The graphic novel demonstrates a story about the journey of life. The main character was walking and carrying a heavy cross, roughly and slowly, as others do. However, suddenly he camp up with an idea to cut a piece of cross to reduce the load. Then he tasted the sweetness and repeated the behavior for several times, moving to the stage where he walked without striking a blow. Until coming across a cliff, while others traversed the cliff on their cross, he was only to find that his cross was too short to serve as a bridge.
Unsurprisingly, the graphic novel aims to tell readers that the world is fair, and people will pay for the privilege which they do not deserve. Therefore, to be persuasive, the graphic novel has a simple but unpredictable plot, or in other word, the graphic novel has a sharp turn in the end, which can easily give reader a sense of shock.
A quantity of metaphor is used in the novel graphic. The “cross” serves as a symbol of load and difficulty in real life, which slow down our step in the journey of life. Maybe the author was inspired by the saying: we all have our crosses to bear. And the behavior of cutting piece of cross implicates flinching challenges and problems, for which people have to pay dearly sooner or latter.
In terms of details, the graphic novel simplifies the characters. In order to reveal the keynote concerning human life and philosophy, the author should create a sense for readers that as if they are personally on the scene, because the practice and feeling of the main character are supposed to be universal among us.
So there is no need to give details a careful revision, since the meanings behind objects are far more important. The graphic novel only use a few words to drive the plot, because unnecessarily excessive words can only blur the purpose of this graphic. Besides, in this graphic novel, the author aims to highlight this kind of behavior and the attitude behind it, so extra words cannot help.
However, the author handles some necessary details in an appropriate way. For example, the musical note in the 10th script is a brilliant detail, through which we can sense the relax ion of the main character. And this serves as a foil to the turning point in next script.
Therefore, in conclusion, this graphic novel is in good structure, which has a distinction between what is primary and what is secondary. Even without delicate painting style, the graphic novel eventually manages to convey the inspiration and thinking of living.
ZENG Zilu
SID:54017720
Unsurprisingly, the graphic novel aims to tell readers that the world is fair, and people will pay for the privilege which they do not deserve. Therefore, to be persuasive, the graphic novel has a simple but unpredictable plot, or in other word, the graphic novel has a sharp turn in the end, which can easily give reader a sense of shock.
A quantity of metaphor is used in the novel graphic. The “cross” serves as a symbol of load and difficulty in real life, which slow down our step in the journey of life. Maybe the author was inspired by the saying: we all have our crosses to bear. And the behavior of cutting piece of cross implicates flinching challenges and problems, for which people have to pay dearly sooner or latter.
In terms of details, the graphic novel simplifies the characters. In order to reveal the keynote concerning human life and philosophy, the author should create a sense for readers that as if they are personally on the scene, because the practice and feeling of the main character are supposed to be universal among us.
So there is no need to give details a careful revision, since the meanings behind objects are far more important. The graphic novel only use a few words to drive the plot, because unnecessarily excessive words can only blur the purpose of this graphic. Besides, in this graphic novel, the author aims to highlight this kind of behavior and the attitude behind it, so extra words cannot help.
However, the author handles some necessary details in an appropriate way. For example, the musical note in the 10th script is a brilliant detail, through which we can sense the relax ion of the main character. And this serves as a foil to the turning point in next script.
Therefore, in conclusion, this graphic novel is in good structure, which has a distinction between what is primary and what is secondary. Even without delicate painting style, the graphic novel eventually manages to convey the inspiration and thinking of living.
ZENG Zilu
SID:54017720