On Persepolis

Read the text below and then answer two questions.

First, how is this true in Persepolis? Be specific.

Second, what questions does our society prefer we not think about? (What questions are we not supposed to think about/ask?)



On Education:

“The purpose of education, finally, is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions, to say to himself this is black or this is white, to decide for himself whether there is a God in heaven or not. To ask questions of the universe, and then learn to live with those questions, is the way he achieves his own identity. But no society is really anxious to have that kind of person around. What societies really, ideally want, is a citizenry which will simply obey the rules of society.”

-James Baldwin, American, 1924-1987

QUESTION:

Baldwin states that “to ask questions” is the means by which one “achieves his [or her] own identity”, but yet society is not “anxious to have that kind of person around” who does ask questions. What is so dangerous about the question?

Free Choice Summer Book

Use the format below to review the summer reading book you most enjoyed.




Title:

Author:

Best Line: (This could be a sentence or a passage.)

Summary: (This should intrigue the reader of the review and be no more than 5 sentences)


Most interesting or thought-provoking aspect of the book: (this could be a question the book makes you think about, a character you respond to strongly, a scene that made you laugh...)


Rating & opinion: (Give this 1-5 stars where 5= must read, 4= good, 3= worth the time 2= not so great, but someone might like it 1= don't bother. Then give a sentence or two expalining your rating. What makes the book a success or failure?)

Reviewer and favorites: (your name, and two other books you like)