1. does the war relate to any of the characters (p. 102)?
2. why were they showing slides of the Chicago fire? (p. 138)?
3. p. 166 Great grandfather talking about skeleton—significance?
4. p. 148 How did james William hurt himself?
5. p. 152 Why did author include segment of girl saying she’s not a girl?
6. p. 154 are those fireflies??
7. why did James Reed think he would get beaten?
8. connection between wasp and grandmother’s death?
9. ambivalence regarding going home early.
· What do you think of the father’s character? Why does he get back in touch with Jimmy now?
· Why does the author jump around so much in time?
· Do you see any parallels between the generations of Corrigan men?
Recurring motifs and themes to look out for:
· Male/female relationships
· (car) accidents
· Peaches
· Superman
· Faces (what is shown and what isn’t)
· Technology
· Setting (macro and micro—time, city, specific space in which action of panel takes place)
· Unconventional techniques the author uses
· Shifting point of view (and author intrusions)
· Birds
· Anything that’s repeated
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Uh, oh, were we supposed to answer these class notes from Tuesday? Or just consider them as internal thought for further reading s in this text? Well, I see no-one else answered them yet either. Hmm, I hope it was the ladder of these. I'm not gonna answer them right now either then :)
ReplyDeleteHope this is alright, Annie?