’s brain to join the military. After thinking Satrapi’s view, I feel kind of guilty and sorry to Iranian people. People around me always regard them as a fighting country from news on TV. Nevertheless, no one tries to understand them why they do this. Do they really enjoy fighting in wars? From now on, I have changed my standpoint that Iranian people are not all like fighting, and some of them, especially women desire freedom and to be emancipated.
ReplyDelete2) When Satrapi was a child, she was curious about her people’s experiences and always energetic to know them. She was innocent, but accidentally saw her people die in front of her eyes. She became afraid and sometimes needed to stay in a bomb shelter or basement. However, because living in such a chaotic country, she knows how to avoid and told a lie to those dangerous people. She perceived her country was without freedom and safety. Therefore, she admires western freedom, cultures, rock music.
Nonetheless, when she was a teenager and studied in Europe, she began to known European people unfriendly criticized her country and people. They think her race like to fight. Although Europe is a free country, it is not her country. Europeans knew her superficially. At that time, she recalled that her grandmother told her to remember where you are from and have dignity about it. She had a contradictory feeling toward European people’s prejudice and her grandmother’s words.
3) I perceive my world I live in through my parents’ and Church’s teaching. When I complained about the world, they told me to see the world from another aspect. What I learn is everything has its meaning. I know God must have his plan on his created world. Even though there are wars, drought, famine and flood in the world, everyone has his/her individual worth. We shouldn’t give up the world we live in. We are learning from each others’ uniqueness of his/her country. That is why Satrapi made this movie. Once we know the world’s lots of warfare and wrong biased views, we will try to change. We will think what at least we can do. The state of my mind presently is hopeful and thankful. First, I am still alive and I know those painful people, so maybe I can help them. Second, I am thankful and cherish my freedom I have now.
4) I think a “young child’s perspective” helps me when I view the outside world. Young children like to dream and hold a good vision about their future. They have hopes to live happily and expect what it will happen next day. Their innocent and young minds inspire me to have my original mind. Young child observe the world every day. However, maybe adults sometimes take the world for granted, so they are not expecting every day. For me, young children’s perspectives help me feel relaxed a lot, so I can expect tomorrow. Maybe I will have a new friend or something.
from 賴幼鳳 Student ID:98540348
1. What do you think are the marked
ReplyDeletetraits of Satrapi's perspective? How is
this standpoint different from yours
and from the people around you?
Satrapi was a curious girl. She was born in a chaotic society where tumultuary battle happened anytime. The tyrannical government killed many people around her; as a result, she became disappointed about the dark life. She wanted to let us know the life she lived, it’s different from us. I can feel some pessimistic thought from the film. That’s my standpoint.
2. How did Satrapi, as a child and
as a teenager,perveive the world she
lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
Since she was a child, she had already lived in a chaotic life. All around her are killing, arguments, battles and rules. With the life became more and more complex, she had to be careful all the time. She was upset when she saw the scene that her friends and uncle died. Her parents in order to keep her from being hurt, decided to send her abroad. In another country, she had to face much discrimination from other countries’ people; therefore, she became disobedient to the rules. She felt unhappy, helpless, lonely and indifferent toward the dull life.
3. How do you perceive the world
you live in? What kind of state
of mind do you presently have?
Compared with other chaotic country, I think the world I live in is peaceful. In the past, I always complaint about my life, but when I grow up, I know that there are many people who are more unfortunate than me. I should stop complaining but trying to help those who in need. When I saw the war in TV, I felt sorrowful because I’m so lucky, my family is all around me, but they lost their beloved family and their sweet home. I should be satisfied with everything I own.
4. Do you think a "young child's perspective"
would help you in some ways?
In young child’s view, I can see the hope. Child is simple-hearted and curious; as a result, I can see many important details that can’t be observed by adult. Child doesn’t understand the world’s dark side; he can hold hope and believe in what he sees. Through child’s perspective, I can also feel the happiness and the hope toward the world. Sometimes, when we face difficulty and feel frustrated, look at the child’s innocent face, we can cheer up and believe that our mind can be young and that we still have another chance.
From Sylvia 98540311
1. What do you think are the marked traits of Satrapi's perspective? How is this standpoint different from yours and from the people around you?
ReplyDeleteI think Satrapi’s perspective is very different from others’ in Iran. Her perspective is very unique; she always sees things in a special way. Everything she likes is totally different from other people at that time. People think western culture is crazy, but she likes rock music, and Bruce Lee. She doesn’t care about what others think. At that time in Iran, the country is full of wars and deaths and fights. And people there are very conservative, they think Satrapi is freak. Although people around her oppose to her, western culture is still her passion.
2. How did Satrapi, as a child and as a teenager, perceive the world she lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
In my opinion, I think that’s because Satrapi lived in a chaotic society. There are millions of wars and deaths around her every day. She has already experienced the very different life. And it makes her form the unique way of thinking. Besides, through the stories about her families, she understands more than other kids. Although she is so different as to be forced to move to Europe by her parents, her unique standpoints also leave an important impact on her European friends.
3. How do you perceive the world you live in? What kind of state of mind do you presently have?
As far as I am concerned, I perceive the world I live in by my parents and me friends. I get along with them and learn some experiences from them. They can always perceive the change earlier than me. I just follow them, and learn from them, and then I can figure out what exactly the world I live in happened. I am always the last one that knows the truth. I think I am a very optimistic person just like a child. I live happily every day and I hope that everyone around me can be affected by me.
4. Do you think a "young child's perspective" would help you in some ways?
I do think a “young child’s perspective” would help me in some ways. Children’s minds are always worriless. They are brave to do everything without giving in. Children aren’t afraid of doing anything wrong. Unlike adults, they have too many anxieties before making decision. In addition, a child’s perspective is always imaginative. They have so many fantasies that everything becomes so lovely. It’s kind of optimistic. Young children are always hopeful about everything; they see things on the bright side. Adults, on the other hand, will consider the risky outcomes, so they dare not make decisions right away. In conclusion, having a “young child’s perspective “can make me be braver to do everything.
From 顏筱瑄 Student ID:98540349
1.
ReplyDeleteHer perspective is very unique since she depicts her own story through children's eyes which is quite comprehensible to the average readers. In my opinion, the reason why she pictures her story in a plain way is she would like to make all of us realize no matter where you are, you can't forget where you come from and who you are.
2.
She is a child loving to retreat into a world of fantasy and expressing her own thought directly ; however , her conduct is considered to be forbidden since she lived in Iran where is a conventional country. Therefore , owing to safety concern her parents sent her to Europe. She thought she would live happily in freedom country at first, but she was wrong. She received racial discrimination there and only could get along with people living on the margins of society.
3.
Nowadays, I live in Taipei where is full of pressure and strains of public life. When I came here, I couldn't keep pace with people living in Taipei since no matter what they do, they always do it with amazing speed. However, I do nothing but to slow my stride to enjoy the finer things in life.
4.
Yes, I think a "young child's perspective" would help me in some ways because children's traits are positive, curious, innocent and fearless. Those traits can pluck up our courage to face difficult situation and take new challenges.
1. What do you think are the marked traits of Satrapi's perspective? How is this standpoint different from yours and from the people around you?
ReplyDeleteI think Satrapi's perspective is very unique from us. She can be easily alive to what is going on, and try to give an insight into it.
In my opinion,I think the most important part that we need to learn from Satrapi is her attitude, "persistence". Although she lived in England,where people are scared of them,they are from a country filled with chaos and war.....But, she can still speak out loud where she comes from without regarding others viewpoints.....Ask to ourselves,can we do that and be as brave as her?
2. How did Satrapi, as a child and as a teenager,perveive the world she lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
In my opinion,when she was in Iran as a innocent child,she was curious about eveything,for example why people can't speak out loud what they think?why women should wear veils in public?
Due to all these certain factors that caused Satrapi stared to find solace from a world which is totally different from her culture,so she stared adoring rock music,trying to ignore reality through this way.......But,when she studied in Europe,she found that no matter how hard she tried to be like a "French" still can't change the fact that she's from Iran......
3. How do you perceive the world you live in? What kind of state of mind do you presently have?
The world I live in is full of selfishness.Every one put themselves in priority. But,recently i went to the church, in there i realized there still have many love in this tainted world,every one wanna be a volunteer to help others who are in need.....that let me feel that the world I live in is not too bad...
4. Do you think a "young child's perspective" would help you in some ways?
yes, a child is more naive, they tend to look more on the bright side, a child may see pass the bitterness of this world.
Living life like a child, gives us no boundries, we know no shame, we could do the impossible, live kiddish ways, and let go of out burdens....let go of all burdens and not bounded by the pressure of work, family, resposiblilty, and all forms of pressure.
曉喬
1. What do you think are the marked traits of Satrapi's perspective? How is this standpoint different from yours and from the people around you?
ReplyDeleteSatrapi observed every detail in her daily lives, and also used the most simple and innocent way to tell us her stories. As we grow, we all forget the most important thing, innocence. Although she had been depressed to the whole world when she became an adult, she still regained the confidence in the end.
2. How did Satrapi, as a child and as a teenager, perceive the world she lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
As a child, she was curious and sensitive about everything happened around her. She looked at the world in a hopeful way that she believed things would be better. However, as she grew up, she found out that everything was complex. She realized she was a foreigner both in Europe and Iran. In Europe, everyone discriminated against her because she came from a country which was always in war. In Iran, she felt guilty because her family suffered the terrified and unstable experience, but only she lived a cozy life.
3. How do you perceive the world you live in? What kind of state of mind do you presently have?
I try my best to be positive, optimistic, and hopeful because only I can decide what kind of emotion toward my life. Being in a good mood can make everything look better, even the worst thing, and vice versa. Since there have been lots of sad things, why should I keep bad emotion toward my life?
4. Do you think a "young child's perspective" would help you in some ways?
Yes, a young child’s perspective can help me a lot. It can help me simplify many things. Sometimes I will think too much many things, which makes situations get worse; however, those things are not so complex. A young child’s perspective makes me think in the most simple and positive way. Not only things can go through faster, but also I would feel more relaxed.
1. I think Satrapi’s perspective is very different from others since she depicted this story in a simple and clear way for audiences to know. She also used a sense of humor and a tone of innocence to describe her story in Iran, where the political turmoil happened often. From my point of view, this story stimulates us to think thoroughly.
ReplyDelete2. As a child, Satrapi lived in a conservative and miserable country, Iran. She and her family had to face a tense situation because of the war conflict and the political turmoil. In order to protect their own child, Satrapi’s parents sent her to Europe since her behavior and thought were different and not accepted by her country. There, she fell in love with others but was abandoned in the end. She even needed to bear the racial discrimination from other people, which made her feel disappointed and resolve to go back to her homeland.
3. I perceive the world I live in not so peaceful as before. As our society becomes more and more progressive nowadays, many people become greedy and what they only care about is their own profits. However, there are still upright people obeying their principles and doing what they should do. I think if everyone keeps a charitable mind and treats others well, our world will become more peaceful than ever.
4. Yes. Since the perspective of a young child is always positive and bright, he or she can live happily without having to worry much about. Also, their thoughts are pure and simple, which is what we lack for. Contrary to children, many adults or even some of us are always thinking negatively and putting too much stress on ourselves. I think sometimes we should try to learn the perspective of a young child and find our original selves.
from student Nicky Kuo ID:98540345
1. I think that Satrapi has a very lovely and humorous personality. She possesses an optimistic point of view toward everything happening in front of her. She has her own unique thoughts and does not be afraid of war. As for me, if there were war occurring, I would not have such a great courage to face with and deal with it!
ReplyDelete2. When Satrapi was in Iran, she expressed an innocent attitude toward war. She was very excited about what the adults had said. However, as she grew up and was sent to Europe, she was independent, and made some friends who were weird. From then on, Satrapi’s deeds changed, and lived an irregular life.
3. In my point of view, the world I am living now is okay. But when it comes to the issue about the environment on earth, I worry about it a lot. The power of our world is very strong, what we’ve done to it will be done back onto us! To love and protect the world is our basic responsibility. Everyone should do something, and make their best efforts to have some contribution to the world!
4. Yes. Although children’s mind may not be mature enough, sometimes their thoughts and attitudes are positive. It may be a good thing for us to learn. Owing to their innocence and purity, we can introspect ourselves and make our own mind clearly.
~ from Moranda Huang Student ID : 98540324
1. Satrapi is a thoughtful girl and she dares to fight back when some unreasonable things happen on her. She loves freedom and insists that women and men should be equal. Even conservative countries have people who actually like freedom. Those people are very brave because they need to struggle with the government, the environment and even their family and friends.
ReplyDelete2. When Satrapi is a child, she knows few things. What she knows is from other people telling her. Her knowing is her country is terrible. Everyday they live in war and they are afraid of being killed just because their opinions are different from the government. So she thinks that people in Europe are fashion and liberal. She is attracted to live in a place like that. When she finally can go to Europe, she found that people’s living habits are different from what she thinks. They are too open, so it’s not easy for her to blend in their lives.
3. I think Taiwan is a good country because of our diverse society. We can accept other’s opinions. Besides, if the government is bad, we even can speak ill of them and make them do some improvement for us. Taiwan is really a democratic country.
I can accept many kinds of opinions and respect different kinds of culture. Many people still live in patriarchy. It’s fortunate for me to have open-minded parents so I can have the same rights as boys do.
4. Yes, I think a “young child’s perspective” would help me in some ways. Children’s perspective is always sincerity. They don’t think much. Though their standpoints may be strange, we can find them somehow get the point if we think them carefully.
1. Satrapi has vivid personalities. She is bold and has the ability to sense things different and the ability to make a right decision. What’s more, she can write down with simple description or draw simple pictures precisely and objectively. Sometimes, when we are informing something to others, we would have some self comment instead of objective description. However, we should transfer the information objectively, so that other people then could determine their thoughts themselves.
ReplyDelete2. First, when she was in Iran as a child she would know she lived in a chaotic period, a time that many people were killed for some specific reasons. Her father or uncle would tell her what was going on and what she needed to know, which built her perception of the world she was living. However, when she moved to Europe, I think she got a culture shot, and when she was getting growing up, some parts of her also changed, like that she was ashamed of telling other people she was Iranian. Also, she finds out how free and different is between Iran and Europe.
3. The easiest way for me to perceive the world is the Internet, I think. I can search and read information or articles from the Net, realizing what is going on around the world and what is happening in my country. Presently, I think we are in the most chaotic and the most awful world. There are problems which are waiting to be solved, and many environmental issues are continuing. Many countries are fighting for their own benefits. I think even though people want to do something to save the world, the governments and entrepreneurs would not allow for their own advantages.
4. Yes, I think that some concepts from young child would help us know the other side of things, just like we get some opinions from other people. What’s more, the opinions from young child would be more precise and clear for children are innocent and pure, their thoughts are totally different from ours, even we are just teenagers, and there are still some differences.
~ from Enid Lin Student ID : 98540340
1. What do you think are the marked
ReplyDeletetraits of Satrapi's perspective? How is
this standpoint different from yours
and from the people around you?
Satrapi is a curious girl who wants to know many things. She narrates the story in a humorous way. I think although she lives in a city which is full of chaos caused by wars and conflicts, she still faces it with calmness.
2. How did Satrapi, as a child and
as a teenager, perceive the world she
lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
Because of her mother’s worry about her rebellious deeds at school, she’s sent to Europe, where seems more peaceful. However, she chose the complicated lifestyle there. She becomes addicted to smoke which is bad.
3. How do you perceive the world
you live in? What kind of state
of mind do you presently have?
My family and I live an economical life now. Although sometime we have the chances to hold a family party like singing in KTV or having a feast in some good restaurant, I still lead a prudent life in Taipei. I concern my schoolwork. I try my best to enter this school. However, I didn’t really do a good job in school. My parents expect me to have good grades and university life so much. Once in a while, I call them to let them know I am good in Taipei no matter how stressful and depressed I feel in school because of facing some difficulties. Leaving them faraway is worrying.
4. Do you think a "young child's perspective"
would help you in some ways?
Yeah. Being naive and curious about this world is children. When we grow up, we have so many things to worry about. We carry a moral or mental burden which is heavy and somehow we can hardly afford. But we still have to live. We just pretend that we are happy on the surface; nonetheless, we are actually not satisfied or delighted with. As a young child, the missions for them are just learning and eating, accompanying with family. Their heart might be pure. They are not polluted by the dark and dangerous society.
~ From Aaron Student ID: 98540342
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ReplyDelete1.Satrapi is a sensitive girl; she can always pay attention to the changes from her families and friends. She also has a good talent to think of those changes and then share it with other people. I think that some standpoints of me are not different from Satrapi like the unfair between women and men and the racial discrimination to Iran people.
ReplyDelete2.The girl thinks it is unfair between men and women according to the religion in Iran. Women have to wear turban; however, men do not have to do it. Wars happened in Iran very often; people lost their families during the wars. Although lives in Europe are much better, due to the discrimination to Iran people, her life is much more difficult. As her grandmother told her “be as what you are”, Satrapi works hard to achieve it.
3.I perceive the world by paying attention to the changes around me. I will find out how things happen and the result of it. I think that everything happen around me will make me improve. I can learn something from it and it will be an experience to me.
4.I think that young child’s perspective comes from their innocence; they can get rid of the real world situation. Children can look at things simply; they don’t take other things into their consideration. Looking at things simply is important to people nowadays, they often consider a thing with lots of factors that are good for themselves. When we view things, we have to get rid of other things, making sure that we really know how it happens and the result of it.
from 鍾昕展 Eric, student ID 95360305
(1).What do you think are the marked traits of Satrapi's perspective? How is this standpoint different from yours and from the people around you?
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, Satrapi’s perspective is really different from other authors , and her unique perspective lets us easily know what she wants to express to us. I think that she is pretty brave. She won’t afraid of being criticized by other people.
(2).How did Satrapi, as a child and as a teenager, perceive the world she lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
When Satrapi was a child, she had great curiosity about everything. When she became a teenager, she listened to rock music wear cool T-shirt. In that time, people seldom have guts to do this. Her thought is very avant-grade.
(3). How do you perceive the world you live in? What kind of state of mind do you presently have?
I think the trend of the world tend to be more and more snobbish. Some people just care about benefits and fames while others still have love to this world. Actually, as a university freshman now, I am really anxious about my future. I am afraid that I don’t have enough ability to compete with others. However, I’ll still try my best to enrich my professional skill.
(4). Do you think a "young child's perspective"would help you in some ways?
Yes, we always think that children's perspectives are the most genuine and sincerest.
They express their opinion directly. Besides, they won't care too much about others feeling. They just say what they want to say. As a result, through children's standpoints, we can directly know the information that the author want to convey to us. This kind of descriptive method makes the main idea of the story much clearer.
1. What do you think are the marked traits of Satrapi's perspective?How is this standpoint different from yours and from the people around you?
ReplyDeleteShe is a little cute girl,she has very high curiosity. She want to know everything she don't konw,and often upset her mother to want.The different is……my
friend don't like listen rock music when she sad.
2. How did Satrapi, as a child and as a teenager,perveive the world she lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
In Iran,at first, she is little happy girl, then suffer for some unhappy things. When growing up,she hear the rock music when she is unhappy, and she has a little rebel after this.After arriving in Europe, the country that is not familiar with her, different culture let her squeezed. She changes a lot of places, know a group of friends too,and incorporate them gradually.
3. How do you perceive the world you live in?What kind of state of mind do you presently have?
I live in very prosperous Taibei,there are bus,MRT,and has waste gas which a lot of cars arranged, but it’s peaceful world at least. I can not imagine era of chaos caused by war,I feel sad from satrapi. She has not gone home on Christmas Day,it’s let me have a lot of thoughts and feelings. Because I live outside, sometimes I can not go home, I will feel sorry about parents.
4. Do you think a "young child's perspective" would help you in some ways?
Children have very strong learning ability,and her curiosity is admired very much by me.Until now Ijust know I have no curiosity, base is nothing compared with a child. So I must strengthen my own desire for knowledge,and study some knowledge not known.
from 潘世棋 Jonny, student ID 95360326
(1)What do you think are the marked
ReplyDeletetraits of Satrapi's perspective? How is
this standpoint different from yours
and from the people around you?
Satrapi is a really special girl.She is curious about everything, even though she knows that recieving that imformation will maybe get her killed.In the world I live, this kind of action is hard to be seen. People think that the less you know, the safer yor are.
(2)How did Satrapi, as a child and
as a teenager,perceive the world she
lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
In Iran, wars are never going to end.People are forbidden to gather together, have parties, or even speak freely.Women are forced to wear veils in front of men, men are banned to drink alchohol.That makes life really meaningless.However, after she went to Europe, she found another world.Although every thing that is forbidden in Iran are almost allowed there, she still find it hard to adjust to the life in France, after all, she is an Iranian.
(3)How do you perceive the world
you live in? What kind of state
of mind do you presently have?
I think that the world I live in too realism.People judge a person by looking at ones appearance or at ones wealth, only a few thinks that what really means is the person's inner beauty or abilities.As a freshmen in university, I begin to learn how to see people from the inside instead of the outside. This ability really makes me easy to have new friends.
(4)Do you think a "young child's perspective"
would help you in some ways?
Of course it will. When people get too mature, we begin to measure everything with benefits, and we begin to forget what it was like at the beggining. Learnig to use a "young child's perspective" makes it easier for us to remember why we started to do and sometimes it makes us easier to break the bottleneck.
from Veronica 98540319
1.What do you think are the marked traits of Satrapi's perspective? How is this standpoint different from yours and from the people around you?
ReplyDeleteSatrapi is a girl, who can judge things quite calmly and tell us about her story by a simple but clear way. Besides, we can understand her feelings throughout her speech and some pictures. We used to be as creative as her, yet as time goes by we discard our imaginations because we think that is insignificant.
2.How did Satrapi, as a child and as a teenager,perveive the world she lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
She did suffer from things that happened in her country. Although she tried to figure out what she could do, yet finally she found that she had no ability to help her family as well as people around her. Nevertheless, she was quite humorous that she described her story by interesting animations.
3.How do you perceive the world you live in? What kind of state of mind do you presently have?
I think that this world is full of conflicts, competitions and challenges. Although those difficulties can help me to realize the true meaning of the world, yet they sometimes can really strike me. In these days, I’ve confronted several obstacles which made me feel that I am so hopeless that I couldn’t do anything well; however, after I ponder deeply over I might look on the bright side because being negative couldn’t make things better then why not just think twice and try to improve it by all means.
4.Do you think a "young child's perspective" would help you in some ways?
A young child perspective would help me think things in direct way because child is so innocent that he won’t think too much when facing any problems. Besides, a child may be more creative than an adult because of carefree life. A creative life can make my life rich in interesting things and I may have different perspective toward this world.
1.What do you think are the marked traits of Satrapi's perspective? How is this standpoint different from yours and from the people around you?
ReplyDeleteI think she is optimistic about her terrible experience. She uses her humor to describe what she has got through, which I think is quite respectable and worth learning. If I face this horrible experience, I would probably live under the depression all the time. I should try to learn from Satrapi and it would be good for my future.
2.How did Satrapi, as a child and as a teenager,perveive the world she lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
She perceives Iran as a boring and less-freedom world. There are so many rules and consequently take away their people’s amusement. She sees so many violent riots happening every day and many people die from. It is quite cruel impact on her immature mind. Besides, she is restricted from chasing fashion such as popular music.
On the other hand, though many people there discriminate her, she thinks the Europe gives her more freedom. She at least can have some amusement and listen to her favorite music.
3.How do you perceive the world you live in? What kind of state of mind do you presently have?
I think my world is wonderful. There is no war, riots, severe and strange law for me to worry. I am now a college student and enjoy my college life. I am now pursuing my goal and enjoy the dancing club. It dose make me feel good that I can be busy every day. I don’t feel boring and I like studying. Though I have been worried about my future career, I am still happy about my life at present.
4.Do you think a "young child's perspective" would help you in some ways?
Yes, I think it does help me. Having a young child’s perspective would be helpful especially when we are facing the difficulties. Children see thing in a simple and optimistic way, which is unlike adults. Problem would be easy to figure out when we be optimistic about it. Always think in a simple way, and then there would be less problem.
1. What do you think are the marked traits of Satrapi's perspective? How is this standpoint different from yours
ReplyDeleteand from the people around you?
Satrapi is curious about the things around her. She is such a sensitive girl that she wants to know everything she feels. She never gives up without finding out the answer. On the way figuring it out, it makes her stronger and stronger. Even she was discriminated by her classmates at first. But she is so optimistic that she finds her own way to adapt herself.
2. How did Satrapi, as a child and as a teenager, perceive the world she lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
What she perceive of Iran is battles, lies, conservatism… etc. She didn’t get used to the world like that. Everything is so strict that she suffers from all things officials do. Hence, she was sent to Europe to have her brand new life.
In Europe, she cannot befriend with anyone she likes. All of the sudden, she meets a group of people thought bad students by others. Nevertheless, she begins to find who she is step by step when she is with them. Through the way they did, Satrapi feels much better than she was.
3. How do you perceive the world you live in? What kind of state of mind do you presently have?
Now, I am so content with the world I have. Good people are around me. They are genuine and sincere. Even they don’t like you, they would tell you the reason directly instead of being phony. And I am going to graduate from NTUT. I have to force myself not to be naïve any more. I step in the real society instead of the world full of cherubic students.
4. Do you think a "young child's perspective"
would help you in some ways?
Yes. Especially when I feel down, the young child’s perspective could help me get away from the bad mood I have. They are always happy and optimistic. The feeling of the doom seems not to be existent in their mind. What about us. We often overexaggerate something bad. Actually, changing your mind is the only key to solution.
from 曾昱翔 student ID 95360306
1. What do you think are the marked traits of Satrapi's perspective? How is this standpoint different from yours and from the people around you?
ReplyDeleteSatrapi’s perspective is unique. She’s curious about everything and she has the courage to ask. For me, I’m totally different from her traits. I really admire those people like Satrapi.
2. How did Satrapi, as a child and as a teenager, perceive the world she lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
Satrapi perceives that Iran was a world full of wars. The life there was in such a chaos. She couldn’t bear seeing her relatives or friends dying. Then she was sent to Europe. However, she found difficulty blending herself with people and culture in Europe.
3. How do you perceive the world you live in? What kind of state of mind do you presently have?
I think I’m living in a busy world and the information is exploding. I feel that there is much more pressure on me than I was in Changhwa. I have to prepare myself for this competitive world so that I can live well here. Although it’s quite hard for me, I’ve made up my mind to make some changes during the college life. So I will take all the tests and prove that I can do it!
4. Do you think a "young child's perspective” would help you in some ways?
Yes, it helps. I can see different things from young child’s perspective. I think modern people have lost innocent mind and we can find it from young children.
From Linda (98540332)
1. What do you think are the marked traits of Satrapi's perspective? How is this standpoint different from yours and from the people around you?
ReplyDeleteSatrapi is very vociferous about her opinion, about things around her, a trait she keeps for rest of her life. In powerful black and white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from a child to adult. Satrapi bears witness to a childhood uniquely tangled with the history of her country. Persepolis, to me, is sensible, humorous, but also heartbreaking. Unlike me, some of my classmates regard it as a serious and grievous story. But we all agree that it is a masterpiece.
2. How did Satrapi, as a child and as a teenager, perveive the world she lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
Satrapi gives us a close update on what happened to common people during the Revolution in Iran. She sees things changing in schools, sees her friends leaving Iran with their families, sees how the gulf war changed all that people believed about humanity. In Europe, Satrapi finds herself on edge with the discriminatory and judgmental nuns that reside. Satrapi does make new friends, but ultimately she feels intolerably isolated in a foreign land surrounded by annoyingly superficial people who take their freedoms for granted while making her feel ashamed of being Iranian.
3. How do you perceive the world you live in? What kind of state of mind do you presently have?
After gradually growing up, I start to realize a truth that this world is realistic. You need to be strong enough to compete with others. You need to be independent so as to deal with things by yourselves. Also, this society helps me become more mature easily. But in a deeper part of my mind, there is still a young child staying.
4. Do you think a "young child's perspective" would help you in some ways?
In some aspects, Young child’s perspective definitely gives me a hand.
We must see some things with a child’s young mind now and then. You would find the complicated situation which had troubled you for a long time easy to solve. Since a child’s mind is straightforward, unselfish, and pure.
from 柯雅馨 Vivi, student ID 98540333
(1.) What do you think are the marked traits of Satrapi's perspective? How is this standpoint different from yours and from the people around you?
ReplyDeleteI think the marked trait of Satrapi's perspective is that she observes this world with her creative and innocent mind. At that time, Iran was very chaotic, and under this great change, Satrapi was forced to experience this cold and cruel world earlier. However, she still see this world with her heart which is full of curiosity and imagination. As people grow older, the most pure and simple heart seems to disappear at the same time. People become very careful and care about others' opinions, then become unwilling to express their true feelings aloud. On the other hand, Satrapi is so brave that she show her feelings and her thoughts truly.
(2.) How did Satrapi, as a child and as a teenager, perceive the world she lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
When Satrapi was little, she lived in a world which was full of wars, lies and chaos. She was almost no freedom at that time, but she still kept her curious and pure heart. However, in order to keep Satrapi's life safe and free, her parents decided to send her abroad. In Europe, she experienced many things that she never done in Iran before. For instance, smoking, falling in love with others and listening to all kinds of music. But, because of she is from Iran, many people were discriminated against her. She found that she can never fit in the culture and people in Europe. Satrapi felt that she is totally a foreigner no matter in Iran or Europe.
(3.) How do you perceive the world you live in? What kind of state of mind do you presently have?
I think the world that I live in is very happy, because I have the love and care from my family and friends. Although there are some difficulties and obstacles that make me feel stressful and sometimes want to give up. However, with my family's support, I can get through them bravely. When I feel sad and hopeless, my friends always keep accompany with me, make me laugh and forget all the bad memories. I think I am very lucky to be born in Taiwan instead of a country which is full of wars, conflicts, and chaos,just like Satrapi's. I will keep being optimistic and always feel thankful in my heart.
(4.) Do you think a "young child's perspective" would help you in some ways?
Yes, I think a "young child's perspective" would really help me in many way. As we grow up, this society forced us to become matured. Then, we gradually lose the most simple but important things in our mind, like curiosity, passion and creativity. Keep a young child's perspective can provide me with a whole new insight. Children are dare to dream and afraid of nothing, and I think it is very important. They also very optimistic, always look on the bright side, and never lose hope. Therefore, I think always keep a "child" lives in our heart can make us deal with all the pressure and bad things in daily life and become happier and happier.
~from 陳金巧 Kim Student ID: 98540301~
(1)I think that Satrapi is clever and witty. She is sensible of everything happened around her and tells the story in an amusing fashion. The life is not free and easy to live in the place with frequent wars. If I were her, I have no idea whether I could get accustomed to the surroundings and live safe and sound or not. Besides, I think I would worry everyday all the time.
ReplyDelete(2)As a child in Iran, she was curious and fresh toward a lot of things. Her family took good care of her and she never got hurt. She viewed Iran with innocence. While in Europe she was a teenager and stood on her own feet. Her life was not fluent anymore. She was cheated and dumped and kind of cynic. She is heart-broken and returned to Iran.
(3)To me the world is fresh. As a freshman now, I am looking forward to my next three years in NTUT. Making more friends, experiencing more things and broadening my view are in my plan. In addition, I plan to visit a lot of places. In Taiwan I want to go to every city. As for foreign countries, Japan, Korean and Europe are in my mind.
(4)In my opinion, it depends. We always say that little children don’t tell lies. I agree on it. Children are honest and innocent. They just tell us what they know and how they feel directly.
1.What do you think are the marked traits of Satrapi's perspective? How is this standpoint different from yours and from the people around you?
ReplyDeleteI think the marked traits of Satrapi’s perspective are sharp, unique and broad. She knows and cares what the problems in her country, and she is a person, who questions those conventional customs all the time. When I was child, I usually just followed the rules that adults teached me.
2. How did Satrapi, as a child and as a teenager, perveive the world she lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
She perceives Iran as a pathetic country, which full of restrictions and wars. She hates those unfair rules to women and the battles happening every day. On the other hand, she perceives Europe as a heaven where she can party, dance, and drink alcohol every night. However, in the long run she finds that only Iran is the place where she belongs.
3. How do you perceive the world you live in? What kind of state of mind do you presently have?
The world I live in is very peace, colorful and filled with new things. I met many new friends in college, and I visited a lot of famous spots and restaurants in Taipei. When I have trouble, my friends always encourage me and support me.
4. Do you think a "young child's perspective"
would help you in some ways?
Yes, a “young child’s perspective” would help me in some ways. They have young minds with strong curiosity. They question things they don’t know and love to learn and try. I also admire their imagination for amazing creativity.
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ReplyDelete1.She is aspecial child.Because she always think lots of things and have a curious heart. And she is different between others that she always be herself. The others always change themselves to adjust the society. She is brave.
ReplyDelete2.I always think the family is a important learning place for child and shape their personality. When she leave to Europe, she found the people who can accept her. So she become bad in our view. I ever read a book, One Child by Torey L Hayden, we can't always blame the child how they do the thing we can't accept. Why we can't try to understand what they think.
3.In fact, I recognize there are many different story happen in anytime. Everyone have different reationship with other person. If we can share our love to other person, the world maybe will become more beauty. And someone ever say "When you wear what color of eye glasses, you will see what kind of world."
4.Yes. Sometime I will use different age or status view to see the same thing. It usually have interesting and amazing thing you will find! For example, When my young brother tell me he love a girl so much, and I will stand his site to try to understand what he think. It will produce a kind of acception fate for him.
~from Yao Student ID: 95820328~
1.I think she is a strong-minded gril from her attitude to face every unfair thing around her,especially on sex.
ReplyDelete2.Satrapi is incompatible in Iran cause her innovate and unrestrained thought. In Europe,she found that she couldn't be accept by most of people live there.
3.I think i am living in a outwarldly-peaceful world,actually it's full of competition and emotionless.
4.It is certainly a young child's perspective world help us in some ways. For example,Satrapi's child perspective help me to know more about the situation of Iran and Europe in 1980's.
1.Satrapi was naïve when she was little even though she was in the time of disasters. She knew how to have fun in a difficult time by making fun of herself or others like her playmates and parents. She seems to have developed a kind of personality of optimism; she’s unmindful of her past. Everyone was bothered by the hard time except for Satrapi. She lets go of troublesome stuff easily, no matter it is trivial one or serious one. If I were born in that sort of situation, I might feel ill at ease when dealing with people with remorse and shame. Ordinary people like you and me might blame God and the world.
ReplyDelete2.Satrapi has been optimistic about her life since little. As a little girl, she hardly blamed but she only laughed at the wrongdoing of grown-ups when in Iran. Later on, she arrived at Europe as a teenager. She was smart enough to cover her real identity as an Iranian because she was afraid of being treated unfairly and looked down upon. However, she keeps her pride about being an Iranian and she knows only in that way could she stay away from falling into contempt.
3.Sometimes I have my own complaints about this world. It’s natural to complain a lot when little but I know it’s improper now as a grow up-to-be to complain, which can be consider childish and immature. I’ll try to maintain appropriate manner by not speaking out complaints; instead, I’ll digest complaints slowly. It’s unhealthy to keep complaints in mind all the time so I’ve decided to chew them.
4.Children are carefree and aren’t mindful of people’s judgment, which I’m envious of. I should try to do my best and be myself. Children use imagination. I should use creativity to let go of my vexations by teasing myself or others. Children look upon things on the bright side. I should try to be optimistic about this world so that my company may be considered refreshing!
student ID: 98540339
1. What do you think are the marked traits of Satrapi's perspective? How is this standpoint different from yours and from the people around you?
ReplyDeleteFrom my point of view, I think that Satrapi is definitely a special girl who has her own different thoughts. Although she lives in Iran, a chaotic country which is filled with wars and political chaos, she still possess an innocent perspective towards her life. She sees things in a special way, and what she likes is different from others. She likes rock music. She doesn’t care that much about what others think.This is what I really admire.
2. How did Satrapi, as a child and as a teenager, perveive the world she lived in, first Iran and then Europe?
When Satrapi was a child, she lived in a rather chaotic country, Iran. In order to let Satrapi have a better living environment, Satrapi’s parents sent her to Europe. She thinks that she would have a better life there at first, but she was wrong.
3. How do you perceive the world you live in? What kind of state of mind do you presently have?
Studying in Taipei is the last thing that I imagine in my life. However, as I came, I tried my best to hold a positive attitude toward my life in this fast-pacing city. Recently, I found that I’ve learned and grown a lot than before.
4. Do you think a "young child's perspective" would help you in some ways?
Yes, of course it is. Children have curiosities to find something new and fresh in their life and this is what I really need.