HUM 108

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

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

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