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Comics should be more widely used in schools. There are a variety of reasons comics should be used ranginging from inclusivity to emotional connection and even attentiveness. They made for really good learning tools and help students understand content in many different ways than a normal textbook is able to.

Many high school curriculums have a very rigid structure that entail various books that students are required to read throughout the course. The common theme of these books are the long, boring and wordful pages, but recently this has began to change. Graphic novels have been popularized as being used in classrooms to help teach certain topics. Comics getting built into the education system is one step towards the …show more content…

The emotion is what really can draw the student into the story, and really show them the deeper meaning. When a student can finally look into a story and know what the real purpose was, the overall motive, or can feel the pain the victims felt then it helps them really develop a new sense of meaning wit the story. Once a student can understand on that level then they really know what the story is about, but in this case the story is a real event. This story is written about the Holocaust which was a devastating genocide in history that still haunt people today. So when trying to teach students about that they will get the understanding from the story and be able to make the connection from the story to the actual event. Not only do these create emotional connections, these stories are able to hold a students focus and keep them interested. A normal novel may not keep a student interested and have them struggling to get through the book. Comics are different because they have bright colors and pictures on every single page that keeps the reader on the edge of their seat throughout the whole story and keeps them intrigued. This helps the reader focus more and pay more attention to what they are reading. In a sense they are not only seeing and reading these words but students are also watching all of this happen by the subtle and unmoving frames giving the illusion of a scene playing out right in front of your eyes. American Born Chinese is a great

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