In the early 1900s, a missionary named Reverend Sidney Endle wrote about the Kachari people, who live in the Assam region of India. In his book, he translated several of their spoken folktales, including the following story about a boy who tries to plant seeds after everyone else has finished. As you read, take notes on how the moral, or lesson, develops throughout the story.
When she was a child, one Christmas Tita recieved a special gift from Nacha, the De la Garza’s partially deaf cook who practically raised Tita after her father died. Nacha saved money and got Tita a zoetrope, which is a device that produces the illusion of motion by displaying on the wall a sequence of drawings or photographs. Tita <em>loved </em>that present and used to watch the pictures with her sisters for hours.
Because the author has researched the area and talked to people who know the land
Based on Satrapi's graphic novel about her life is pre and post- revolutionary Iran and then in Europe. The film traces growth from child rebellious, punk- loving teenager in Iran. In the background are growing tensions of the political climate in Iran in the 70's and 80's, with members of her liberal- leaning family detained and then executed, and the background of the disastrous Iran/Iraq war.
