A Bad Case Of Stripes

The font of the text on the front cover, and throughout the book for that matter, is in an untidy scrawl that is both important - in that it is in a bold font and is a demanding colour (either black or white) - and is informal, imperfect, personal and human - in that it is handwritten. These aspects combine to show the picture-book

The author of American history, uses many colors to symbolize things in the story. In this story, it uses colors such as gray, green, and flower colors (red, yellow, purple,) to symbolize the emotions throughout the story. Colors may not have too much meaning at first Justin glance, but if you go back and read it over, you may be able to pick up on something that you didn’t he first time.

Another way the author represents her ideas is through the use of imagery. “Blue against White” is full of descriptive words that appeals to the five senses. Many of the times when Lena is reminiscing of her past, Armstrong uses imagery to paint a picture in the reader’s minds. This makes the reader’s connection to Lena that much deeper and helps the reader to fully connect with the main character. When discussing Lena’s dream, the author writes, “In the dream, she remembered feeling something like dizziness as she saw how many doors there were and how they seemed to stretch into darkness on and on without end. She recalled running and stumbling past the doors and calling out.” By using the phrase, “stretch

Although books full of words are more efficient in delivering and describing what the author feels, sometimes pictures can give a deep meaning depending on how they are organized. The Veil by Marjane Satrapi’s is a graphic novel that’s organized in a particular way, to deliver a certain message through the pictures. Marjane includes different sizes and frames that serve what she is thinking and feeling. Choosing certain sizes, frames and colours isn’t arbitrary. As each box increases in size, it means that she wants to emphasize the message behind that box, or show her relation to that particular text. Contrast is also one of the main elements that Marjane uses in her graphic novel. For example, on page five, there is a big picture of

Distinctively visual texts aim to manipulate the we perceive images critically affecting our interpretation of events and people we meet in our lives. Distinctively visual techniques are utilised in the ‘Run Lola Run’ directed by Tom Tykwer and the picture book ‘Red Tree’ written by Sean Tan. The way the distinctively visual is shown throughout these texts is through the use of motifs, different angle shots, colours, lighting and reading paths. These techniques aim to show the important themes in both texts such as time, hope and love.

    To begin, imagery helps shape the voice in the story “Marigolds.” Without varying kinds of imagery, written pieces seem bland and boring. Statements made in the short story like “lush green lawns” and “passionate yellow mounds” create mental pictures in the heads of the people reading. The words passionate and yellow put next together in a sentence could make one imagine a sunny day in a beautiful meadow full of perfect bright yellow marigolds. The words lush and green put next to each other could help one imagine laying down in a large field full of long, fresh grass. If the words passionate and lush were not used in the text, the imagery would not be powerful at all. The adjectives create the strength in the phrases for the most part, but colors definitely help, as well. If the author only said

The novel uses a lot of this imagery to describe what is happening around the family as the story progresses. In some of the chapters, the reader is shown enough imagery that they understand what some of the characters are going through—whether the mother and the father, the son or the daughter. The problem with this book for many readers is that you don't

I’ve noticed the colorful imagery in other parts of the novel as well. For example, in Part IV, when John Grady is about to cross the border, McCarthy describes, “the sun descending out of the dark discolored overcast to the west where its redness ran down the narrow band of sky above the mountains like blood falling through water and the desert fresh from the rain turning gold in the evening light and then deepening to dark, a slow inkening of the cordilleras darkening far to the south in Mexico” (McCarthy 285-286). In this lengthy and descriptive sentence, McCarthy uses vivid imagery to depict many parts of the scenery. The simile and details help readers visualize the landscape in John Grady’s perspective. I agree with you Charlotte that

Colors are used all throughout our world in paintings, drawings, and writing. Although the majority of people do not pay much attention to colors in stories, they have deeper meaning than a reader might originally believe. Knowing this, it is no coincidence that the authors use the colors they did. People do not generally stop and contemplate the red soup in “The Most Dangerous Game” or the green door in “American History.” However, doing this gives the reader more insight into the climax and resolution of the story. In the three short stories “The Most Dangerous Game,” “The Scarlet Ibis,” and “American History” the color red serves as a warning to the reader about the coming events.

In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses a number of rhetorical devices to emphasize the novel’s major themes. One of these devices, which doubles as a theme, is color symbolism. Throughout the book, color is a major symbol for many typical events or items. The color symbolism plays a vital role the structure and style of Fitzgerald’s writing. The structure and styles of writing found in The Great Gatsby help emphasize the themes present.

1.On page 53 it the book describes Eva’s best friends eyes as blue as the sky. During the Hitler salute on page 65 Eva described how everyone stood like statues. On page 27 she meets a girl with hair looked like shimmering gold in the sunlight. Page 133 tears rolled down her cheeks like a dam beginning to cave in. Page 149 The language I’d thought I lost forever shimmered, alive and real, in front of me. The author uses imagery several times throughout the book in order to give the reader better understanding and be able to imagine what is happening in the book.

I could easily imagine a parent using this book to help their child learn colors as well as learning to read. There isn’t anything that I disliked about this book or the illustrations. I think the author and illustrator done a wonderful job on all of it. I hope that they continue to work together on other books.

Spiegelman uses the artistic ability and style to paint the picture for the emotion he wants the reader to feel. This style is much different than mine in the sense of how the reader feels throughout the novel, but mine portrays this gloomy young kid then gets much serious towards the end where I am reflecting on his life. Spiegelman keeps this gloom of black and white to not show any contrast of the war, which is how the people living during the time felt. I incorporated that idea after the dog had moved away, darkening the images and making it sad, then quickly rushing in the car and back to bright when he meets up. Finally, I am later seen depressed and shaken by the event. I did not go as far as to show the importance of the novel to be used as the medium rather than writing like in Maus we do not ever really notice the swastika showed fully, showing that it is in his point of view of the idea and also the representation of the animals as the nationalities. The use of style and meaning seem to also be a great reason to use this format, sadly this does not call for it, thus, the idea that it would be more effective writing it without the

Typical of his works, Moore uses thick lines in his paintings to demonstrate and exemplify the strength and balance of the imagery. I noticed that the thick pale yellow/pale gold line outlining the mothers leg is different from the other lines throughout the painting. It has a sense of implied motion which may represent weakness and faintness of the mother as she bends and kneels to clean the sidewalk. The colors are not bright. They seem slightly mated expressing a sense of sadness. The fading pale red color of the blood, in my opinion, represents a sense of unimportance when it comes to the life or lives of blacks in our society. The cool color of blue Moore uses in the mother’s dress made me think of all the tears the mother has shed for the loss of her child. However, the shade of green Moore uses on the bucket and/or pot represents a sense of life. Although the mother lost her child, she has to continue to be strong and find meaning, purpose, and life in a senseless death. For many of us, this would be the worst thing that a parent, especially a mother, has to face but in the black community this type of loss happens far too

Marc Brown is known for his vintage illustrations in the Arthur series. Brown’s busy and chaotic nature creates an exciting visual for the readers. Although his haphazard crayon drawings are visually challenging to study, he softens up the setting with warm water colors. Marc Brown brings life to the cookie-cutter 1980’s family and home through his brilliant use of depth and familiarity. He fills the pages of Arthur with jubilant oranges, soft greens, and comforting browns. While flipping through the Arthur series, the reader can’t help but search for his hidden names and reappearing animals. Brown effectively delivers a story strictly through his thought-out images, regardless of the words on the page.