Thursday, March 1, 2012
First Response
CHAPTER ONE: After reading Chapter 1 (to pg. 23), comment on your initial response to the material. You may comment on the artwork, the text, plot, or one specific thing that may have caught your eye. WRITE INTELLIGENTLY, using literary terms and/or background knowledge you may have about the subject -- such as the materials we discussed about WWII and concentration camps. Do not just say "I liked ... " or "I didn't like ..." without giving an intelligent reason WHY.
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After reading the first chapter, I really enjoyed the material so far, just the exposition is very good, so if the exposition is this good, the rising action and climax must be that much better.
ReplyDeleteSomething that caught my eye is that after Vladek fnish tellling Art the story of how he met his mother he tells Art not to put this stories in his book. Art promises not to because they don't have anything to do with the Holocaust. This caught my eye because I think how Vladek went to Nazi Germany has something to do with this story.
ReplyDeleteThis chapter seems to be very interesting and has a great hook! I can already tell I will be enjoying the rest of this story and series. I love how theres a romance mixed with a bit a drama. Also, I love how this story uses a framing device. I am dying to know what will happen when WWII ties in with Aladek's love life. I wonder if he will be sent to a concentration camp.
ReplyDelete--Victoria Trickey
The first chapter is a great hook to make the reader want to read more by leaving a cliff hanger to end the chapter. The first chapter gives enough background information to keep the reader interested in the over all story.
ReplyDeleteAfter completing the first chapter I thought there was a lot of foreshadowing that hints at whats going to happen next. Most of it occurs within the picture. Looking at the picture om page 9, the reader can infer that there will be drama occuring in the future. Also the actions of some characters gives the reader some knowledge of their personality and what they are capable of.
ReplyDeleteThe first chapter is interesting, I like how it starts of in a time right before the war/ holocaust. It's also kind of funny that Vladek tells Artie to not put personal matters into his comic, in the comic. I'm not quite sure why people are anthropomorphised though.
ReplyDeleteI thought that the art style of the book is very detailed because at one point in the book in pg.12 panel 5 they display the number on Vladek, which I think is very unique.
ReplyDeleteI really like the first chapter. I feel like it gives a context to the story that is going to come. It also really makes you want to keep reading. I feel the artwork adds a lot to the story specifically the way Spiegelman makes humans animals because it makes clearly who the "good" and "bad" guys are and sets up the rest of the story.
ReplyDeleteI find the personality of Vladek telling the story to be an interesting way of telling this story. I also like how they start the story off as well as Artie asking his father to tell him this story.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the first chapter, I think this graphic novel will be very interesting and a good read. I enjoy all of the small details in the art and storytelling. For instance, the number on the fathers arm or the way Art doesn't correct his fathers English. It gives the book a raw feeling,which makes it more compelling and real.
ReplyDeleteThe first chapter is interesting to me because it starts a good mood for the book. I liked how his father went into great detail about how he met his mother. Also his father's story about Lucile explains the picture that starts the story. (THE SHEIK).
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the first chapter I can really forshadow what will happen next. The background information Artie included about his father's personal life was very interesting. It would be very depressing to just hear about the Holocaust. This really does humanize the situation even though story has mice, pigs, and cats.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the first chapter of the book. It gave us background information about the main characters. The book is about a serious subject yet Art Spiegelman added humor. Spiegelman is very attentive to detail, which makes his art a big part of the story. I really look forward to reading the rest of the book to find out what happens next
ReplyDeleteI find Chapter 1 interesting since Chapter 1 is an excellent introduction to the relationship revolving Vladek and his son showing that they are not particularly close, and they do not have an easy or relaxed manner around each other. One of the primary themes in the first chapter is guilt, which manifests itself in a lot of ways, like in Art's feelings that he doesn't treat his father as well as he should. Evidence of this theme appears on the very first panel of the first page when Art tells us that he hasn't seen his father for a long time, and that they are not particularly close. But upon his first arrival, Art gives his father a nice and excited greeting, which is an ironic response resulting from the guilt he feels over the neglect of his father.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Chapter 1 and I think it was a great way to start off the book. I like that there are two story lines going simultaneously. The one with Artie and his father give the reader a sense of their relationship and how the book came to be made, while the "flashback" storyline is the story of Vladek and his life before the holocaust. Both of these story lines are very important because the reader gets to know the characters and become more connected to them before getting to the World War II part of the story.
ReplyDeleteThe first chapter of the graphic novel was very interesting. The story drew me in because the characters' stories and personalities made them more relatable and human, even if they are actually animals. It gave us background information. The story itself has some humor, despite it being on the subject of the Holocaust.
ReplyDeleteThe first chapter was a good way to start the graphic novel. I really enjoyed this chapter because of the way the author incorporated two stories. One of the stories is Artie and his father talking, where you get an idea of the relationship that they have.The other story is a flashback of Art's father, where he talks about the Holocaust. The detail in the pictures are very important in the story because they show things that are not mentioned in the book. For example, the numbers on Vladek were not mentioned by Artie but you could see them.
ReplyDeleteThe first chapter was intriguing to me. One thing that I found interesting was the author's symbolism using the characters in the story. He represented the Jew as mice, symbolizing the weak and the prey. He also represented the Nazi as cats, symbolizing the predator and the feared in the story.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the first chapter of this graphic novel. The conflict between Vladek, Lucia, and Anja made the situation seem more dramatic and realistc. It really expressed the individual characters and how they all affect one another. The fact that the chapter is called The Sheik really emphasizes the point of the first chapter.
ReplyDeleteI felt that the fist chapter did a great job at introducing characters and explaining Vladek's life before the war. I liked the artistic choices. I like the way he (art) tells the story in the view point of mice, but I'm not exactly sure why.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the first chapter of this Graphic novel. I like how the author creates tension in the story before the main character even speaks of his negative experience with the Germans by explaining how he left Lucia for Anja. This bit of suspense before the Nazis arrive promises that the Nazis will be very harsh.
ReplyDeleteI think the author did a great job of grabbing the reader's attention with a good hook and exposition. Most likely, as the novel continutes and the plot goes on, we will be introduced to more characters and settings. Vladek's firsthand experience with the nazi's is going to be intriguing and enlightening.
ReplyDeleteThe first chapter was very enjoyable. Art did a great job at making the story more human and have a "face" to it by telling his fathers story of his life before the war. I find it intresting how Vladek clearly says in the story not to put the very personal information in the story yet Art put it in the book anyway.
ReplyDelete-Reyna Aguero
The firt chapter, I believe, is the most important part of a story. It needs to capture the reader, create a connection between the audience and the characters and the first impression stays with the reader all through out the book. Art Spiegelman did just this, and I really enjoyed the chapter. He he was able to quickly establish known relationships between characters, creating the feeling of their humanity, even though they are not human at all.
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