Class Reflection

My two favorite books from this class were The Complete Maus and Night. Although these texts did not relate to my life i have always been interested in the Holocaust. These two texts taught me the importance of family and especially parents.

Before this class I had never even heard of a graphic novel, and after I did find out what they were i will admitt i was a skeptic. However after reading my first graphic novel I got a better understanding of graphic novels and in turn a greater appreciation. The main reason that I like the graphic novels so much and especially Maus is because when you read a graphic novel you can really picture what the author intended the reader to see in the illustrations.

If someone were to ask me to read the texts before this class, I probably would've missed so much. I can honestly say that before I never really thought critically about the texts i was reading. I would have to say that Oranges are Not the Only Fruit was the most difficult book for me to read. There wasn't really any suspense, to keep me interested. So I had to read little parts at a time and then take a break, to keep from falling asleep. As said earlier I didn't really know what to think about the graphic novels at first but now i can say that I really enjoy them, I really loved all the grahic novels. American Born Chinese because of the colors and the storyline, Blankets for the beautiful illustrations, and Maus was fun to read because of all of the animal characters.