I feel that Spiegleman used the graphic novel format for his novel because of how it adds another level to the story. The graphic novel format allows the reader to actually visualize what the author is writing and what he is trying to portray. Also the graphic novel format adds to the readers understanding of the novel. In reading the graphic novel and seeing the various features a graphic novel has such as; the emanata, camera angles, though bubbles, as well as narrative box/voice-over. Each of these various graphic novel characteristics allows for the reader to better understand the emotion or even the situation in general.
Graphic novels are also generally for a certain age group. In saying this, Mouse Trap may be for a higher reading level, however most graphic novels are comic books for children so they can see the pictures and visualize what they are reading.
I think that Spiegleman chose to have Art narrate the story rather than Vladek because if Vladek were to narrate the novel, it would only be his point of view rather than getting every character he describes look on the situation.
Archive for March, 2010
Blod 11-Mouse Trap
Apologize SONG LYRICS
by One Republic
I’m holding on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground,
And I’m hearing what you say,
But I just can’t make a sound,
You tell me that you need me,
Then you go and cut me down, away,
You tell me that you’re sorry,
Didn’t think I’d turn around, and say
[Chorus]
That it’s too late to apologize,
It’s too late,
I said it’s too late to apologize,
It’s too late,
(Too late)
Ooooooohhh
I take another chance,
take a fall, take a shot for you,
i need you like a heart needs a beat,
But it’s nothing new, yeahhh yeahhh
I loved you with the fire red,
Now it’s turning blue, and you said
Sorry like the angel,
Heaven let me think was you,
But I’m afraid
[Chorus]
[Guitar Solo]
It’s too late to apologize,
It’s too late,
I said it’s too late to apologize,
It’s too late
I said it’s too late to apologize,
(Too late)
I said it’s too late to apologize,
(Too late)
I’m holding on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground
I think that this song would work well for the end of the movie when everyone is looking back on Chris McCandless’ life. This song goes better with the thoughts of his parents and/or his sister. He basically just left without really telling anyone and ended up dieing in the “wild”. The lyrics I think go to his parents for mostly this part of the song, “You tell me that you need me, Then you go and cut me down, away”. I think this really shows how his parents most likely feel when they realize he left and in turn died by doing so. Although he didn’t always need his parents, everyone has some sort of need for their parents. Chris needed his parents as a kid and growing up: shelter, education, food (the essentials). Then he just runs off without telling them. Although he wasn’t trying to hurt his parents they most likely see it as him being selfish or just him not being aware of his actions on his family directly.
His sister has another quote that really I think pertains to her based off how Chris leaves, “i need you like a heart needs a beat, But it’s nothing new, yeahhh yeahhh I loved you with the fire red, Now it’s turning blue, and you said Sorry like the angel”. In this part of the song I feel that it would work in the movie because Chris and his sister were extremely close and would have to stick together when their parents would fight. Then Chris left her to go out “into the wild”. She was all alone with her bickering parents and is now an only child.
In the end I feel the meaning for this song doesn’t quite work for the movie however if you make the words have another meaning and take a different look into what they could mean for this movie and/or novel then these lyrics, for me, do in fact go well with this movie/novel.
In Jon Krakauer’s novel Into The Wild, I feel that he successfully uses a narrative style and writing style that creatively connects the various aspects of the novel together. The way Krakauer uses various quotes at the beginning of each chapter allows the reader to get an idea of what the chapter is going to be about as well as get the reader to think about a certain point while reading the upcoming chapter. Also these quotes get Krakauer’s points across by taking excerpts from other places or novels like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Along with the style of placing quotes in the beginning of each chapter, Krakauer successfully connects his story of Chris McCandless to the information he was given by various people who were connected to McCandless at some point. For example how he tells the story of how McCandless was a kid and the information he has on it, then he puts various excerpts from his interview with Carine about how McCandless was as a kid. This allows for the reader to get a better more detailed look into what McCandless was actually like as well as the way Krakauer shows him.
The chronology of the way Krakauer narrates the story of McCandless also helps the reader better understand each part of McCandless’ life and journey “into the wild”. Krakauer shows how McCandless is as a kid later in the novel because it allows for the reader to better understand the reasons for what McCandless did throughout the bulk of the novel. This part of the novel thoroughly depicts McCandless’ character further allowing the reader to understand his life choices. The way Krakauer put this at the end makes the novel different than most other novels I have read. It jumps around in dates as well as stories getting various points of view in throughout the novel rather than just McCandless or his family.
His research as well as his interviews successfully depict the life of McCandless up to this point of the novel as well as connect the novel in a way that makes the reader want to continue to read and see what other accounts Krakauer is going to tie in to better understand who McCandless is and what was going on in his head.
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