Roz Chast

Visual imagery is often the first step to subconsciously sending the reader into a parallel state of mind as the protagonist, and letting them experience what the characters experienced throughout the story. The visuals used in the beginning of this story convince readers that they have been placed in a safe, secure environment, therefore having a positive effect on readers when they

This is a very important part of the book because it shows the reader that the

While other may just quickly glance at the narrator’s paintings and not notice anything, Rockwell had always examined the narrator’s work in silence and noticed the subtle details of the narrator’s paintings. Because of Rockwell’s unconventionality, he is able to discern through the façade the narrator puts on and unveil his true identity. Unlike the other individuals who have scrutinized the narrator’s paintings, Rockwell began “frowning at a picture [the narrator] had made.” This illustrates his peculiar thoughts where he is capable of discovering something different from the narrator’s paintings of Sara. Rockwell is able to analyze the meaning behind the narrator’s paintings of Sara and eventually pry out the true meaning of his artwork. Rockwell represents the brutal, cold reality that the narrator must confront and accept. This is demonstrated through his honest, direct words as he tells the narrator that he is “doing [him] a favour by telling you this.” He wishes that the narrator will gradually begin to abandon his painful past and embrace the reality that he must end up confronting. Towards the end, even

• What are the characters’ emotions, attitudes, and behaviors? What do these indicate to the reader about the character?

The narrator though an educator, is not very good at verbalizing his emotions. He tends to be the person who keeps everything inside

The writer accomplishes making the writing more interesting by, using three of many expectations for a ninth grader which are, connotation, syntax, and imagery. He used all of these categories various times throughout the story/memoir. All of these helped in making the memoir more emotional and what makes it impacting. In this memoir we are given a true and emotional impacting words that make us feel various emotions inside. This memoir succeeds in using connotation, syntax, and imagery to create a bigger impact when it comes to the reader’s

Before having children, adults are just adults. They only have to worry about taking care of themselves. However, after having children, adults become parents. Unlike other adults, parents have added responsibilities with caring for themselves and now their children. Along with this comes endless worry for the children. In a parent's case, though, worrying is synonymous with loving, and as most parents know, it doesn’t waver. Throughout history, a parent's love has been captured in books like My Sister’s Keeper and in films like Everything, Everything. In “The Pediatrician Retires” by Sharon Olds, repetition is utilized in coordination with kinesthetic imagery and indirect characterization to illustrate the unending, yet rewarding life of parenting.

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

important segments and chapters of the book, in an attempt to convey the emotions and points of

This story begins to drive the sense of emotion with the very surroundings in which it takes place. The author starts the story by setting the scene with describing an apartment as poor, urban, and gloomy. With that description alone, readers can begin to feel pity for the family’s misfortune. After the apartments sad portrayal is displayed, the author intrigues the reader even further by explaining the family’s living arrangements. For example, the author states “It was their third apartment since the start of the war; they had

All these things add to the core style of the book, which is an unforgiving rollercoaster of emotions for the reader. The story can have twists, and opinions on characters can change with a small conversation. This rollercoaster not only makes this book an amazing mystery that keeps

The narrator’s feelings of inferiority and powerlessness parallels the female figure she sees trapped behind the pattern in the wall-paper adorning her room. She gradually withdraws from both John and reality by locking herself in the room and ultimately merging with the figure. Through the changing image of the pattern from a “fait figure” (Gilman 46) to a “woman stooping” (Gilman 46) behind the paper and “shaking the bars” (Gilman 46) as if she wanted “to get out” (Gilman 46), we can see her becoming one with the figure: “I pulled and she shook, I shook and she pulled, and before morning we had peeled off yards of that paper.”(51) Her collapse into madness as reflected in her behavior with the “bedstead [that] is fairly gnawed” (Gilman 51) and her “creeping all around” (Gilman 50) is a direct result of her passive submissiveness to John’s control of her life.

Fun Home is a retelling of Alison Bechdel’s life through the lens of her relationship with her father. However, because of what she considers to have been his suicide, Alison is left with an incomplete picture of who he was in life. By calling Fun Home an autobiography, Bechdel enters an autobiographical pact with the reader that ensures that what Bechdel is telling us is the truth. However, elements out of her control leave Bechdel unable to provide certain objective facts necessary to her narrative. As an attempt to remedy these absences and in turn maintain the validity of her story, Bechdel uses intertextuality to fill in the gaps of in her retelling. By overlaying masterplots of fictional narratives over her own, the reader is able to get at an understanding of the kind of person Alison’s father was. In this way Bechdel is able to reveal things about her father that she can 't prove to be true, but are reflective enough of his life to become true.

Confined to strict publication guidelines, picture story books consist of being between 24 and 32 pages in length and contain between 500 – 1000 words. Therefore, picture story books must contain a well-rounded story with an exposition, climax and denouement within a relively low word count. … states () there is no room for descriptive passages, long sentences or unnecessary literary terms. As a result, every word counts in a picture book and the interplay of text and illustration throughout its structure is imperative.

I first noticed how the comic strip was visually created. I noticed the detail each panel held as well as the use of speech bubbles and free floating text. The detail helped keep my attention to each panel longer than reading the words. This kept me engaged on each panel for a longer period of time than I expected. I noticed that sounds were communicated very well by illustrating their impact using different artistic styles. I particular think when Calvin locks Rosalyn out of the house the author did a great job of showing her anger, frustration, and urgency to get in the house. In one panel you see a speech bubble emphasized with a pointed frame that sets the dialogue apart from the other frames. You can clearly see the author wants you to feel Rosalyn’s anger.