Textbook
Cart, Chapter 12
Fink, Chapter 7
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Black Butler, Vol. 1 by Yana Toboso
We are as confused as the immigrant in this new world as he is. Language, words, customs, food, society. Everything is surreal and magical and sometimes overwhelming. Several times, he gives the reader the big picture with the protagonist barely larger than a dot on the page.
The story is biographical and also autobiographical as Spiegelman wrestles with presenting the horrors of the Holocaust that does the memory of those who died justice as well as accurately representing how people act when their survival is the foremost on their mind.
Sebastian is one simply one hell of a Butler.
Fink, Chapter 7
Books
The Arrival by Shaun TanThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Black Butler, Vol. 1 by Yana Toboso
Film
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)Textbook
I...um...er... *hides*Books
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Tan could have written this book with text explaining the awe and fear of an immigrant arriving in a new world. Use language would have worked, but Tan decided to immerse the reader even more into the mind of the protagonist by using only pictures. This left all the dialog up to the reader.We are as confused as the immigrant in this new world as he is. Language, words, customs, food, society. Everything is surreal and magical and sometimes overwhelming. Several times, he gives the reader the big picture with the protagonist barely larger than a dot on the page.
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
This story is about Spiegelman's family and their struggles surviving Nazi Germany and the concentration camps. It is a hard story to read. Spiegelman uses animals instead of people. Mice represent the Jewish while Cats represent Germans.The story is biographical and also autobiographical as Spiegelman wrestles with presenting the horrors of the Holocaust that does the memory of those who died justice as well as accurately representing how people act when their survival is the foremost on their mind.
Black Butler, Vol. 1 by Yana Toboso
I love the Anime that is based on this series. It's funny and at the same time dark. I've always resisted reading manga. Not because I don't like the subject, but it is difficult to adjust to the structure. Manga are translated from the original Japanese, and as a result, are read right to left, instead of the Western left to right. It took some time to adjust, but I did enjoy it. The other reason I haven't read them is that the are completely in black and white. However, that did not detract from the story at all.Sebastian is one simply one hell of a Butler.
Film
Howl's Moving Castle (2015)
Hayao Miyazaki is one of the best animators ever. His stories are always unique, magical, and beautiful. Howl's Moving Castle is one of those stories. I have watched a lot of his movies and have enjoyed every single one of them.
This story is about a young girl who is cursed by an evil witch to be an old woman after it is discovered that the young girl has met Howl (an enigmatic wizard of considerable power). She flees to Howl's castle where she meets a fire demon who powers the castle as well as Howl himself (who struggles to maintain his sanity and his humanity).
A beautiful, visually stunning movie with great voice acting.
This story is about a young girl who is cursed by an evil witch to be an old woman after it is discovered that the young girl has met Howl (an enigmatic wizard of considerable power). She flees to Howl's castle where she meets a fire demon who powers the castle as well as Howl himself (who struggles to maintain his sanity and his humanity).
A beautiful, visually stunning movie with great voice acting.
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