Summary:
After reading the graphic novel it gave me a better perspective on everything that happened before, during, and after hurricane Katrina. In this graphic novel it gave a story of five people and their families. Leo, the Doctor, Kevin, Hamid, and Denise all had different plans and actions for surviving. It follows everyone and their families through the preparation, the storm, and the aftermath of hurricane Katrina.
I found that reading the interview with Satrapi between her and Robert Root was very interesting. It talks about all the different graphic novels she has published. Usually a graphic novel is scripted by a writer and illustrated by an artist however Satrapi does it all on her own. Root asks her specific questions and she really goes into full details with her answer. My favorite question was when Root asked Satrapi “Do you have any restraints that you put on yourself as an illustrator illustrating your own life? Any limits that you want to have, or even in how you portray that person physically?” Satrapi tells him that her limit is that she doesn’t want to use codes like the background and the color. She changes names and faces so she doesn’t hurt anyone. Her answer to this specific question was the best of all.
Reaction:
My reaction to the graphic novel was that it was interesting and gave a better perspective on what really happened. It makes me think about what I would have done if I was in their situation.
As for the interview with Satrapi my first reaction was it was informative and really gave an inside and thought into Satrapi’s mind and thinking. Some of the questions Root asked were interesting.
3 Questions:
1. Why did Robert Root want to interview Satrapi?
2. What gave the writer and/or illustrator the incentive for publishing the graphic novel?
3. What did Root think of Satrapi after interviewing her?
2 comments:
I can definitely tell that you read the entire graphic novel because of how in depth you went about it. I loved it how the story follows five different people and their families who all had five different preparations and outcomes. I can also tell that you read the whole interview between Satrapi and Robert Root because of how much information and input you gave about it. That question from the reading is one that stuck out in my mind too. I wanted to use it but after reading all the blogs as references before I wrote mine, I saw that you put that quote in your posting so I decided not to add it to mine because I didn’t want Kat to think that I was copying.
Thanks for the compliment I worked really hard on that blog. Yeah that second question that I asked had me thinking a lot too. I mean, why does the media do such a good job of covering up stuff like this? I feel like we need to know about stuff like that. I really liked your entry and I look forward to reading your next blog entry.
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