There are various expectations when reading a piece of literature in a specific genre. In the case of Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give, it falls in the category of young adult fiction and realistic fiction. The main protagonist Starr Carter is a teenage girl who has just witnessed the murder of her friend atContinue reading “The Reality Within The Hate U Give”
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A Deep Dive Into the Elements of The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give, written by Angie Thomas, was published in 2017. The novel begins with the main character, Starr, going to a party with her friend Kenya. While she is there she reunites with her childhood best friend Khalil. They talk and Starr discovers that his family is having a hard time. She speculatesContinue reading “A Deep Dive Into the Elements of The Hate U Give”
Layers of Interpolation in Maus
“You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.” “The rhetoric of reading consists of the relationships that readers create between themselves and the emerging possibilities which they anticipate in the text.” Seitz insists that it takes a ‘capable reader’ to be able to make inferential leaps while reading a text.Continue reading “Layers of Interpolation in Maus”
The Hierarchy of Animals and Society in Maus
When discussing intertextuality in Art Spiegelman’s Maus, it is important to reflect on what intertextuality specifically is. According to James Porter in his essay “Intertextuality and the Discourse Community,” he writes that “Not infrequently, and perhaps ever and always, texts refer to other texts and in fact rely on them for their meaning. All textsContinue reading “The Hierarchy of Animals and Society in Maus”
Close reading and Genre for Maus
genre :comic/ autobiography The first thing that stood out to me was that the story was a comic book about the story of a Holocaust survivor, Vladek, and his son Artie. This was a very surprising and unexpected format because comics are known for being funny and any readings I have read about the HolocaustContinue reading “Close reading and Genre for Maus”
Family History and Generational Gaps in Maus
Jumping between the past and the present of which this story was originally written, the story of Maus by Art Spiegelman showcases a fine line between remembering our history and being forgotten by the unforgiving passage of time. But when it comes to remembering what we experienced, we are left with so many options onContinue reading “Family History and Generational Gaps in Maus”
The Rowan Writers 