Sunday, November 30, 2008

Reflection

Out of all we read in the class I enjoyed the Watchmen the most. Mainly because of the way the book mixed graphical pictures and text to tell a story. I also enjoyed the poems by James Dickey. I would have cut out some of the Anthology stories for more time to discuss the Watchmen. I also would have liked to read another novel instead of the short stories.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Watchmen Review

I don't think that the comic book was quite the same experience as the author depicted it to be. I enjoyed the comic book but it wouldn't describe the book as taking my virginity. The multitude of meanings and symbols in the book made it very intriguing and I can see how the book can be physically exhausting. There is so much extra material that you can relate to the book. Of course the more knowledge you have of literature the better you'll be able to distinguish the references in the book. I don't have the literature background of the author of the review and this caused me, I'm sure, to miss some of the literature references. I believe the book plays on the philosophical and moral beliefs of the reader. All of this material and the way the book starts off with a bang its hard to get pulled in right away. At least that was how it was for me. For the first three chapters I was mostly confused and it was a real slow process of comprehending what was happening in those chapters. After those first three chapters though the plot and the references started to make more sense and I was able to move through book at a faster pace. The more I got to know the characters the more I could relate to them and understand their minds. The book wasn't my favorite, but it was also my first real comic book and it was a really good book.