Journal Three-Maus

I believe the characters that are shaded are the ones who did not survive the Holocaust and the ones who are not shaded are the ones who did survive. Probably one out of every hundred people survived so thats why its such a big ratio in people shaded and people who are not shaded. I believe that it was a good idea for Spiegelman to use the comic strip form. It catches the eye of younger readers. Most children like to read comic strips, no matter what its about; I know I did, so by using a comic strip children can be better informed about what happen in the Jewish Holocaust and what happen in the Survival of Auschwits. The use of graphic novel, especially in a narrative like this one, makes the story a lot more intersting. Instead of just reading a novel about something that has happen years ago to actually draw it out makes the reader understand the history a lot better. I know that I am better at accessing information in a visual form. So by using a comic strip or drawing out pictures in other kind of way for narratives or anything, helps me retain information faster.The line that I remembered from the comic strip was "To go was no good, but not to go-it was also no good". Spiegelman did a great job on making the reader want to read more after the last line. The first sentence of a narrative should catch the readers eye and the last sentence of a narrative should make the reader keep thinking or want to read more, in this case about the Jewish Holocaust.
If there was no visual for this text I wouldnt want to read more. Narratives that have to do with history should always have visuals, especially for younger readers because it catches their attention and also makes them focus better. The visual interacts with the text because you know whos talking by the converstation bubbles. The purpose of the visual was to the ratio of people who survived the Holocaust and people who did not survive the Holocaust.

Journal Two-Man In The Mirror

When I saw this picture the first thought that came across my mind was Micheal Jackson's song "Man In The Mirror". Micheal Jackson's song was a very powerful song when it first came out and still is. He tried to get across to the world that before we try to make a change in the world we need to make a change within ourselves. There are so many people dying from starvation, diseases, and poverty and people walk around like everything is perfectly fine. Instead of worrying about ourselves all the time we need to look in the mirror, open our eyes, and realize that people need help and the only way to help them is if we do it ourselves. However, this format of the visio-cultural text can call out to even younger people around the world. In this picture there is a man stepping into a mirror and it represents that he is making a change within himself and after that, within the world. To me its like a song turned into a cartoon. When most children listen to songs they really dont get the full meaning of the song, they just like the song because of its beat or just because their favorite artist is singing it. I believe if you turned the song into a cartoon it would reach out to more children and help them understand that most of us are living like "royalty" and sometimes we can be selfish and take it for granted.