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This panel shows the brutal, draconian tactics the iranians used on people they felt could be enemies. This does seem scary as anyone can face severe punishments for slight infractions.
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- May 2021
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BUT 16 IT HER FAULT BAD, ARE WOU THAT SHE Wis BORN POR, OF flaca WHERE SHE Was SOCIAL CLASSES?
Can show coming of age because in this panel she is learning about more bad things in her country.
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- Apr 2021
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| REALLY DIDN'T EAD WHAT TO THINK ABOUT THE WEIL. DEEP POWA IWS VERY RELIGIOUS BUT 45 4 FAMILY WE WERE VERY MODERN JM AVANT-GARDE,
The revolution really made her consider her place with religion and what her family as a whole things about religion.
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ince then, this old and great civilization has been discussed mostly in connection with fundamentalism, fanaticism, and terrorism. As an Iranian who has lived more than half of my life in Iran, I know that this image is far from the truth. This is why writing Persepolis was so important to me.
She believes that Iran is viewed in a very different way frm what it is supposed to be, she wants to show her perspective of it.
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- Mar 2021
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A million rhings all ar once - I wasrco good for rl-ris war. Too sffrarc, too compassionate, too everything.It couldn't happen. I was above it. I had the world dicke
A lot of Americans who got drafted definitely felt the same way, that their life was not worth going to war and risk dying instantly. That they have better uses for their life.
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imlessly around rown, feeling sorry fo, *y.eli rhinking about the warand the pig factory and how rny life seemed ro be collapring towardslaughter. I felr paralyzed. All around me the oprions seemed ro benarrowing, as if I were hurrling down a huse black funnel
Him driving around the town makes me feel like its a way of contemplating if he should ditch for Canada in his car, kind of scanning the area to see if he wants to remember anything if he leaves the place forever.
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. Arno.g ocher rhings, I rernernbec ir was tough g.rrirrgdates rhar summer. I felr isolared; I spent a lor of cime alone. A"; rherewas also char drafr norice tucked away in my wallet
I feel like him being isolated only exacerbates his issue, with no one to talk to about the draft or what choices he makes, he constantly dwells on it and it slowly makes him crazier and crazier.
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. I was no soldier. I haced Boy Scouts. I hatedcamping out. I hated dirt and tents and mosquiroes. The sight of bloodmade me queasy, and I couldn'r tolerare authority, and I didn't knowa rifle from a slingshot. I was a liber,tl, for Christ sak
He describes himself as someone who is not fit for war, the last person that the military should be choosing because he does not feel adventurous.
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, I did. AIlof rhem - Iheld them personally and individually responsible - the polyesteredKiwanis boys, the merchants and farmers, the pious churchgoers, thechatty housewives, the PTA and the Lions club and the Veterans ofForeign Wars and the 6ne upstanding gentry our ar rhe country club.Th.y didnt know Bao Dai from the man in the moon
Another example of inner conflict going on with Brien, he feels so conflicted on whether he should be going to war or not, he dreams of having arguments with people who would ostracize him for not doing so, go to far reaches to prove his point that the war is morally wrong.
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I've had to live wirh ir, feeling rhe shame, rrying ropuslr ft away, and so by this act of remembrance, by putting the factsdown on paper, I'm hoping to relieve at least some of the pressure on mydreams
This is something Brien has had conflict with, potentially trauma and wants to get it off his chest by writing about it.
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- Feb 2021
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Naw, Walt, y'll jes' don't understand dese diamon' backs lak Ah do," said Sykes in a superior tone of voice.
Sykes using his ability to charm snakes as a way of looking superior to others in the village.
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ne day as Delia came down the kitchen steps she saw his chalky-white fangs curved like scimitars hung in the wire meshes. This time she did not run away with averted eyes as usual
The author really wants to put emphasis on how dangerous the snake is, describing its fangs as scimitars.
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Whut's de mattah, ol' satan, you aint kickin' up yo' racket?"
Maybe she views her husband the same way she views the snake, as a devil, who has no loyalties and only acts out of self gain at the expense of others.
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"Oh, fuh de light! Ah thought he'd be too sick"--Sykes was muttering to himself when the whirr began again, closer, right underfoot this time. Long before this, Sykes' ability to think had been flattened down to primitive instinct and he leaped--onto the bed.
Either his arragance got the better of him or he had no other option, but he certainly felt like he had the skills to control the snake, which he infact, did not.
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Yo' ole black hide don't look lak nothin' tuh me, but uh passle uh wrinkled up rubber, wid yo'big ole yeahs flappin' on each side lak uh paih uh buzzard wings. Don't think Ah'm gointuh be run 'way fum mah house neither. Ah'm goin' tuh de white folks bout you, mah young man, de very nex' time you lay yo' han's on me. Mah cup is done run ovah." Delia said this with no signsof fear and Sykes departed
Delia gets the courage to scold Sykes and even goes as far to threaten him by, making him leave the house, shows how Delia is once again resilient and willing ot take a stand for herself.
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With all this they left the store, with Sykes reminding Bertha that this was his town and she could have it if she wanted it
Maybe his mistress will fall into the trap that Delia did soon? Syke's is known to do this with many women, once his pleasure runs out with her maybe he will treat her the same as he did with Delia.
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He sho' aint," Walter Thomas chimed in. "It's too bad, too, cause she wuz a right pritty lil trick when he got huh. Ah'd uh mah'ied huh mahseff if he hadnter beat me to it.
Can describe Delia as resilient being able to put up with her abusive husband.
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"Ovah Apopka. Guess dey musta been cleanin' out de town when she lef'. She don't look lak a thing but a hunk uh liver wid hair on it."
The author using imagery and words relative to the time to describe Syke's mistress as someone who is new to the town and does not look like she came from a place where she had to work in difficult conditions.
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et when dey gits it. But dey squeeze an' grind, squeeze an' grind an' wring tell dey wring every drop uh pleasure dat's in 'em out. When dey's satisfied dat dey is wrung dry, dey treats 'em jes lak dey do a cane-chew. Dey throws em away. Dey knows whut dey is doin' while dey is at it, an' hates theirselves fuh it but they keeps on hangin' after huh tell she's empty. Den dey hates huh fuh bein' a cane-chew an' in de
Tells us that Syke's only likes women temporarily, he wants to have fun with them for a while, then when he gets bored, he wants to move on, he shows this by being irritating to his wife.
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oo much knockin' will ruin any 'oman. He done beat huh 'nough tuh kill three women, let 'lonechange they looks," said Elijah Moseley. "How Syke kin stommuck dat big black greasy Mogulhe's layin' roun wid, gits me. Ah swear dat eight-rock couldn't kiss a sardine can Ah donethrowed out de back do' 'way las' yeah.
Delia and Syke's marriage is riddled with arguments and abuse of his wife. It makes me wonder why the two of them even married each other in the first place?
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He sho' aint," Walter Thomas chimed in. "It's too bad, too, cause she wuz a right pritty lil trick when he got huh. Ah'd uh mah'ied huh mahseff if he hadnter beat me to it."
seems like the stress that she deals with hinders her appearence?
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