you are not expected to be experts in the history of Nazi Germany or modern Persia (Iran), but our two movies had some themes, many of which are common themes: government, church, God, the belief that God likes your ideas, magic, love, family, beliefs, freedom (or lack thereof), control, discipline, school, tradition, absolutism, language and how language holds us together or separates us, prisons, elders, dreams, nationalism, rebellion, bribery, common dress (uniforms) and control., scarcity of resources, gender roles and the sacrifice that some parents make. One Truth: the Shah took 3000 prisoners; the new government took 30,000. They also have in common that they give you a look at two major points of totalitarian control and allow you to see how easy and interesting it is to begin to formulate your own understanding of government and its power.. . . . . . you also see children at different stages of development: in Life is Beautiful, a little boy; in Peresepolis, a girl drowing up. What do children seek? Structure a paper around some of the common themes, using a few examples from each film to help you make your point. You may also use examples from your own life today to help support the structure you create. How do these histories allow you to see the United States? Aftr the 8 year was with Iraq ... we were eager for happiness; we forgot we were not free.
Choice: Grandma: Of oucrse you had a choice; everyone always has a choice.
Grandma: Fear lulls our mind to sleep.
"We were eager for happiness; we forgot we were not free."
This is a very helpful blog and it helped that we went over it in class as well. The only problem now is that I am stuck in picking a theme I am in between magic, love and freedom
ReplyDeleteSo preety much pick a (sociological) theme that has to do with both movies and apply it to our own life expiriences right... ?
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