CLASS DISCUSSION ON GROUP NOTES

Here are the notes Mrs. Shigemitsu took during our class discussion on our group topics. Hopefully they will help you on the homework as well as on Paper #2!

Writing Style
1. Writing to relate to a young audience.
2. Personal stories
3. 1st person
4. Use of slang
5. Short, clipped sentences.

Use of Comics
1. Understand the character from a different dimension.
2. Visual understanding of the character
3. Extend the understanding of the story.
4. Make a joke or exaggerates his ideas.
5. Make a stronger point.
6. Shows Junior standpoint of life and shows how he gets through his struggles.


Theme
1.Hope/Dreams.
2. Native American/White: rules differ

  • Dreams fuel life.
  • Use of cartoons: gave humor.
  • Plot device: Keep himself out of trouble, escape and hope.
3. Perseverence and hard work pays off in the end.