Bechdel Character Analysis

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

The author of this book did make use of literary elements to tell the story. These elements are also used in other picture books such as lines, shapes, color and speech bubble. The book is a graphic novel and dialogue takes majority of the writing in the book. The dialogical and concise style of writing of the author including the pictures

In Anthem the main character, Equality 7-2521, has made multiple transgression throughout the book however, the transgression that changes him the most would be his discovery. When Equality 7-2521 makes his discovery he has a different attitude about the rules and the society that he lives in “We do not care. We forget all men, all laws and all things save our metals and our wires.” In this chapter he develops a new attitude towards the rules an attitude of not caring about what the council says is right instead he only cares about what he wants to do. When Equality 7-2521 develops this new character trait of not caring it makes is so it is possible for him to make more advanced discoveries in the future as he won’t have the mindset of everything

In chapter four most of the attention is focused around yardwork and Bruce’s obsession with flowers. Bruce’s children seem to be the main labor force around the yardwork, but there are also two characters that are introduced in this chapter that seem to help Bruce in many ways. The first character is Roy, a young muscular man that helped Bruce with the yardwork and also got along with the children. It seemed Roy was more than a yard hand for Bruce. In chapter four Bechdel introduces Roy with a narrated voice.

For example, Carter is the “missionary gone rogue” (Duffy and Gibbs ?). On Presidential missions, he tends to disobey Presidential instructions, becoming a trustee rather than a delegate. Another character is Nixon, who constantly yearns and attempts to get back into the action of Russian and Chinese foreign policy conflicts. With this in mind, the Presidents are more effectively presented as a conglomeration, the larger picture of the club. Founded by Washington, its status was solidified by Truman and Hoover, and these relationships gained official legitimacy under Nixon’s presidency, wherein he ordained Executive Order 11456.

Truman Capote characterizes Holcomb as a innocent and peaceful farm town with a small population of people and a few rundown buildings. As he describes the town of Holcomb he paints a picture that not a lot happens in the town and that the surrounding towns do not pay attention to Holcomb or even know that the small town exists. Capote describes the town as being melancholy, lonesome and unknown he describes the town like this so that when a crime happens in this town it has a greater impact on the people. In order to convey these ideas Capote uses a great deal of imagery and has a good use of diction that is easy to understand so that his ideas come across clear and he is able to paint the picture he wants to paint.

Holcomb is a small town in Kansas, “seventy miles east of the Colorado border” (3). Holcomb is an ordinary town in many ways. In Holcomb many of the people are farmers or involved with agriculture including Herb Clutter. The community of Holcomb is decent and well organized. There is a school with grades from kindergarten to senior, with buses for transportation. The people of Holcomb are well diverse including “German, Irish, Norwegian, Mexican, and Japanese” (4). People are hardworking and also very curious. When the Clutter murders occurred, everyone wanted to know every detail and what had happened to the Clutters. The whole town agreed that the Clutters were very good people and did not deserve what happened to them. The setting of the

When you think of a good life you definitely don’t think of Max Vandenburg. Max was a good Jewish man, he was just on a rough path. In his time staying with the Hubermanns, Max did change into a new person.

Why are comics not appreciated as much as the dry narratives of novels in the literary world? A comic is composed of symbols to express concepts shared by all people in their own social environment, and provide more tools than conventional art to truly show artistic intention.

The illustrations should help readers anticipate the unfolding of a story’s action and its climax.

The layout of a comic is the relationship between one panel to the rest of the panels in the sequence, the page, and the rest of the book. Spiegelman constructs the layout of his panels to bring his story to life. When Vladek is telling the story about the mandatory registration of all Jews, which led to the disappearance of many close friends (pg. 91), Spiegelman places Vladek at the bottom right hand corner of the page. This establishes the imagery of the boxes weighing down on him in present time, as he appears to be struggling to get through the story and contain his emotions. Furthermore, when Anja’s father is telling Vladek that the Germans intend on making an example of the Jews who ran the black market. Spiegelman enlarges the panel of the Jews hanging in the town center, and depicts their dangling feet in the two panels below (page 83),

Aside from Dolores, who loves her job, Beryl Simpson is an airline reservationist who detests her job. Beryl Simpson works on the Astrojet desk, which consist of taking calls, helping customers make travel plans, and working with a computer called Sabre. Beryl Simpson has such obnoxious days at work that she can’t stand considering returning to work the following day. She is extremely miserable with her job. Beryl Simpson demonstrates how much she hates her job by expressing, “I hated it with a passion getting sick in the morning, going to work feeling ‘OH MY GOD! I’ve got to go to work” (122). In the novel an image is illustrated of her not wanting to get out of bed to go to the job she hates. Her face looks drained and depressed. Her job

The author uses generic comic-book features for the storytelling, including frames, texts, and pictures. One of the most thoroughly effective scenes I spotted was around the start, when Phone Bone, verbally argues with a honey merchant named Tom. The two subsequently get into a fight since Phone Bone thought Tom was flirting with his friend Thorn. The pictures had a good and artistic combination of drawing and painting. The characters' emotions were very clear, and the typical reader would easily notice that the two were arguing, before Thorn intervenes.

In the media there are a variety of images and texts that are used to convey a host of ideas. This is because the artist is attempting to improve the reader's understanding of particular concepts by using these elements in conjunction with each other. To fully understand how this is taking place requires looking at comic strip Calvin and Hobbs. During this process there will be an examination that is focused on a number of areas. To include: how the pace is illustrated, the way the panels relate to one another, the differences / similarities between the two panels, the representational meaning and the main story plot of the comic strip. Together, these different elements will provide the greatest insights as to how these factors are used in correlation with one another to tell a larger story.