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Temple University Week 6 Opening Scenes of Persepolis Discussion
This assignment asks you to prepare, create, and post a short VoiceThread video (2-4 minutes) responding to the following prompt:
In our analysis of Persepolis in Week 6 Video 3, we explored the theme of resistance: the ways in which individuals, even in harsh circumstances, find ways to resist the oppression of the regimes in which they live and carve out spaces of autonomy for themselves.This analysis raised the issue of thinking comparatively about the experience of resistance—a form of human agency—for people living in authoritarian vs. democratic regimes.Equipped with your understanding of this content:
1)Choose an episode of resistance in the text that resonates with you (feel free to choose any such episode, regardless of whether or not it was discussed in the video presentation).
2)Describe and analyze this episode and why it resonates with you, making sure to address the motivations and rationale of the person choosing to resist in this way, the risks involved in their act, and the consequences of their act.
3)How might a parallel instance of resistance play out in a democratic society like the United States? What are the similarities and/or differences of resisting in the two cases (in an authoritarian regime vs. a democratic regime)?[By “parallel,” I invite you to think broadly: for example, if your Persepolis episode is about a women’s issue, think of a specific women’s issue in the US that individuals or groups resist; if your example is about a freedom of expression issue, think of a specific freedom of expression issue in the US that individuals or groups resist; if your example is about any other government-policy opposition issue, think of a specific such issue in the US that individuals or groups resist.]
4)How has reading about the experience of life in Iran that Satrapi’s novel provides shaped, changed, or expanded your view and understanding of the situation of people living in authoritarian regimes?5)How does our comparative perspective of reflecting on the possibilities and limitations for action in authoritarian vs. democratic regimes affect your view of democracy itself?
