Gigi's First Year English

Describe personal changes of each other Persepolis Cultural change during the islamic Revolution  the veil is one of the most common objects represented in Iranian culture  leaders of the islamic revolution forced women to wear a veil  becomes a social value  for Satrapi it is a loss of identity and freedom  western culture shows satrapy with rock band posters and her sense of style  shows her personal identity  she embraces both cultures she refuses to be talked down upon for example in school, she has been expelled many times Gloria Anzaluda

Gigi Paniagua December 14, 2017 Professor Curtis-Cummins Social Change In the book, Persepolis , by Marjane Satrapi, and Borderlands , by Gloria Anzaldua, there were social changes as these authors experienced growing up in different environments. Satrapi went through physical and emotional change throughout her life, starting with the war. She embraces her culture and stood up for what she believed in no matter how much her country was undergoing change. Anzaldua sees the social change when she compares her experiences from her culture and the United States. Both the authors experienced social change at a young age and grew up to be mature as they went through the Islamic Revolution or racism. The cultural change in the book, Persepolis, encountered many changes among women. To begin with, women had to wear a veil as it became a social value. Satrapi showed an example of rebellion as her and her classmates used their veils as jump rope when they went out to play. At the b...

Gloria Anzaluda 1. El Otro Mexico is about the border that distinguishes people based on their race. The author starts off by introducing the importance of the Mexican-American war. The author really acknowledges the fact that immigrants have their own names based on what the whites call them. For example, aliens or  savages. 2. 1. "After Mexican-American resisters robbed a train in Brownsville, Texas onOctober 18, 1915, Angelo vigilante groups began lynching Chicanos"(8). When I first read this passage I was extremely shocked. I have heard stories of whites taking over what os not theirs and blackmailing farmers to leave. Families were killed and a lot of people left their ranches and farms. This is devastating because whites basically wanted the war to happen so they can take over land that wasn't even theirs in the first place.     2. "I remember being caught speaking Spanish at recess-that was gapped fro me three licks on the knuckles with a sharp ruler...

Hide and Seek This chapter is about Marjane giving up on herself and experiencing new things. She had to take in rude comments from people because of her race and background. She eventually got a boyfriend and became a drug dealer. Marjane changed as a character because she was went from a shy and innocent girl to a rebellious girl. The change Marjane went through was very new to her but she didn't mind. I guess you could say she didn't care much anymore and continued to stick with doing drugs. She smoked so much that her boyfriend, Markus, became very irritated. He started blowing her off on dates, not care for being there for her birthday, and eventually cheated on her. To add on, his mother kicked out Marjane from their house due to the fact that she was from Iran and assumed Marjane was using Marcus for an Australian passport. On the other hand, Marjane became her school's trusted drug dealer. She was an excellent student who often got along with teachers and didn'...