Cat In The Hat Blog

The character I chose, was the fish. He was dominated by superego. Superego is, in most illustrations, the angel that sits upon one's shoulder that represents he conscience. It is the less selfish view of someone's personality. The fish wastrying to persuade the kids throughout the entire book, to do the right thing. The fish was telling the kids that they should not have the cat over when their mom isn't there. That was showing that he was trying to help the kids make the ethical decision, instead of pleasuring themselves. He tells the cat to leave, in spite of his non-support from sally and the narrator. That shows that he really wanted the cat to leave at all costs, because he knew that he would be the one held responsible for anything bad that happened.

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Question #12:
The role of women in this story, is to be the "stay-at-home" parent. They are only expected to raise the children, cook the meals, and clean the house. They are allowed to do other things, but they are usually just conformed to these ideas. They are second-class compared to men. They must always respect the men, by doing things such as wearing a veil in their presence.


Question #7:
Despite the opressive regime, Iranians found ways to still enjoy life. Marji's parents travelled, partied, and drank liquor, which convinced others to do the same and Marji and her friends would undermind the law by taking off their veils in public. I laughed when I found out that Marji's parents drank alcohol. By adding pictures to this book, it helps get rid of the extra "reading musts", like imagining the characters.


Question #6:
The revolution was important ot alot of people because they were fighting for their rights and freedom. After the revolution many left, because their country was not the same anymore. There weren't alot of public places, and many homes were destroyed during the revolution. I think Marji's parents felt like they had an obligation to the revolt and couldn't be the parents that she needed at the time, so they sent her away. They were not afraid of the revolt and wanted to play their part.

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Question #3:
In Persepolis, Satrapi shows little children playing and behaving just as Americans. She is trying to show readers that being from a different country, such as Iran, doesn't mean that you cant be a normal kid and have feelings and morals. This book completely went against everything I thought to be true about Iran. It showed me that there are good people there and they behaved just as Americans, they just had a bad reputation. I myself was guilty of prejudging Iran because of how they are portrayed in the U.S, so reading this book helped me see Iranians more clearly and know that they are just like any one of us. I see now that we are not the only ones upset about the situation in Iraq. They do not want war just as much as we dont.


Question #5:
I thought the writer's voice was appealing. She spoke very calmly yet strong at the same time. She provided just the right amount of information and only stuck to the facts. She didnt so much express her thoughts or feelings, but she revealed them to her readers in other ways. I liked the transformation of Marji the most. She grew up and became stronger and smarter. She finally stopped depending on her parents, but still wasn't too prideful to ask for help. I didn't like the fact that she was so naive and so foolish to be mentally controlled by men. She let those guys slide in and tell her whatever she wanted to hear, just so they could get what they wanted. I became more interested in the book because of my opinion towards Marji. It made me wan to know more about her, because she interested me.


Question #9:
In the book, this boy had a weird hair-do that he knew was unacceptable and all the kids skipped school to go to this resteraunt. If i was in that situation, i would fight for my individuality as well. This I am not proud of, but as a teen i'm purposely late for curfew, mean to my teachers, and follow my own rules. Satrapi pretty much follows the same guidelines as I do. She grows up and starts living by her own rules. She has wants, feelings, and thoughts the same as a "normal" kid.

Visual Essay

"Consumerism"


Everyone needs to consume sometime.

Our society is very fashion concerned.

Everyone is worried about having the newest technology and not how much it cost.

No one is concerned with the dangers to the world just their selfish needs of consuming.

The whole world works around consumerism.

Everyone wants to have the latest, nicest, hair-do. No matter what the cost of money or respect.

Reality tv shows make alot of money, by appealing to the consumers' interest.

Even kids play a part in consumerism. They make their parents buy them the latest toys, and things that appeal to them.

Without consumerism, the world can not run itself.

The newest technology is a "necessity" for the consumer.

Advertisments are everywhere.

Not having new shoes could be a problem. Some are teased for not falling into the scheme of consuming.

Everyone has this idea that there is one type of beauty, and they go through many changes to reach that type of beauty.

The images I chose, showed what i thought consumerism was all about. They showed the basic wants of a person living in a consumer based enviornment. My pictures are so ridiculous, and they shed light on the ugly side of consuming obsessions. Most people dont know that with just about everything they do, they are consuming. I put a mirror up to the consumer, on how unnecessary all the material things are. They might even influence people to slow down on their consuming or at least be able to control their desires that the advertisments advertise.

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The feeds are "waiting to make you want things. It's doing these demograohic studies that divide everyone up into a few personality types, and then you get ads based on what you're supposed to like. It trys to figure out who you are, and make you conform to one of their types for easier marketing". That sounds just like today's marketing strategy. Advertising companies try to appeal to a certain type of consumer based on what they think their interests are. If i had a feed, most likely i would receive alot of advertisment about shoes and clothes. My personality group would be fashion. If I had a "feed", I would chat every minute of everyday. I love to talk to my sister and boyfriend, so we would always be together if we could chat all the time. If everyone could chat, there would be less and less face to face communication in the world. There wouldn't be alot of privacy, and there would probably be lots of miscommunication.


"now that school is run by corporations, it's pretty brag, because it teaches us how the world can be used, like mainly how to use our feeds." The world today is just like that. We have classes in school like business; teaching us to spend money in a "smart" way. We also have classes that are cosmetology based; teaching us the skills to get money from consumers who are concerned about their apperance. Everyone has consumed something in their lifetime. Consumerism is the one thing that will never get old or "grow out of style". People are always going to need to buy things and have things. When companies teach people to consume, they are just setting theirselves up to get rich. It is dangerous for the consumers, because they never know how harmful the product they are buying is to them.

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"we went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck." This quote lets readers know that this book will be taking place in the future and It will be a book about teenagers. Saying that the moon was visited for entertainment, proved to me that this book must take place in the future. The technology must be extremely advanced at this time to allow people to just visit whenever they pleased. Saying that the moo completely sucked, proved to me that the narrator was a teenager. "Sucked" is a slang word for teens today, so i assumed it was still a "teen word" in this story.

In my life, during spring break, I travel to break away from my natural element. I look for fun to accompany me during my time away from school. The characters in Feed went to the moon to go dancing. That reminds me of my friends and I. On our spring break we like to go to parties, and go to clubs on 16+ nights.I believe that Anderson was trying to show the common interest of now-a-day teens, and futuristic teens.

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