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Themes, Motifs, and Symbols in Persepolis
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What are some motifs in Toy Story?
What themes can we pull from the motifs?
- So...if the motif is class struggle, what MESSAGE/THEME is Satrapi trying to send to her readers about class struggle?
- What is the theme of the passage?
What might be a SYMBOL of class struggle in this passage?
Symbols, Motifs, & Themes in Persepolis
What might be a SYMBOL of their relationship?
- Violence is never the answer to difficult situations.
- Always work through relationships struggles responsibly.
Based on the motifs, what would be the theme, LESSON, or MESSAGE of their relationship?
- Relationship struggles
- Loss of love
- Violence
Relationships between the 3 things
What are some of the motifs of their relationship?
Motifs & Themes
Theme
Let's think about popular movies...
- What is the relationship?
Rihanna & Chris Brown
Let's think about pop culture....
Motif
Motif of Class Struggle
The lesson/message
- Turn to the vignette "The Letter" on page 33.
What are some of the motifs in this movie?
- Motifs help develop the theme of a story.
- Conflicts between race
- Sportsmanship
- Working as a team
- Friendship
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Theme
- Who are the characters in this vignette?
- Symbols help develop the theme in a story.
A topic that comes up over and over again
What are some themes we can pull from these motifs?
- What is going on in this vignette? What happens?
- But how?
What are some symbols in the movie?
So think of the movie Toy Story...
Persepolis: Symbols, Motifs, & Themes
- Motifs in Persepolis:
- Class struggle
- Loss of Faith
- Loss of Innocence
- Relationships between Parents & Children
- Tradition vs. Modernity
Veil
Key
Cigarette
What are some major symbols in Persepolis?
Symbols, Motifs, & Themes
Symbols
- What is a major symbol from Night? Things Fall Apart?
- There are symbols throughout literature
- What's the difference?
- Symbols represent or stand for something else.
- We can TOUCH symbols. We can SEE symbols
- Symbols sometimes represent ideas.
- Symbols - physical things that stand for something else.
- Examples?
- Any examples you can think of in everyday life?
- Motif - An topic that comes up over and over again in a story.
- Theme - The message or lesson in a story.
The letter!
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