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This book report discusses the plot, significant characters, setting (e.g., time of the story took place, historical background), problems and resolutions, themes or messages of the story. A reflection of the author’s writing style will be presented followed by a conclusion.

Summary: An endless adventure in a dystopian wasteland accented with love, war, and a princess’ tale.

Dr. Seuss used innovative word choice in children's books to add humor, which encouraged children all across the world appreciate reading, and had a lasting impact on the way future authors and illustrators would write and draw.

The topic of women in Islam is a very controversial one, inspiring many debates even to this day. The stories of Osama in the movie Osama and the characters in A Thousand Splendid Suns followed central characters Mariam, Laila, and Osama throughout their lives, and explored both personal and general experiences found in their situations. In Osama, Osama was forced to dress up and work as a boy due to her mother and grandmother being barred from working. Suns focused on Mariam and Laila and their lives in Afghanistan under various political rulers, and their marriage to Rasheed. Throughout their lives, these three women had often been oppressed, and their actions reveal how they developed as characters. The oppression of women had impacted and shaped the central characters of the two works both positively and negatively. The central characters were shaped by the oppression of the Taliban’s rule over women, the marital situations they were in, and the early family life they had.

Aminata shares the struggles of these losses, how it affects her life, how it makes her fight for what she believes in and makes her become a strong independant women for young women to look up to because she was such an important female character.

The most integral part of life in Afghanistan is the ability to carry on through difficult times. War in this country leads to devastation and loss, but they still hold onto hope and keep going. Throughout the book A Thousand Splendid Suns, Mariam and Laila have numerous relationships they persevere through by having the strength to do so. Afghanistan has difficulty and overcomes tough times stemmed from long years of war. The most common theme in A Thousand Splendid Suns is strength and perseverance, as shown through the characters’ relationships and growth.

The conflict in Persepolis is shown through the changes that are caused between families, women and children when fundamentalist Islamic state takes over Iran. The story progresses though the main character, Marjane’s point of view and experience.

This book starts off with Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee’s birth. What worried the Queen, her mother, and many others was the fact that she did not open her eyes for her first few days. The only thing that saved her was her loving aunt who took charge of the situation and treated her just as if she had the normal habits of a young child. This Aunt also instilled the nickname Ani for the young princess. Together the two would often take walks down to the palace pond, where a flock of swans calls their home.

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic memoir that reveals the life of a woman growing up in pre and post Iran, as well as her experiences in Western countries. In this book, Marjane utilizes historical events that affect her life during her upbringing in Iran. These include the oppression of the Shah, as well as the rise and effects of the regime. These events’ integration into the story showcase how they affect Marjane and the other citizens of her country. Additionally, these events are important for the context and understanding that they grant readers unfamiliar with the text.

We mature from young girls or boys to women and men through enduring somewhat of a traumatizing experience, or just getting older (while our minds become wiser) in our lives that shapes said maturity levels. Marjane Satrapi, contemporary graphic novelist, writes about her own coming of age experience in the novel “Persepolis”. Satrapi sheds light on what it was like to live during the Islamic Revolution in 1979 as a young girl and some of the multitude of things she experienced. She displays a sense of what it was like to want to live life a certain way but having to abide by rules that put your life in danger when broken. The novel is that of a graphic novel and, while still fully and with great detail conveys the inhumane ways of the Islamic Revolution, it seems light hearted because of its comic book nature.

In Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa, the setting is a significant piece of shaping the basis for the play. Friel incorporates the setting through stage direction and tableaus to further advance its importance.

Since the days of the ancient Greeks, music has been an integral part of drama and theatre. Many composers wrote music to accompany plays, and sometimes the music became more well-known than the play it was written for … It

Persepolis is a coming of age story for Marji living in the middle of the Iranian war and adapting to the changes to both her culture and her personal life. Inequality between genders is heavily discussed within the story, as well as the struggles between the fundamentalist ideas and customs compared to the less extreme morals of some families: it is shown through the simplistic, but effective images by Satrapi.

The novel “Persepolis” shows many life changes during the Islamic Revolution told through the eyes of a young girl. “Persepolis” was based on Satrapi’s childhood experience in Iran. Throughout the span of the 1970’s to the early 1980’s, Satrapi experiences many changes in her life, not only with the government, or her education, but also with herself. Although she witnessed many violent acts right in front of her eyes, these experiences helped Marji (Satrapi) grow as a young child.

Taking place in the late 1970’s, Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis” exemplifies a profound illustration of the county of Iran, including aspects of its people and political structure. Unlike a conventional composed novel, the story of Persepolis is expressed through both textual and visual representation; otherwise known as a graphic novel. Through the experiences of the ten-year old character Marjane, the reader is exposed to historical events, movements, crises, and motives that occurred within Iran. Furthermore, the novel has gained much praise in its portrayal of emotions that occurred through the people of Iran. Although there has been tremendous support of the account of Marjane, there have been a few critics of the novel, attacking its overall literary value. For instance, New York’s Ithaca College student paper called The Ithacan, slammed the role Persepolis had on the literary society. In fact, they went as far to say that the novel “...is worth broaching but its literary value, in terms of building vocabulary and furthering comprehension, falls short.” An absurd statement, to say the least. Not only is Persepolis of literary value, it is a glimpse into the past. It allows the reader to understand the various conflicts that the people of Iran were facing. Through the account of Marjane, the audience is exposed to elements of Iranian history, gender roles, religion, and political fluctuation.