psychoanalytical

Psychoanalytic Criticism : The Cat

Psychoanalytic is personality types that explains a persons personality. For instance, there is Id, superego, and ego. Id is the devil that influences one to get whatever one wants to satisfy oneself. The superego is the angel if you should say. It is one that uses our beliefs to do the right and the wrong. The ego is the ultimate personality catcher. It balances the id and the superego so both will match. Basing on The Cat's personality it is mainly the Id because during the beginning, middle, and a little from the end of the book, the cat comes barging into the Narrator and Sally's house coming in as wanted and starts planning their day and starts doing the responsible thing.

The Cat is an annoying animal or should I say part human in the book because for someone to barge into your house not knowing and just automatically plan your day as it goes on. The Cat mainly wants “fun” in the house. Which is good but, as soon as The Cat enters the house, things change. Everything has to go his way. He should be call, Creepy Cat Entertainer and the Hat. Maybe that name suites him more. To explain the Id type personality The Cat delivers, he enters the Narrator and Sally's house unexpectedly bringing in his “toys” to entertain the loneliness that takes place in the house. After The Cat shows off his “AMAZING TRICKS”, and was asked to leave, he leaves and comes back with more “things” for more entertainment.

The Cat's Id type personality contributes to the main idea as the antagonist. Many of his characteristics which is (Id) showing constant demands of his own way of entertainment, ways to create more problems, and a more easy play for him to play around. The Cat is the problem and the solver of the book. The Cat starts his day as a mysterious thing and leads to a problem and the thing leads to a solution.

So basically, the Cat is the devil and the angel towards the end. Knowing that he has done wrong, it ends up fixing his problem.

Blog two of PERCEPOLIS

What is Satrapi suggesting about the relationship between past and present, and between national and personal history? What role does her family, and the stories of her relatives, play in shaping Marji?

Satrapi is suggesting that the past and the present is two opposite things. They both have similarities but, the past brings more important memories because it is where everything happens; the bad, the good, and the excitement. The personal history is more important than history because personal keeps memories alive rather than the national history. Caring about the personal history is better o keep alive. Like keeping a village and heritage alive. But, at the same time, just for instance, the little boy from Minnesota that has a certain thing that is wrong with him I think and doesn't want a procedure to get him better because of religious beliefs. The roles her family, and the stories of her relatives play in shaping Marji is telling it all. Without her family and relatives around, she wouldn't have finished her story. The success of her story wouldn't have happened because her whole childhood life relied on her uncles being in prison and coming out to retell the life they experienced.

Written as a memoir, is percepolis more powerful than if Satrapi had fictionalized the story? Why or why not? Compare this book to other memoirs you have read. What are the benefits and drawbacks of memoirs?

I think Persepolis would have been powerful even if it was or wasn't fictionalized because I believe that to be successful in life, try and never give up. I know a lot of people who had read “Percepolis” and enjoyed every bit of text written or typed I guess but, yeah, ERIN IF YOU ARE READING THIS, SORRY FOR MY BLOG BEING SO LATE! I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES!!! Ok, but, I don't think I have read any other memoirs except this one.

 “In spite of everything, kids were trying to look hip, even under risk of arrest”. (p. 112) How did they do this?....

Them kids in the story was super smart. Marji was super smart! She always looked hip, she got style all she had to do was wear the veil and cover up then she went everywhere looking hip. Covering up inside and looking better than me as a kid. She was a true Micheal Jackson fan having the Micheal Jackson sticker on her sweater at all times, singing man! Coolness man. During that time and the environment, as a child, I would have been staying home because I would be a girl being shocked and scared about the revolution but, would have been easily persuaded to go hip! Lol. I think Satrapi was a normal kid when she came to realize that her family was the most important to her when the bomb hit their neighborhood. I don't think she was ever a normal kid. I believe that every kid isn't normal but, themselves; who they were.

 

Persepolis blog uno

"At the core of the book is Marji's family. What is this family like?..."

Marji's family is so AWESOME! Especially the father and mother. The mother is like my mother. She is so mean but, also so caring. The tone her voice is so tempting to argue back. Marji's family is wise, sophisticated, and funny. Marji's parents are aware of the war taking place and is surprised by the result of being in jail I suppose. The environment the parents set for Marji is quite well. She's learning how to become a women and she is also learning about the revolution. The parents get their strength from the revolution and from their past family members and friends from jail.

"What is the role of women...."

I believe that the women in this graphic novel is to portray their heritage/religion and not having the power like the men. Even though, the army men has more power, the women gets bitched at most of the time about their appearances and about the horrible acts they gave upon men and the revolution.

"Why do you think this genre is so popular?..."

I think this genre is so popular because it is coming from a women that has experienced the tragedies with the ups and downs that went through her life while growing up.

Describe the writer's voice. Is it appealing? Which aspects of Marji's character do you identify with or like the most, at least? Did your reaction to the little girl affect your reading experience.

Marjane Satrapi's voice is very appealing. It makes the reader have a hook on the book. For instance, when I was reading the first page of the book, I instantly had a hook on the book, knowing that it's about a Tehran women growing and learning and experiencing the life of their people and what they have been through. Through the revolution of the Shah's and the others.  From the characters, I would identify myself as little Marji. Little Marji was a curious girl who was so funny and sophisticated.. She was really smart for a 10 year old. I feel like the opposite of her because she was smart at 10, and I was retarded at 10. But we both share a similarity, we both talk a lot. The little girl did not affect my reading experience because the little girl made the story more interesting and alive. The story of her life growing up and remembering what happened, that's a mind blowing experience to be reading it from a women growing knowing and being there for her history.

FEED ESSAY

A set of pictures and words can bring memories back. But can a chip bring memories back? Say, if i had a "feed" it would contain memories that are most important to me. Memories that the feed can hold. From the looks of my collage, I am more into fashion, art, and family and many more. 

My "MASTER SUSAN FEED" would contain the newest and latest trends, photos of my family and friends, stars being stupid, food, and music, most outrageous moments, and electronics. What I don't want to have in my "MASTER SUSAN FEED" is people "m-chatting" or hacking into my feed, also someone stupid enough to try to own me! When no one can!! MUAH HA-HA. I am like IRON MAN that creates its own  robot gear and controls it without anyone taking action into me or whatever!

The media plays a big role on my "MASTER SUSAN FEED" it impacts me to move forward or to use my big head (or forehead) to restrain me to move on. The media is practically the cells of my feed. The cells of controlling and movements. With every update and advertisement comes every excitement. Basing on my collage, if you were to define me, I am the most stupidest, funniest little weirdo you'll ever experience meeting. The collage defines me as a "MEDIA" person who somewhat takes it all in and makes it all mines. People are always something with or without the feed. Titus' and his friends are just stupid kids who grew up with the feed not knowing how to resist it but, the feed is nothing. People like us (YOU, ME, etc.) are all the same. I believe we all rely on the capabilities on T.V. 

In conclusion, I believe that media plays a big role on our society and personally myself too. My feed would contain many media: clothes, trends, gossip, photos of family and friends, and things I cherish most. I can feel that my essay is quite boring now, just follow along more, I'm almost done B S'ing. Therefore, again, I am IRON WOMEN! ha ha ha wait IRON MAN.

Visual Essay

The theme of my visual essay is TECHNOLOGY. I find it very easy to believe that technology is taken over the human minds. Technology is just like the feed but, isn't implanted through the brain cells but, a device. Technology is nothing but CHIPS! ahh (brief sigh) relation to the feed. C'mon our transportation used to be from horses to railroads to cars, and to airplanes. But, what is it now? Oh, the same but, my point is that transportation used to be from the minds and from hands, but now it runs on technology.

Technology plays a big role in our society. Everything basically runs on technology. Just look around you, there's the iphone, the imac, and "i" everywhere. Oh and don't forget about the cars! There's actually going to be technology cars! Dude the HYBRID CARS!. Let's just say we are FAT AMERICANS. We run through easy paths to get what we want. Technology makes us fat. We Americans are beginning to be TECH USERS! not MAN USERS you know!

Technology is making everyone slow to the head! iPhones surely solves everything eh? Well, that's ultra stupid! iPhones are really useless. Their freaking frames or whatever thing doesn't even hold. It breaks! Look with iPhones, what is the use of computers then? Even technology takes over one another.

One day, just wait and see, our desire to create easy paths will lead us to destruction. ROBOTS will eventually take over us in the WORLD! just one day. I have a feeling that it will be soon, not now but, later in the future centuries. Just look around you! TECHNOLOGY this TECHNOLOGY that. It plays the hugest role in the world! Either it's making us slower or SMARTER? That should be a question to ask yourselves.

Blog 2...

"Missing the Feed" (47)...What does this chapter say about CORPORATIONS?
Missing the "FEED"!!!?? How stupid Titus! Anyhow the corporations are taken over the stupid mindless, headless cells of the human minds. Corporations are taken over Titus and the others with the feed like me eating chocolate. Corporations are big companies! Shit it all, these "big" companies are pain in the asses. With the feeds implanted in the head, the corporations are "feeding" us what they want from us, the brain and the mind of selling; using us as experiments.

"This is my project" Explain Violet's "project"... Violet's project is rather very interesting because it shows us that she is a person who is curious about everything. Since she was once the ones without the feed, she likes to actually speak with her mouth, rather than just e-chat through the feed, and she is serious about the forced consumerism that has taken over the people. Anything beats having a "feed" but, unfortunately some of her friends can't live without it. As of me, I know many people like Violet. For instance, my aunt Joua. She is almost like Violet but she doesn't have is the "feed". My aunt cares about consumerism. She is like a bank, keeping her money stored for "good use"which is super lame. I always tell her to use her money on me! lol okay but, Joua is a person whom is really hard to put money in use. There was this one time where she fired herself because her co-workers were being shit heads; always asking her to use up her money and her BOSS! always complaining about Joua not being able to have time to buy clothes because apparently she is always wearing the same clothes which she doesn't. But getting back to topic, Joua is almost like Violet. I don't know it's hard to explain it. Titus is an asssss... well okay not quite yet but, Titus' reaction is just an

OH? WOW! THING!

like a surprise.

"The feed is described as knowing what you need before you do-is this really what the feed is doing?"
Having a feed is quite different as from Titus' perspective and Violet's perspective. Titus loves and misses the feed while Violet hates having it in her brain. I think that the feed isn't doing anything but selling, selling, selling, like a machine going crazy. The feed is like a salesman. Advising one to buy this and that and that "If you buy this, it will benefit you" PFT, c'mon that's a myth. The feed isn't doing anything well but creating lesions and probably losing lives for all we know. I will be super mad if there was an experiment in hand now! Back to topic, the feed isn't doing anything but hurting. I think that the feed is just advising but not leading or making decisions for you, but guiding.

"What kind of person is Titus?...What exactly is normal?"

Titus is a different kind of person by comparison from his friends. Titus can think for himself without the "feed". Titus' friends are quite different. For instance, Link- the "clone" of Abraham Lincoln, Calista- the manipulative evil bitch, Loga- a follower, Quendy- the follower of Calista, and Marty- the athlete, annoying, good at everything dude. I will have to say that Titus is the opposite of Marty because instead of Titus using his physicalness (is that a word?), he uses his abilities, his brain to think before doing anything stupid unlike Marty, "Lo- grav", doing flips and feeding through feednet. Therefore, Violet is a normal girl unlike the other girls. Well, she isn't that normal, you know like "NORMAL, NORMAL", she is almost as normal but, all she got to do is get rid of the "FEED" implanted in her head. Violet is somewhat, I'll say "ME" but i'm way cooler? lol... but back to business. Violet is the girl who cares about what is about to happen to the world. Violet wants to be "normal" like Titus and his friends because I think she feels that it is easier to communicate with their stupidity to fit in? So, the question is, "What is normal? Normal to me is hard to explain, would you say you are normal?... I believe being weird is normal. Because I am normal... I am original, and pleasant lol, that's such a lie. But, there is no normal in this world but, NORMAL in this world is not doing stupid stuff. I can't explain what normal is, it is too complicating.
In conclusion to all this, if I was to compare me to my friends, I am the LOUDEST person in my group. I would define me as the NON-NORMAL person. I am the weird one.