Essay: Memoirs - For the first essay, the theme which you will be exploring will be different types of memoirs and how do we understand the role of different methods by which people express their life histories.
A comparison of Malala and Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a great example. Both of these books deal with the plight of schoolgirls living under a fundamentalist regime.
Students may read an extract of Persepolis or watch the film in class whereas Satrapi uses a graphic novel to channel her coming-of-age during the Iranian revolution? What do you consider the main strengths of using images to tell this story?
What are the main limitations of doing so? What traditional novels that you've read do you think might be better in this graphic format? Why?
I Am Malala: The girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban
Malala Yousafzaqi
Length: 1000-1200 words