since i have spent so much of my weekend reading things that i didn't necessarily need to read for school, i do not have much time to write out my thoughts and feelings on
Eyes Up Nose Down by Merrill Mekoe, and
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.
Persepolis was actually for a lesson plan assignment for my media literacy class..... apparently "graphic novels" are the next big thing in teaching. I think i would have hated having to read and dissect this sort of thing in high school. i don't do well with comics and graphic reading- there's too much going on. give me the words and let me picture it on my own. although i will admit that the graphics were pretty um word word word... i can't think right now. it's a sunday morning and i'm distracted by the fact that my room is (still) a disaster. and i also am upset that i didn't do this homework last night when i was motivated. granted, its not due til wednesday, but i feel that i will be much relieved the more i get done today. i, as of yet, have no misconceptions about how much will actually get done today though. i have played this game many a sundays before. im no stranger to the procrastination game (as you can clearly see- i am writing about what i have read this weekend in lieu of actually doing anything....) persepolis was kind of scary and im not sure how appropriate it would be in a classroom because of the violence, anti-government critique, religion, and curse words in it. they say fuck a few times, which stands out a lot more in a "graphic novel" than in a regular novel because there are fewer words. anyway, it was a good history lesson for me at least. i had no idea of how or why or what went down in the islamic revolution of iran. now i have some idea. yay me. i don't regret spending my saturday nigth reading this book and would recommend it to anyone because it was sort of intriguing. i also liked the little veiled women pictures. they reminded me of a darker side of madeline picture books.
since i have spent so much of my weekend reading things that i didn't necessarily need to read for school, i do not have much time to write out my thoughts and feelings on Eyes Up Nose Down by Merrill Mekoe, and Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. Persepolis was actually for a lesson plan assignment for my media literacy class..... apparently "graphic novels" are the next big thing in teaching. I think i would have hated having to read and dissect this sort of thing in high school. i don't do well with comics and graphic reading- there's too much going on. give me the words and let me picture it on my own. although i will admit that the graphics were pretty um word word word... i can't think right now. it's a sunday morning and i'm distracted by the fact that my room is (still) a disaster. and i also am upset that i didn't do this homework last night when i was motivated. granted, its not due til wednesday, but i feel that i will be much relieved the more i get done today. i, as of yet, have no misconceptions about how much will actually get done today though. i have played this game many a sundays before. im no stranger to the procrastination game (as you can clearly see- i am writing about what i have read this weekend in lieu of actually doing anything....) persepolis was kind of scary and im not sure how appropriate it would be in a classroom because of the violence, anti-government critique, religion, and curse words in it. they say fuck a few times, which stands out a lot more in a "graphic novel" than in a regular novel because there are fewer words. anyway, it was a good history lesson for me at least. i had no idea of how or why or what went down in the islamic revolution of iran. now i have some idea. yay me. i don't regret spending my saturday nigth reading this book and would recommend it to anyone because it was sort of intriguing. i also liked the little veiled women pictures. they reminded me of a darker side of madeline picture books. 