Good morning,
Class today took Satrapi to the next level. Analyzing her drawings as well as where she was truly coming from while writing this graphic novel was very enlightening. I do believe that Satrapi would not have had the opportunity to write The Complete Persepolis had she not have had the funds to leave Tehran and fled to Austria, etc. The experiences that she encountered while away from home gave her the strength and intelligence to come back to her home town a stronger woman, ready to tackle to world at hand. Her autobiography is beautiful, giving us as readers a visual example of her life year by year.
I am very excited to watch the English version of Satrapi's masterpiece. Nominated for an Academy Award has obviously shown that the movie is worth viewing and Satrapi herself was successful in her cinematic portrayal of her life.
Because I have appreciated this graphic novel on a different level than some of the other novels we encountered over the semester, I feel that The Complete Persepolis will be the best option for my final term paper. Using her novel, film, news interviews, and speeches should turn out to be a well-rounded analysis of Satrapi and her work.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Final though on One Hundred Years of Solitude 11/6/08
Good afternoon,
Today's class was very outspoken and informative. Fellow students seem to have many conflicting views on what exactly is going on in each character's head as well as author Gabriel García Márquez thought process while writing the great novel.
Now having finished the novel, I understand why Márquez won a Nobel Prize and received such great reviews for his masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude. His writing style and plot choices along with the twisted, unpredictable end was inspiring. With that said, the lack of individuality between most of the characters and the hidden timeline made this book quite challenging and easily misinterpreted (as our class discussion today supported). Honestly, the only character that I actually understood was Ursula. She was my character for the class blog and arguably the most dominant character in the entire novel. She is strong, confident, and will do anything to keep her family safe and together. Near the end of her life, I found myself feeling for her, as she was bed-ridden and blind. However, when she was finally able to stand up and be with her family one last time, her realization that she was a vegetable for a significant time, I felt my heart ache for her and root for her final steps. She died beautifully, unlike many of the characters who were either ill or killed by firing squad, and as a result prevailed in the end.
For next class, I am very excited to research Marjane Satrapi and her masterpiece Persepolis. Graphic novels are always entertaining and inspiring due to its illustrations and Satrapi is no exception. I can only hope that the film will do the novel and Satrapi justice.
Today's class was very outspoken and informative. Fellow students seem to have many conflicting views on what exactly is going on in each character's head as well as author Gabriel García Márquez thought process while writing the great novel.
Now having finished the novel, I understand why Márquez won a Nobel Prize and received such great reviews for his masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude. His writing style and plot choices along with the twisted, unpredictable end was inspiring. With that said, the lack of individuality between most of the characters and the hidden timeline made this book quite challenging and easily misinterpreted (as our class discussion today supported). Honestly, the only character that I actually understood was Ursula. She was my character for the class blog and arguably the most dominant character in the entire novel. She is strong, confident, and will do anything to keep her family safe and together. Near the end of her life, I found myself feeling for her, as she was bed-ridden and blind. However, when she was finally able to stand up and be with her family one last time, her realization that she was a vegetable for a significant time, I felt my heart ache for her and root for her final steps. She died beautifully, unlike many of the characters who were either ill or killed by firing squad, and as a result prevailed in the end.
For next class, I am very excited to research Marjane Satrapi and her masterpiece Persepolis. Graphic novels are always entertaining and inspiring due to its illustrations and Satrapi is no exception. I can only hope that the film will do the novel and Satrapi justice.
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