Housekeeping
Check blogs
-background blog : summaries, sites, illustrations
-"Misconceptions" response blog : discussion (i.e. more than a sentence!), illustrations
Satrapi reading
Introduction and c. 1-5
For Intro, create a timeline
For each chapter, reading notes (characters and plot summary)
Please answer guide questions:
c. 1 - Is Marjane crazy? Why or why not?
c. 2 - Why does Marjane's relationship with God change?
c. 3 - What does Marjane learn about how politics really works? How?
c. 4 - Why is the "martyrdom" of the old man funny?
c. 5 - What are Marjane's reasons for participating in the demonstration? If you were her parent, would you be angry or proud? Why?
Names you should know:
Zarathustra
Fidel Castro
Che Guevara
Leon Trotsky
Karl Marx
Rene Descartes
Cyrus the Great
