After reading this comic the first time, I did not understand it. All I had gotten out of it was that he had a dream of being with his father 2 nights before he died, his father killed himself, and his mother and father ignored his creativity attempts. In my opinion, this story jumped around a lot and it was hard for me to get the main point of the story. After discussing the story with other classmates and giving each other our inputs, opinions, and better understanding of the story, it all started to come together. The pictures helped me see what was going on, and even though I did not understand the story, the author was still able to create an "awkward" tone. Bechdel is very talented, in my opinion, for being able to do so. I have to admit, the fowl language in the comic strips did throw me off and startle me when I read them. But those strips played an important role in the story. They told what the character really wanted to say, but knew they couldn't and quickly changed there mind and said something more appropriate.
It is different that Bechdel told her story with a comic. Like I said, the pictures did help me understand, but I would rather read a story straight through, paragraph by paragraph. I like to create my own images in my head rather then them being on the paper in front of me.
Yeah, no kidding I didn't understand it at all. The plot of it was all over the place. It wouldn't have been to hard to understand the comic if it wasn't so far fetched. I couldn't focus on it. However the story line sorta made sense to me after the third time I attempted. I also found it hard to grasp the language as well. I didn't know how to take the mood. At times I wanted to laugh, but as the same time I was unsure exactly what was going on!! I didn't like how Bechdel told her story. I would have rather just seen her write it all out into a story, not a comic.
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