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Persepolis, Lesson 7: A home a way from home?L.O. Understanding the gap that is developing

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How does this panel represent the mood during the visit of Marjane’s mum?

Although Marjane and her mum are having a conversation in this panel (and in many others), many things are left unsaid: which, why & what is the effect?

Starter

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Task: hunt for evidence

Find examples of Marjane and her mother being close & examples of how they are distant at the same time.

Try to look at both the verbal signs as well as at what the drawings tell you

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Changes in setting• After her mum leaves, Marjane moves

house again.• All these small changes in setting seem

to coincide with changes in Marjane’s personality.

• For each of the following moves / new places, write down what development we can see in Marjane:– From Zozo to the nuns’ boarding house– From the nuns to Julie’s– From Julie’s to the Wohngemeinshaft– From the Wohngemeinshaft to Frau

Doctor Heller’s

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Marjane’s first love(s)• The chapters ‘Hide and Seek’ & ‘the

Croissant’ describe Marjane’s first love affairs and broken hearts. All of it is combined with the troubles of life in foreign (increasingly racist) country and culture clashes.

• To show your understanding of the content of these chapters, write 3 or 4 ‘letters to an agony aunt’ from Marjane’s perspective. For inspiration you could read some love troubles on: http://www.dearcupid.org/ or you can get a face to write to on: http://www.instantagonyaunt.com/

• Add a rationale to these letters in which you explain your choices of content and language for your letters in light of how you see Marjane in this part of the novel.

• START NOW, HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY!

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Rounding off• Looking at the chapters we

discussed once more, can you tell me…

• …whether Marjane feels at home in Austria?

• …whether Marjane will feel at home in Iran now?

• …where you feel Marjane belongs in the world?