Directions for an Open Essay on Persepolisa) Relax: This is INFORMAL WRITING! Let yourself explore!
b) You do not have worry about grammar, sentence structure, or format.
c) Write what you think and feel about the novel.
d) Dive deep. When you think you have exhausted the topic, write more.
e) Length: at least two pages, but challenge yourself to write more!
f) Write about personal connections to a character or an event in the novel.
g) React to two quotes in the novel that are meaningful to you.?
h) An Open Essay is INFORMAL writing, so it is not formally graded.?I. I will respond to your writing in terms of effort and engagement
TOPIC: In the second part of Persepolis, Marjane crosses several borders, and she undergoes a great change each time. First, as a very young woman, she leaves Iran in order to study in Vienna. Later, now somewhat older, she returns to Iran. In what sense is border-crossing an important theme in the novel? Which one (choose only one) of the experiences Marjane undergoes as the result of crossing a border interests you the most?