Persepolis -- The Veil & The Bicycle p.1-17

Happy: Jonathan, is change always good? It seems like the revolution in the novel, the Iranian one, is killing people.

J: Well Happy, I guess you can say change can be both good and bad. How can I explain this? So, when Marjane, the author, talks about the veil she shows that it was more of an oppressive act made by the revolutionaries.



Happy: Yeah, the kids were forced to wear the veils by their teachers, and the girls were separated from the boys at school.



J: Yeah, so you could say the revolution brought some useless, and unnecessary, rules to the Iranian people.

Happy: Why did they need to have a revolution?

J: Ehhh, well I guess the Shah was not doing a great job, and the people thought a revolution would make everyone's life better.

Happy: Then that Shah guy must be really bad since he made the theater burn with all those people inside.

J: I guess? I mean only a really powerful guy could order the police and firefighters to not save those people inside. I think that was pretty disgusting of the Shah to do that

J: Oh Happy, did you understand that bicycle thing Marj was talking about? It was a bit...weird.

Happy: O.O uhhh... Maybe the revolution failed in a way because the people didn't pedal the bike correctly?

J: That kind of makes sense. The people must be at fault.

Happy: pffft, I think that old man was funny by the way. He had a super long beard like Santa Claus. I wonder if he says "HO HO HO"?





J: Happy, that was God that Marj believes in. But I wonder if her god still likes her since he disappeared after she went crazy about wanting to go to the demonstration. Maybe it was to show a lost in faith?

Happy: I think they are all dumb. Why have war when everyone could just give each other fish? Wouldn't everyone be happy if they all got fish? I would. I would have a fish buffet. Oh, how happy I would be. *drool.


J: Happy, come back~. How about we get some lunch then. You did make me hungry with your fish talk.

Happy: Alright! FISH!!! I want fish!!!

Comics in the classroom?!?!??

Kevin and I analyzed an article called:
           Teaching History with Comic Books:
           A Case Study of Violence, War, and the Graphic Novel

This article mostly discusses about the comic: Unknown Soldier and its usability in history classes.

Two types of comics:

• superhero story-telling
• story-lines discussing war (WWII) and social problems (Segregation/Race relations).

Japanese comics (all ages):

American kid comics:

American mature comics:

Unknown Soldier = WWII  &  Uganda

  
Pros:

• Graphic novels teach students allow a different perspective on a topic.
• Visuals excite students about the topic and make them more involved in discussions.

Cons:

• Students need to already know about the topic in order to be able to analyze the comic's contents.
• Teachers need to go more in-depth to fill in on some topics glanced over by comics.

My Avatar and I

Yo! My name is Jonathan. It's very nice to meet you! I am like any other person: asian, likes funny activities, likes adventure, likes video games, etc. But I won't get into that very much to save us some time. :) I am open-minded to most things. I like to learn about new places, eat new food, and meet new people!

Oh, did I tell you that I am a water-bender? ;)




Hello, my name is Happy! Nice to meet you! As you can see, I am a blue cat and I have a fish in my mouth.

Let's see, you want to know more about me?

Well, my favoooorite phrase is:


Whenever you see me I'll usually be happy. I like to laugh and have fun by doing funny things. Throughout this blog, I will share my thought whenever I think something is funny. :)

 

Oh, did I forget to tell you? I can fly~



But on some rare, rare occasions I can get preeetty serious.




Anyways, IT WAS NICE MEETING YOU! GO FISH!