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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

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Satrapi described that she was from a normal middle class family from Iran. Satrapi was very religious, but her family did not practice the Islamic religion. When a female practices the Islamic religion they have to wear a veil over their heads. Even though Satrapi and her family were not Islamic they were forced to wear it. Satrapi challenges the myth that Iran is not only a country of “fundamentalism, fanaticism, and terrorism” by explaining that just because she was born in Iran didn’t mean that she practiced the Islamic religion. Satrapi was actually rebellious when it came down to the Islamic religion because she had no idea why she had to wear a veil. There was a whole section in the book on just the veil. Satrapi hated the veil, in fact, Satrapi would make jokes about it. Satrapi and a couple of her friends wore the veils unproperly and were joking about it at school and they got in a lot of trouble with their teacher, it was a big deal. Another part of the novel where Satra
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Student Art Show (#10)

I chose two works that interested me from the student art show. The first work that I chose was titled, “Figurative #2” by Jazmine Liddiard and its number 74PH. The photograph is of a girl who is nude, but it doesn’t show anything inappropriate. The photograph was taken from a higher angle from the posterior/side of her body. The girl is holding her stomach as if she is trying to hide it. I chose this image because the girl in the image is an example of many girls in our society. The girl looks as if she is having self-esteem issues. She doesn’t look like she is happy with the way she looks. She is looking down with a sorrow look and her lips are in a form of a sad face. The photographed is colored when focusing on the girl, but the background is black. The second image that I chose is another example of many people in our society. The photograph that I chose is of a boy who is covering his face with both of his hands. The image is blurred out a little bit, but I think it was
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Famine in Somalia by James Nachtwey 1992

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Picture URL: https://www.google.com/search?q=famine+in+somalia+james+nachtwey+1992&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8wvOc9anaAhVp7YMKHeBcCFoQ_AUICigB&biw=1951&bih=930#imgrc=rVKmgOqWdhiWXM : The photograph that I chose to analyze was “Famine in Somalia” by James Nachtwey. In 1992 the price for food increased in Somalia and Somalia no longer was getting food from their food sources. Nachtwey, wasn’t one to get assigned to capture pictures for the Famine in Somalia. He decided to go on his own receiving support from the International Committee of the Red Cross. Nachtwey captured the image above of the two starving people along with many other images. The image was posted on the cover of the magazine, “New York Times” and then became a big hit. After the photograph was posted in the cover of that magazine many people started taking action. This was considered a huge operation next to the one from WWII. This image is very sad. There is a starving lady
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God Bless America by Faith Ringgold (1964)

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The painting that I chose to analyze was the painting, “God Bless America”. The painting was painted by Faith Ringgold in 1964. Faith Ringgold is an African American woman who painted this painting during the Civil Rights Movement where African Americans wanted equality and freedom. This painting was painted by using an oil on a 31 by 19-inch canvas. Faith used the colors Red, white, blue, and black throughout the painting. She also used lines and shapes. Most of the painting consists of a woman’s face and I think that woman was Faith, herself. I think she painted this painting to show how she felt during this time in history. Colored people didn’t have freedom and were treated awful. I think that Faith painted vertical lines from the top of the canvas to the bottom of the canvas because she felt that she was trapped just like a prisoner who is trapped in jail. The woman on the painting looks very sad and out of hope. The painting is a little patriotic in a way because she used the c
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Existential Hero

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If I could imagine myself as an existential hero I would either be someone who joins the military or a teacher. I could be an existential hero in the military because I would go through existential crisis, but I would be doing it to serve the United States. I would suffer by leaving my family behind and by giving up some of my roles in life. By roles I mean, the role of a good sister, cousin, daughter, friend, and aunt. In the military I would be taking a lot of responsibility, I would make my own choices, I would act based on what I think is important for my future, and I would figure out my reason of existence. As a teacher I could be an existential hero because choosing to become a teacher would be my choice. Being a teacher is also a career. In that career I would have to take responsibility and I would provide beneficial roles for the students. Being a teacher could be my reason for existence. Picture URL: https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=3rYc%2
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"One Day" By: Matisyahu

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The song I chose to analyze was the song, “One Day” by Matisyahu. I chose this song because it’s a song that I have known for many years and I feel that the lyrics have a strong meaning behind them. The song doesn’t have an actual story behind it, but it does talk about war. The themes that the song addresses are peace and unity. In the first and second stanza of the song Matisyahu sings, that he prays that God doesn’t let him die because he is has a purpose and that purpose is to help bring peace to the world. He also sings that one day there will be peace and no war, that children will get to play without fearing the bad. In the third stanza he sings, that even though there is war and there is a winner, in reality everybody loses because people are killed. The fourth, fifth, and sixth stanza say the same things as the first two stanzas, it’s just repeated. In the seventh stanza he sings, that one day there won’t be violence and there will be freedom. The rest of the stanzas a
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"War Is Never Over" By: Cecil L. Harrison

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The poem I chose to give an explanation for is, “War Is Never Over” by Cecil L. Harrison. I think that the title for this poem is very important because it says what the poem is going to be about. Every stanza’s first line from the poem begins with, “War is never over” and each gives a different explanation to back it up. In the first stanza Cecil explained that even though a war is over physically the soldiers who fought in it will keep the memories and never forget what they experienced. In the second stanza Cecil explained that even though soldiers go home to remember that their memory will always have war in it. In the third stanza Cecil brings back the veterans who fought in the Vietnam war and she explains that those are the soldiers who really know that war is never over mentally and when they see other wars it just gives them flashbacks of the terrible experience they went through themselves. In the fourth stanza Cecil puts himself into the poem explaining that he exper
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