Rhapsody On The Road

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The frame I chose is on the bottom of page 54. After the main character’s father passes away, she visits the grave where she violently throws a flag by the tombstone. The frame I chose is after this when she decides to lie down in front of the tombstone looking up at the sky. In this frame the clouds mountains, and road in the back are visible, while the dozens of tombstones on the ground are as well. The character’s bike is seen fallen next to the tombstone, and two trees are visible along with a corn field in the foreground. The caption claims that her father is really “stuck in the mud. For good this time.” The scene has contrasting tones. While the grief of the character is clearly visible as she has fallen beside his grave, the whole scene is set up to be happy with the trees, …show more content…

These two contrasting moods help create a feeling of division within the narrator. When viewing her father’s casket, she claimed that she didn’t feel sad, rather the only thing she felt was irritation when someone put their hand on her. The narrator wants to grief her father’s death properly, but she is unable as something is making her emotions divisive. The scene does an amazing job of building up a sense of pity and grief for the audience as we are meant to resonate with the character and feel as though we are in her shoes. I Scott McClouds Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, he claims that the comic is “a vacuum into which our identity and awareness are pulled” and that we, the audience, “don’t just observe the cartoon, we become it” (36)! The whole purpose of this chapter in Fun Home is to help us understand the narrator’s situation and feel for her character. The author wants us to emotionally connect with the situation and feel as though we are one with the character. This is the idea that McCloud was talking about. We are meant to dive into this whole new realm and become a part of the

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