PD 6 AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Earlier this year, we heard Chimamanda Adiche say, "The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story." This is incredibly important to remember in our unit on Persepolis and the rhetoric of revolution.
After you have watched Iran and the West and have read part of Persepolis (at least the first 5 chapters), respond to at least of the following questions.
Answer with at least 5-6 thoughtful sentences by Friday at midnight. Reply to two peers by Sunday midnight. Happy blogging!
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Serenity McDill
10/18/2016 10:30:15 am
What, in particular, was most interesting to you in the documentary? How does this documentary inform or change your understanding of Iran?
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Yaronn James (YJ) Arciaga
10/18/2016 03:40:23 pm
Serenity, I found your insights on Iran, Iraq, and United States, incredible. Specifically, your discussion on the portrayals of each country is. It gives a simple, yet broad statement of the role of each country, in terms, of the past, the present, and the future. Well, done, brilliant!
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Emma Reyme
10/19/2016 01:50:17 pm
I also found the hostage situation interesting as it showed not only the voice of Iran like you mentioned but also the control and power they can have over a dominant country.
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Yaronn James (YJ) C. Arciaga
10/18/2016 03:37:32 pm
What, in particular, was most interesting to you in the documentary? How does this documentary inform or change your understanding of Iran?
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Emma Reyme
10/19/2016 01:53:51 pm
I liked how you mention how you thought of Iran as a violent plagued and destructive religious groups because felt the same way too. However I like how it changed from that to the complete opposite of being a fractured country because I never thought of it like that.
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Emma Reyme
10/19/2016 01:45:56 pm
What I found was the overall argument of the documentary was how there were promises made to the people of Iran that never came true.That and also how they believed their cultural identity was being taken away, due to Shah Pahlavi and his gravitation towards western culture. Due to these causes the people then find their reason to revolt. The west in this situation can be seen as the "police force" as they try to fix Iran's problems, and this causes a disturbance with Iranians because they don't want their influence. However what I found interesting between the disputes is how the impact of Iran and their hostages had on election of Ronald Reagan. It displayed the resentment Iran had for America and Jimmy Carter because of their constant influence. This documentary changed my perspective on Iran because it gave me a different perspective on their situation with the government. Not only do we see the Iranian side and their concerns and actions, but we also see, for example, the west and why they did the things they did.
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Ginger Seibel
10/20/2016 02:08:01 pm
What I found most interesting about the documentary was that Iran held the hostages until Ronald Reagan became the president. Holding them hostage until Jimmy Carter wasn't the president anymore showed that they put their foot down and weren't going to back down. The documentary helped to inform my understanding of Iran because I learned about their leaders and why they did the things they did. To them, it is part of their culture, but since we are from a different country, we see their actions as being weird. Before I had watch the documentary, I saw the whole Middle East as heartless beasts, but now I realize it's just part of their culture.
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Kennedy Murray
10/20/2016 06:02:57 pm
What, in particular, was most interesting to you in the documentary? How does this documentary inform or change your understanding of Iran?
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Cameron Jackson
10/21/2016 09:19:50 am
Great statement. I just feel that the US shouldn't have gotten involved in the first place.
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Alix Kramer
10/21/2016 05:19:51 pm
I agree with your comment. I also think they were angry with President Carter for his past relationship with the Shah and wanted the release of the hostages to technically be the doing of Regan, to show Carter how they were still angry for that relationship they had.
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Amanda Starliper
10/20/2016 06:04:17 pm
To me the most interesting part of this documentary was that the people really didn't know what they wanted. The over all understanding I got from this was that they wanted one thing, and once they got it it all changed. Not that their leader didn't change his ways, but that they always want what they don't have. This also brings a bad western stand point on this subject. It creates and idea of nothing but chaos to our minds. While that is part of whats going on it's not the whole story. To me this changed my view points a lot. I'm not one to follow up on these kinds of things, but this helped me ( someone who had no clue whats going on) understand the logic, and reality of whats happening. It gives better insight on what they might think and understand to suggest what might really be the best way to resolve things. Although right now there still isn't to much clarity coming anytime soon.
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Cameron Jackson
10/21/2016 09:17:50 am
I agree with the fact that it seems that they dont really know what they want in the world.
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Cameron Jackson
10/21/2016 09:15:52 am
What, in particular, was most interesting to you in the documentary? How does this documentary inform or change your understanding of Iran?
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Savannah Williams
10/21/2016 11:16:36 am
Persepolis is written from the point of view of one child during the time. It gives a more innocent and personal way of explaining the events to the reader. However the documentary focuses on the more powerful people during the time. The documentary has a more violent way of explaining the war; it shows the tanks, riots, protests and the cities during the time. Whereas Persepolis shows the smaller personal ways of rebelling.
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Alix Kramer
10/21/2016 05:12:10 pm
I completely agree with that. In Persepolis we can still see glimpses of the violence taking place, but it's not as much of an impact as seeing it on a larger scale like the documentary shows us. In Persepolis we only see the events as the author sees them and how they effect her and her family.
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Danté Wright
10/21/2016 02:02:21 pm
What, in particular, was most interesting to you in the documentary? How does this documentary inform or change your understanding of Iran?
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Emily Bethel
10/21/2016 03:19:47 pm
What, in particular, was most interesting to you in the documentary? How does this documentary inform or change your understanding of Iran?
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Helena Blackman
10/21/2016 03:30:21 pm
I think the most interesting thing about this documentary was the situation with Jimmy Carter and the hostages. When Carter's attempt to rescue the hostages failed, Iran held them even longer, seemingly to rub it in his face. It wasn't until Ronald Regean took the presidency that they were released. I think this shows that Iran is stubborn and that they aren't a country to easily back down. I believe this also shows that America shouldn't have gotten involved, as they did nothing that benefited anyone but Iran.
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Alix Kramer
10/21/2016 05:04:08 pm
What, in particular, was most interesting to you in the documentary? How does this documentary inform or change your understanding of Iran?
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Megan Bicking
10/21/2016 06:52:44 pm
The main difference between persepolis and iran and the west, is that they are told from very different perspectives and bias. Persepolis is told through a childs eyes, but also a liberal person. It makes their purpose of argument innocent. The other documentary, however, had a bit of a western bias, because of it lean toward the shah. Both documentaries were eye-opening, but they each had their own qualities and bias that set them apart. Persepolis also is told through an activist eyes, while iran and the west is told through a big picture scale. Marji's parents and herself were for the rebellion, but the other documentary seemed fond of the shah. They both did give an accurate depiction of events that occured.
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Christian Unsihuay
10/22/2016 06:24:17 am
Yeah, and since in persepolis, everything is told in the perspective of achild living through the Revolution we can see how it really impacted the lives of the everyday people especially Marji.
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Dalton Kendig
10/21/2016 07:04:42 pm
What, in particular, was most interesting to you in the documentary? How does this documentary inform or change your understanding of Iran?
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Christian Unsihuay
10/22/2016 06:18:52 am
I agree with you saying that America's role in Iran is a little uneccesary at the time, I just don't think that if the shia and sunni stop fighting will fix the problem. Now, I'm a known pacifist who hates violence in anyway, but in some cases actions speak better than words since they're not fighting for victory, but for their lives.
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Mallory Misera
10/21/2016 08:06:32 pm
Contrast Persepolis and Iran and the West documentary. How do their purposes differ? How is the story of the revolution different in these two mediums? How is it the same?
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Katlin Besaw
10/22/2016 04:50:35 am
What, in particular, was most interesting to you in the documentary? How does this documentary inform or change your understanding of Iran?
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Christian Unsihuay
10/22/2016 06:14:08 am
What, in particular, was most interesting to you in the documentary? How does this documentary inform or change your understanding of Iran?
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Jacob Burton
10/23/2016 06:35:06 am
What, in particular, was most interesting to you in the documentary? How does this documentary inform or change your understanding of Iran?
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Josep Marsall
10/23/2016 07:35:25 am
• What, in particular, was most interesting to you in the documentary? How does this documentary inform or change your understanding of Iran?
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Rachel Johnson
10/23/2016 12:10:06 pm
What, in particular, was most interesting to you in the documentary? How does this documentary inform or change your understanding of Iran?
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Ricard Marsal Castan
10/23/2016 07:27:34 pm
Contrast Persepolis and Iran and the West documentary. How do their purposes differ? How is the story of the revolution different in these two mediums? How is it the same?
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