Who would the book appeal to?
What about it is appealing?
What obstacles should student readers of this book be ready for?
What would students need to know about in order to understand the book?
What issues does the book deal with that students might be interested in discussing?
Is there any “mature” content in the book? If so, what kind of content? How would you deal with such content in class?
Respond in the comments, please.
Analyzing Adaptations
9 years ago
the book could appeal to anyone one from people who likes biographies/memoirs, to people who like graphic novels. the pictures are cool and have a cool way of interpreting the story set before the reader. tro understand this book u deffinitely have to read between the lines and understand the deeper meaning of the art and illustrations. students might be interested in not just the pictures but what it is like to live with a family member who has epilepsy and also back in the days when there were no suppresents or pills to keep it under check. there is occasionaly curse words and the rare event of naked women other nudity. so to be able to discuss this book proffessionally u have to be mature enough to look over those kinds of things. We deal with this in class by not really talking about it and if it does come up we usually are just trying to understand why the illustrator and author would want that in the book.
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ReplyDeleteIt's hard to pin-point exactly who this book is for. I find it appealing for everyone mature enough to get past the point some may find funny. But I will get to that later.
What about it is appealing?
The art in this book is one thing, but the way he tells stories keeps me reading. He spend only a page or two on one story, then moves on to another one. But he ties them all together, and as the book progresses, the stories you thought were useless are re-used, and serve a bigger purpose.
What obstacles should student readers of this book be ready for?
This book requires a lot more reading than most graphic novel readers may not be used to. I wasn't. Other than that, keeping track of characters and everything that is going on can get in the way of reading. Some people may find it hard to both take in all the symbolism in the drawings and the text at the same time.
What would students need to know about in order to understand the book?
Epilepsy. That's about it.
What issues does the book deal with that students might be interested in discussing?
It deals with inner turmoil between all the characters. It deals with death, suicidal attempts, but most importantly war. It's a topic David B. brings up throughout the entire book, and it serves a huge purpose in the book.
Is there any “mature” content in the book? If so, what kind of content? How would you deal with such content in class?
There are a lot of mature drawings in here, which would be harder to deal with. Pictures of male genetalia, and female chests, you just need to make sure your readers are mature. That's the only advice I'd give.
over all i beleive that this book would do well in every perspectives class because it makes the readers look beyond just the pictures to understand the book. it makes the student, i think an overall better reader.
ReplyDeleteI think this book should be available to other perspective classes because it appeals to people that don’t really like reading novels and instead like graphic novels. It is appealing because it has very interesting art in it while telling a memoir.
ReplyDeleteSome obstacles students might have are what we had in understanding what is going on in the beginning. He jumps around from his childhood to present day to his family history. David B tries to tell what was going on in his childhood and randomly jumps in on what his family said when they were reading his novel. He also tells us that he talks about the past because it tells about how much his family has suffered, not just his immediate family now.
This book talks about how David B's family dealt with his brother having epilepsy as well as dealing with death of their grandfather/his mothers father and the regular trying to find yourself growing up as well as when your and adult.
There is a lot of mature content in this book. It has a lot of cussing, sex, and nakedness. you would have to have a mature class to read this book and tell them that you really cant understand what is going on with him in the book without these mature contents. Also it makes it more real then it would be if it was censored out.
1.)i think that the poeple that this book would appeal 2 is anyone interested in memoirs and interested about epilepsy,graphic novels,and more 4 people 16years or older.
ReplyDelete2.)4 the most part it seems like the book is somewhat difficult 2 get into at the start cause it kind of jumps around but once the story seems continuous it get a little easier 2 understand.The graphic novel aspect of this book also makes it seem interesting. There r sexual referances and some swearing,which is y i think this is more for 16 yrs. old and older.
3.)I think the main thing u hav 2 watch out 4 is the way the pages r broken up can sometimes b difficult 2 follow unless u like 2 or know how 2 read graphic novels. There r also some instances where the book jumps around a little bit so u just need 2 b prepared 4 that.
4.)Basically the only things u really need 2 know r that epilepsy is a disease that causes siezures and that this book is a graphic novel.
5.) Some of the issues the book deals with r with family members, diseases, and life in general. In the book u can c how a family is somewhat torn apart by Jean-Christoff's epilepsy, it also shows how the family gets over this problem, or at least try 2 fix it. There r also scenes of how brothers r around eachother, how Jean-Christoff and the rest of the family hav problems just like he does. There r parts that show how david has some psychological issues, because he is always angry, he relates everything 2 war, war is also the only thing that he draws.
5.)There is some mature content there r sex scenes and there is also swear words every once in a while. Some of the pictures do show nudity, and really the only way 2 deal with this in class is by just being mature about it,most of us r 17 some r 16 and others 18 if u cant b mature about it then u shouldnt read the book.
that 2nd 5 is supposed 2 b a 6
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