Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Vocabulary Terms for Persepolis and Today's Assignments

Vocabulary List

Who are these people?
Trotsky-link
Che Guevara-link
Fidel (Castro)-link

Today's objective(s):

  • Identify textual evidence from both sections of today's reading "The Veil" and "The Bicycle" that proves the author's 2 motives for writing (from the intro)
  • Explain how (what does she do) she accomplishes this through her writing 
  • You will need to use the RACE strategy in your answers
Satrapi's motives (from the Intro):
1. Show that the stereotype of Iranians as: fundamentalists, fanatics, and terrorists, is untrue.

2. "I also don't want those Iranians who lost their lives in prisons defending freedom,...who suffered under various repressive regimes...to be forgotten." 


  • Complete study guide questions for "The Veil" and "The Bicycles"

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