1. Homework “Away from Home are some and I,” Emily Dickinson Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, read through p. 32, choose one aspect of Iranian history or politics that Satrapi discusses and be prepared to report out

2. Quick Write Imagine a place that you have visited. What was it like to be in that place? How is it different from your home? How is it the same?

3. Small Groups What is it like to read/hear this piece? What are its dominant images, tropes, or effects? How does the poem characterize travel? How does the poem characterize home?