Month: October 2024

My thesis for my short essay is “Stitches and Spinning use visual techniques unique to comics to convey emotional isolation that the respective protagonists feel. But, while Spinning conveys Tillie’s isolation, pressure and anxiety, through overstimulation and a claustrophobic page, Stitches reflects David’s isolation, physical and emotional distance, with big empty spaces and a slow-paced […]

In the Gutter Stitches by David Small and Spinning by Tillie Walden have their protagonists deal with and navigate through feelings of isolation. Both memoirs use techniques unique to comics, like visual space and pacing or flow, to better demonstrate how the protagonists are feeling throughout the book. David’s physical isolation from his family and […]

Stitches and Spinning utilize repeated experiences and framing to illuminate the personal growth of the protagonists despite failures by their families to help them navigate issues related to health, sexuality, and sports, but recognize that the characters troubles are rooted in their parents impressions on them, which they work to override over the course of […]

Topic sentence: Both memoirs highlight the differences in the characters’ situations while allowing space for readers to understand the significance of their facial expressions and body language; therefore making it possible to grasp the narrative through the panels, even without words. After getting an opportunity to write the essay, I would say that I actually […]

The thesis of my essay argued how isolation and loneliness represented both characters in the graphic memoirs, but the source of their isolation was very different; however, through this isolation, both protagonists experienced immense personal growth, despite their adolescent trauma. Although both individuals felt alienated, Tillie by her sexuality and David by the growth, they […]