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Before we read. Persepolis. George Orwell’s Animal Farm.

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  1. Before we read Persepolis

  2. George Orwell’s Animal Farm • Animal Farm by George Orwell, is about a group of animals who oust the humans from the farm they live on and run it themselves, only to have it corrupted into a brutal tyranny on its own. It was written during World War II and published in 1945, although it was not widely recognized until the late 1950s.

  3. Animal Farm’s Popularity • By the 1950s more than one million copies of Animal Farm had been sold.

  4. Your Grandparents and Animal Farm—The Red Scare 1947-1954 • By the late 1950s, Animal Farm was being widely taught in America and the UK. It is one of the ten most popular works of literature taught in America.

  5. Animal Farm and the Fall of Communism in Russia • Mikhail Gorbachev who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR (today known as Russia) from 1985-91 embarked to reform his country culturally, politically, and economically. • In 1986 Animal Farm was first serialized in Soviet newspapers and then published separately as a book. • Understanding Animal Farm: A Student Casebook to Issuesedited by John Rodden

  6. Your Parents and Animal Farm • By the time of the collapse of the Berlin Wall (a symbol of the Cold War and communist repression) on November 9, 1989 sales of the book totaled 20 million in seventy languages, placing it among the top twenty best-sellers in the history of publishing.

  7. Why is Animal Farm Popular Teaching in Schools? • Although on one level the novel is an allegory of the 1917 Russian Revolution, the book illustrates lessons on: • POWER: Leadership and Corruption • POWER: Control over the Intellectually Inferior • How the best laid dreams hopes and plans can go awry • How violence is used to subjugate citizens • How pride can lead to dangerous outcomes • How religion has been abused by those in power to manipulate citizens

  8. Literature and the World • Shakespeare wrote “All the world's a stage, / And all the men and women merely players.” • The Elizabethan theater the Globe is so named because the audience could see "all the world" on the stage there. • Since the time of the Greeks, literature has served to reflect the beauty and the chaos of the world in which we live. It has served up doses of laughter and as well as presented a brutal mirror in which to gaze at our humanity.

  9. “The pen is mightier than the sword.” • Orwell’s Animal Farm shaped how your grandparents’ and parents’ generations viewed the events in their young lives. • It could be argued that the book played a small role in enlightening the population to stand for American democratic ideals in a global world.

  10. Your World: Growing up in a time of revolution and rebellion • 2010-Present • 28 Revolutions and Rebellions 12 of which were part of the Arab Spring. • Many of the issues of these revolutions and revolts can be understood through the mirror of Animal Farm. However, the societies of these Middle Eastern countries differ vastly in their political and religious make ups.

  11. Your World: Growing up in a time of revolution and rebellion • Many of the conflicts and political questions that are debated today are rooted in histories and cultures in which we are very unfamiliar. • “All the world's a stage,” and we need to be aware of its diverse “players.”

  12. Persepolis is the mirror we will use to understand some of the issues at play in our world. • In the Graphic Memoir, Marji (author MarjaneSatrapi) tells of her life in Iran from the age of 10, when the Islamic revolution of 1979 reintroduced a religious state, through the age of 14 when the Iran-Iraq war forced her parents to send her to Europe for safety.

  13. Unit Objectives • Students will gain further skills in analyzing Visual Rhetoric through annotation • Students will apply skills learned in earlier units by writing analytic questions. The questions will demonstrate proficiency in: • “Onioning” a text • Analyzing through a Historic Lens • Analyzing through a Feminist Lens • Students will increase verbal skills by participating in the BRAWL seminar • Students will read nonfiction text to broaden their understanding of a historic period • Students will gain experience in working collaboratively in an online platform.

  14. Before you begin reading: • Persepolis contains content that must be viewed through a mature perspective: • Strong Language: OMAM contained it, so does Persepolis. Just as students would never use the language found in OMAM, students would not use Persepolis as an excuse for poor verbal choices. • Sexual Situation: OMAM and Romeo and Juliet contain it, so does Persepolis. • Violence: OMAM and Romeo and Juliet contain it, so does Persepolis.

  15. Be prepared to be uncomfortable. • Because Persepolis is 1) a true story and 2) a graphic novel in which its images hit us with PROFOUND PATHOS, many students will feel more uncomfortable than they typically do when reading texts. • If you or your parents are concerned, please see me for specific pages that contain material that may push comfort boundaries.

  16. Due Dates • Be done with your 1st read by: • There will be a brief basic knowledge quiz that day. • The quiz will be open book, but it will also be timed.

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