Persian Woman

Hence, there are a lot of movies giving bad images on Arabs and Muslim from the silver screen till status quo, this chapter is launched with analysis and we shed the lights on two movies contains that bad images for the other people released by Hollywood.

This quote not only represents Khaled Hosseini’s point and theme of the Pashtun and Hazara ethnic and religious differences, but also continues the theme of history affecting things in the present and how Amir lets it affect him. This thinking makes Amir predisposed to multiple, poor decisions later in the book.

This photo of a family demonstrates the theme because it shows that mothers’ should be at home with the children, while their husbands’ are out working. This picture doesn’t show that women in Iran have to wear the veil, but in America, women in the 1900s should wear dresses and/or aprons. In Persepolis, gender roles talk about how women should always wear the veil, otherwise, they will get a beating. Satrapi explains one of the demonstrations she went to, “so I went with them, I passed out flyers…’guns may shoot and knives may carve, but we won’t wear your silly scarves!’ When suddenly things got nasty. ‘THE SCARF OR A BEATING!’’ (76). This theme connects to the thesis because Marjane shows her perspective on the scarves and how her family would go to demonstrations to show their feelings on the gender roles. This proves that Marjane’s perspective in her book is accurately showing gender roles in

It is debatable that most people of western societies especially here in the U.S share a common perspective about the country of Iran having a reputation for terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism. In the media today, Iran is accused of having nuclear weapons and various politicians have made references to its contribution to the constant violence in Iraq. The information that we absorb everyday from news reports adds to our biases and enhances our negative opinions of Iran as a country. Through the help of the media, people of our culture stereotype the Iranians based on an ethnocentric viewpoint without developing a clear sense of understanding or the reasons behind their beliefs. In the graphic novel Persepolis, the

Ridouani states that the western representation of Muslims and Arabs is not a recent “fabrication”, but that it was deep-rooted into the West’s conceptualism since the first contact with the Muslims and the Arabs. (Ridouani). Ridouani seems to be very confident with this statement as he continues to tie the rest of the evidence he finds in it. The author talks about the Disney movie Aladdin, and how it began the 21st century stereotyped look that Arabs have. According to Ridouani, princess Jasmine’s original name is Badr Al Budur, however Disney has introduced her as Jasmine. Even if Disney innocently changed her name for easy pronunciation, what they failed to realize is that they have distorted the Arab identity in the western world. Once they changed her name, they also changed her identity; and so with that they also changed her appearance. Ridouani believes that the basis the media uses to actualize their targeted view of Arabs is to allocate them “in three B’s: ‘billionaire’, ‘bomber’, and ‘belly dancer”’ (Ridouani). Those three words have led to what we currently know as the

Many denote Casablanca as one of the greatest romance films of all time, but there is more beyond what is going on between the leading man and the leading lady. When an individual ponders Casablanca, they may think of the romance aspect of it, but that is only one facet of this film. Although it probably was not viewed as such at the time, Casablanca is a historical record depicting the events of World War II. This film not only shows events and situations that occurred, but shows how people felt about those incidents. There are many characters from different heritages in the film, and the actors’ portrayal of a certain type of person, whether American or Bulgarian, can give an idea as to how Americans or Bulgarians felt in real life at the time. Even though there is one American in the film, the viewer can discern how Americans were perceived by others by the acting of that one American; one is almost forced to assume that is what Americans are like since there was just that one character. Through this film, one can tell if the people who made it wanted to promote American involvement in the war; an individual can also see a portrayal of Americans and their allies during the war; there is a depiction of the nature of the war and the violence that ensued because of it; and cultural components are shown.

Ultimately, Satrapi’s images of the indistinguishable characters accentuate the perception of a western reader to see the Veil as quite oppressive. In America, young teenagers live in a society where clothing and hair is meant to define and express themselves. It is normal for a 17 year old girl to curl her hair and go on a date with her boyfriend. However, in Iran, this is not the case, and as evident in Persepolis, woman are restricted to show her hair or publically show affection to any man who is not her husband. This restriction is something that not many people, especially in predominantly Christian societies are accustomed to. On page 74, Taji, Marjane's mother warns her daughter by explaining one of her experiences, "They insulted me. They said that women like me should be pushed up against a wall and fucked. And then thrown in the garbage. ...And that if I didn't want that to happen, I should wear the veil...” Indeed, Marjane had always been deprived of her individuality, not only as a woman, but as a person. Being a woman in Iran meant Marjane was never able to fully express herself, not only by not

In his article Genocide in Tasmania? Henry Reynolds writes about events that happened during the British colonization of Tasmania during 1820s-1830s. The arrival of white settlers led to significant reduction of indigenous population. While colonial governments argued about the term “genocide”, Reynolds’s work suggests the term accurately describes events that happened during that period of time.

The Middle East back when Persepolis was written was a very corrupt time for Iran, women were oppressed, Iran hated their own country, and many children lost a happy childhood. In Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, she accurately demonstrates Islamic culture is corrupted through gender roles, political and social awareness, and loss of innocence. For instance, in this photo, it shows gender roles and how its a womens job to cook and she looks content and happy with this. However, in Persepolis, gender roles are not so much a good thing. Marjane was exposed to the harsh truth of gender roles when her mother was threatened of rape and murder when she wasn’t wearing the veil.

Salim, Al Raddad, and Karim are depicted as contradictory characters, their identity is ambivalent and hybrid as they lack that strong sense of belonging which the protagonist presents in her thought and

The theme in this play, illustrate what are the conflicts that some Muslims immigrant families go through. The culture conflict between the two generation adds a dynamic touch to the play. In the scene between Salman and his wife Khalsuom, the theme was more about how sometimes marriage from different countries might develop some tension in relationship,

Starr’s race had contributed to this fear of her speaking out because there was this idea that minorities, African

As a female Emt given the opportunity to test my theory of how differently I would be perceived in my current career field if I were male. I would accept the opportunity, believing I would be accepted differently by my peers. Also received more comfortably by my patients. The contrast in the same scene would vary greatly. Comparing this one scenario with only gender changing will help me explain why this would be an interesting experience to take part in. The following scenario will point out the

A black man walks up to her and offers her to help but the woman declines his offer and begins pleading to him that she can do it herself. Was this a racial stereotype she had? Possibly, and that thought didn’t allow that man to give his help to her. An outside influence of messages could have allowed her to believe what she did and she didn’t even think if what she knew was even right or wrong. She just made an assumption of the black man from what she sees in the media or other sources of information.

In the beginning of the film we see how assumptions and stereotypes sting and cross boundaries in the lives of everyday citizens, as with the story of Farhad. For example, there is a scene “Play the gehan in your own time,what you want?,i'm i making a