Connections


 * Week One**: In Tehran, women don't have the rights that women have here in the United States. In the book, Reading Lolita in Tehran, the narrator describes how women have to wear veils and her experiences and knowledge of the school; the way they treat the girl students. Here in our school, we don't have any particular problems since we are a co-ed school. However, in Tehran, women have to be very careful. Running up the stairs if late, will be sent to the dean office and be punished for being late and running up the stairs. In the book, the narrator describes how one of her students came into her class crying because the dean scolded at her for running up the stairs and for being late. Luckily in our school, we don't have to suffer those types of consequences, just if your late just go to your class.


 * Week Two**: In part 2 of the book, the narrator is in an airport, just coming back from America, when she see everything has changed. We can connect this with Persepolis because Marjane also comes back from Austria, arrives at the airport and sees that everything has changed in Tehran. Both characters are much alike because they both seem not to fit in. Both are rebellious because they both go "breaking" their country's law by having a book club and (Marjane) wearing make-up, having parties, etc. [[image:200px-Persepolis_film.jpg width="140" height="186" align="right"]]They both wish that their country of Iran be different, be the way it was. Its like when I went back to Ecuador, walking around made me realize that things have changed, especially the way the government is running it.


 * Week Three**: In James's //Daisy Miller//, the students admired the woman who has the courage to be herself despite the strict standards imposed by society. In our society, the media gives woman a sort of stereotype that supposedly we all should follow. The stereotypes of being skinny, a housewife, taking care of the kids, etc. Our media brings all these stereotypes through advertisement, music videos, magazine covers, and much more. However, we have the right to make our own decisions, no matter what our society (in this case the media) tells us what to be, what to wear; its all up to us because we have the courage to "break the rules". No one, mostly our government, should not tell us how to be, what to believe in, follow these people, etc. No, we choose what path to take and who we become.