Examples and connections eng 208

Veil scene persepolis

Kids treat veil like a game → shows child perspective + confusion about politics

Marji wants to be a prophet persepolis

Blends religion + imagination → shows innocence and filtered understanding

Uncle Anoosh execution persepolis

Personalizes political violence → loss of innocence

Plastic keys to heaven persepolis

Poor boys manipulated into war → class inequality + exploitation

Parties vs war persepolis

Some live normally while others suffer → class divide

Burning girl running Napalm girl

Raw suffering + innocence → creates immediate empathy

Soldiers in background napalm girl

Contrast between power vs vulnerability

Public reaction napalm girl

Image spread widely → shifted opinion against war

Framing of photo napalm girl

Even real images are selective → constructed reality

“You” narration small place

Directly confronts reader → forces guilt + awareness

Tourist arrival A small place

Sees beauty but ignores reality → “seeing vs not seeing”

The library a small place

Symbol of colonial damage + neglect

Government corruption A small place

Shows lasting effects of colonialism

Tourists enjoying Antigua A small place

Privilege + ignorance → consume culture without understanding

Taking photos vs experiencing (On photography)

Images replace real experience

War photography repetition

Leads to compassion fatigue (desensitization)

“Memento mori”

Photos remind us of death + time passing

Tourism photography

Taking pictures = collecting experiences

Framing on photography

Photographer controls meaning → not neutral

Veil scene + Napalm Girl

• Veil = filtered innocence

• Napalm Girl = raw suffering
  Contrast: softened vs brutal war

Plastic keys + Napalm Girl

Both show children as victims of war

Uncle Anoosh + Napalm Girl

Personal loss vs universal suffering → both humanize war

Tourist arrival + taking photos

People observe but don’t understand → passive consumption

Library + framing

Important realities are hidden/ignored

Tourists + compassion fatigue

People become numb to real suffering

Persepolis + On Photography

Both show reality is shaped by perspective

Napalm Girl + A Small Place

Empathy vs ignorance → people choose whether to care

Persepolis + A Small Place

Both challenge Western misunderstanding of other cultures

Memory across texts

Memory is selective and constructed

Framing across texts

All texts shape reality through perspective

What is non-fiction (according to course)?

Not objective truth
Built through perspective, selection, and storytelling