Category: Student Posts

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 […]

Tracing the actual pages of the comics was an easy and soothing part. Because there wasn’t much pressure to copy the details of the original picture, the process became enjoyable and in some ways relaxing for me. I like to draw so this low-stakes drawing became fun. During the writing process of this assignment, it […]

Sparking Emotion “Spinning” by Tillie Walden and “Stitches: a memoir” by David Small are two works that deal with themes of character growth, isolation, and family dynamics. These accounts also deal with traumatic scenes involving the authors many can relate to. Both Walden and Small discussed the events after the trauma and the impacts it […]

Assignment Prompt Main Project Page My thesis was, in short, that graphic novels give the author the ability to display trauma in ways that others forms of literature can’t. I also tied this to the idea that the reader therefore can have a better experience. The tracing process helped me in a couple ways. Typically, […]

The thesis of my argument is how, through the language pattern of body language and tumors, the relationships between mother and child are examined, showing how mothers take on their children’s issues as burdens of their own, resulting in strained relationships with the children. I am arguing how both mothers from both stories use their […]

The thesis of my essay is that while both Small and Walden use visual storytelling to explore emotional pain and human development, Small’s chaotic panels and unsettling imagery create confusion and pressure, whereas Walden’s structured layouts and realistic metaphors offer a more subtle and contemplative approach, highlighting how each writer uniquely navigates emotional complexity through […]