For the first week of this class we were asked to read "The Arrival" by Shaun Tan. To me when I first read through it I was a little confused about what this book was about. I spent the entire first attempt of reading this trying to figure out what the author or artist was trying to convey with this work. I thought about it at first I figured it was about immigration, as it turned out to be, however I had enough self doubt in me to keep trying to over analyze every little thing about this graphic novel. As I figured it out I felt that this kind of comic book while very interesting was not the right kind of literature for me.
Like I said I do think it is interesting just for the sake that it is attempting to communicate something from someones personal experiences. I however felt that this was asking to much for the audience to figure out. This feels weird saying as I know my personality type and I normally have no problem reading body language, but this has to much unfamiliar imagery such as the spiked tails in the first part of the book.
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