Local and Global Differences!

In True Notebooks all the inmates have unique traits that make them different from each other, but they are similiar because they are all inmates. In Persepolis not all of the citizens of Iran have the same cultural and religous beliefs, but they all live in the same country. We are all considered different and unique but we are still considered similiar because we are all Columbia students.

How do you set yourself apart from all the other students at Columbia? How do we as Columbia students differ from other college students?

Feeling Special

1. In True Notebooks, the inmates begin to feel special about themeselves. It's the small things that make people happy. Mark shows the inmates that they can express themselves through their writing and they appreciate what he does for them.

2. Has anyone made you feel special about yourself? Explain the situation and how it made you feel special.

Heroes of the Books

1.In Persepolis, how does Marjane view Anoosh as her hero? Do you agree or disagree with her belief of Anoosh as a hero and why?
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In True Notebooks, Mark is seen as a hero to the juvenile inmates. Describe how Mark has impacted one of the inmates lives. Explain what made him a hero in their eyes.

2. Who is your hero and why is this person your hero? What have they done to become your hero?

Be sure to answer part one and two thoroughly.

You are free, aren't you?

In Persepolis and True Notebooks the character’s freedoms are limited. Having freedom taken away is obviously a terrible thing to experience. We live in a country of freedom. How does having this freedom affect your life personally? Do you think you take your freedom for granted? How does this newly found freedom of college life feel to you?

- Yolo and Cory

Fear

1.There have been several instances of fear in "True Notebooks" and "Persepolis" at this point you should be more than half way done reading you text. Provide an example from the midpoint so your text that exempuities an instance of FEAR! Provide the page number and a brief description of this instance of fear.

2. Provide us with a detailed example your fears. How do they affect your life? Where do you think that fear comes from?

Be sure to answer both question or Dolly will kick your butt!!

Perception

In True Notebooks, the juvenile inmates are branded as "criminals" for life. And, in Persepolis the Iranians are as normal as anyone else, but in America they're viewed as "terrorists." Have you ever been in a similar situation where you've been perceived in a negative way? Or, have you been labeled in a negative way? What was the situation, and how were you negatively perceived?

Identity

How do Marjane and Mark View life?

How do their cultures affect their lives and personalities?

How do their life views compare to yours?

Explain how your experiences in life made you who you are today?