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“Persepolis”

1* Why was the movie in black and white, yet the flowers that Marjine’s grandmother used to put on her breast had a pinkish color?

2*Why was Marjine ashamed of saying that she was Iranian, but then became so angry when she heard people talking about how they didn’t believed it? Why did she reacted in an angry way when confirming that she was Iranian?

3*Why was the fact that she was getting divorced, a reason to leave Iran and not come back, not even when knowing that her grandmother had passed out?

Essay #1, Brainstorming.

1:One experience in which I was displaced, was when going to the Dominican Republic after having four years without going there. When I was there I felt displaced because I didn’t really knew anybody besides my family, and the kids that I knew were grown and our relationship was almost completely lost. Additionally, I didn’t know how to move around. I didn’t know how to get to places, therefore, I could only get to them if someone from there drew me over there.

2.One leave-taking experience that I had, was going to Puerto Rico for a whole summer without saying bye to some of my friends. Not everyone knew that I was leaving so I didn’t get so say goodbye to some people, and when I came back our relationship was a little distanced.

3.I’ve been exposed to many languages. When I went to P.R I was exposed to a different spanish, and Puerto Rican languages which I didn’t know but then came to understand what they meant. Also, when I settled here, english was not my first language, but spanish. Yet, I managed to learned. But along the way, I heard people speak “broken english”, and perfect english. Additionally, I took language classes in H.S and learned French, which was a new language to me.