1. To Kill a Mockingbird and Persepolis
Lee and Satrapi highlight the intolerance through the use of first-person perspective, symbolism, and textual/graphical irony. ... Lee and Satrapi use maids within the tolerant households of their protagonists as a symbol of the omnipresent intolerance of the public world. ... Lee uses Calpurnia as a symbol of the intolerance of the public society being present within Scout's progressive personal world. ... Both Lee and Satrapi use the symbol of the maid to represent the presence of intolerant public values within their main characters personal family lives, despite their progressive na...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate