“Chapters 13-16.” Persepolis. The Story of a Childhood, by Marjane Satrapi, Pantheon Books, 2003.
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the reason why I says this because they are trying to have a good time at school but the school don’t want to.
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The Gold Key represents dying in the war, but after you die, you would be in paradise. Paradise was a place that gave you anything that you wanted. They compared it to heaven.
This symbol is important to the text because it explains what the reality of war is like. People are either forced to fight or persuaded to fight.
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understand more as they get older. This connects to Marji because her maid’s son was going through having to go to war.
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This can also show a form of Loss of Innocence.
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Context: In this panel, it shows Marji rebelling against her mom. She wants to prove to her mom that she is grown.
Composition: I notice that even though trying the cigarette for the first time was awful, she wasn’t going to give up.
Communication: The author is trying to say that Marji wants to prove o her mom that she is old enough to understand and be more like an adult.
Connection: I could connect to this because when I officially became a teenager I thought I was grown enough to handle more responsibilities, but it was just the opposite, and had to learn the hard way.
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