Hypertext

I really enjoyed looking through the various kinds of hypertext. I found it interesting that text could be manipulated using various areas of technology. Though I skimmed through most of the sources out of curiosity, I have to say that the two which I focused on were the fairytales and the blog of Bernice Bobs her Hair. While I did enjoy the fairy-tales, I did not enjoy that the amount of control which the reader could exert over the story was so limited. It seemed like it was trying to mimic the feel of choose-your-own-adventure books, but the choices it gave were very limited. I also did not enjoy the fact that there was no happy ending available for the character. While I (admittedly) did not read every word of the Bernice blog, I did enjoy the uniqueness of it. I liked the fact that it was set up in such a realistic fashion, with her friends added to the blog as if they were "following" her as she wrote.

Dark Art

In Dark Art, I enjoyed how the book actually gives us the physical evidence so that we can follow along with the detectives and attempt to figure out the mystery ourselves. From credit cards, to voicemails and blogs, the book is extremely interactive and tactile. My favorite mystery within the book was how he psychologically impaired his sight making himself temporarily blind. Within this book, the brain and mental health take a huge role. It is quite intriguing how everyones mental state contributes to the direction of the story.

House of Leaves

This book is very different from what we have read before. This does not have any pictures as the other books do. In stead of using photos, it uses different fonts of text to express different things. The first few pages, the sentenses are very short. There are a lot of periods and I liked it because it is easy to read! Haha~ Also, some pages are all notes, some pages only have few lines and some only have one sentense.
Over all, although is it very confusing, it is still a very cool book to end this class!

Personal Effects

Dark Art was very interesting book. It was the most exciting book because of all the clues ID cards, paintings, pictures, etc. The extra clues helped you stay interested and interactive in the book and not to drift off not wanting to read anymore. Being able to call the numbers or explore the websites made me feel i was actually in this book it took it to another level of being apart of the story. this book was probably my favorite story from Multi Media Literature Class it was interesting compared to other stories we've read.

Hypertexts

The hypertext all differed greatly but all included, of course, the links that made it almost a mystery of reading. The first hypertext I read was in your place which was interesting because it was set up almost like a script and pages and the reader was instantly with in the characters mind, which I did not immediately get, but it was very interesting once realization took place. I also adored the fairytale especially because this fairy tale was not milked down, ruined, the way Disney continuously does to fairytales. It did cause me a little announce because there was a lot moving after reading very little. Technology, I don’t think, is advanced enough for this kind of story because one must wait 5 minutes for the next webpage to load.

House Of Talking Leaves

I find this book very confusing and challenging but I really do appreciate the creativity with in the different fonts, text set ups, and dialects. The pieces of the story make each character more personalized and interesting but I this also is what causes my frustration with in the reading. There continue to be movements on how you read and what you read and even where you read and there are changes with in the house. The characters are also confused which may display the brilliance of the writer, exemplifying his ability to hold all these different stories with in his head while also keeping changing in colors of words, fonts, and vernaculars. It remains difficult for me to keep up but Mark Z. Danielewski made it.

House of Leaves

Attempting to read and fully understand the book House of Leaves was more of a challenge than I thought it would be. I got caught up in trying to analyze the way it was set up more than what was actually going on in the story. I'm getting stuck in the maze of pages about the maze in the house. I have a hard time following the narrative voice because he isn't the clearest voice. Overall I'm frustrated with trying to read this book because it's set up so much differently than other normal books. It's a very interesting way to examine the text but it's a little too complicated for me.

House of Leaves

During the course of reading this graphic novel, I can honestly say that I have never been so confused. This confusion comes from the highly portrayed multi media aspect within the text. As soon as you began reading your are greeted with two sets of fonts: one is depicted by Johnny in Courier New and the other is depicted by Zampano in Times New Roman. Both sets of fonts tell a different story relating to the same text/film called the "Navidson Record". Along with the different sets of fonts there are footnotes to follow and give certain close pertaining to the previous text. Aside from reading the actual text, the reader must also follow along with the end notes as sort of a encyclopedia of information. With this being said, my comprehension of what is actually taking place is very limited. However, from a multi media point of view, this book utilizes a great variety of playing with words, fonts, colors and different indentations to carryout a sequence of events.

House Of Leaves

House of Leaves is my favorite piece of multi-media literature we've looked at this semester. I think that the reason I find it so impressive is that as well as being written in a very creative fashion, it is also a well-written and interesting story. The story could stand on it's own and still be a good read, without all the different plays on text and footnotes. I feel that it has a stronger and more well-written plot than Personal Effects. The way that Mark Z. Danielewski plays with the text makes the story much more mysterious and eerie. I love the way he always puts "house" in blue letters, and how he switches fonts to give hints about the narrators' personalities. You can really get lost in the book because of the multi-media aspects, which makes it feel even more like a maze and parallels with the idea of the Navidson house's ever changing rooms and hallways.

What gets me through reading Personal Effects is not only the mystery aspect, but the narrator's voice. He is very relateble and has a voice that makes the craziness and morbidity of the book more tolerable. His perspective on things is close to what I think my perspective would be if I was in his situation. I think it's rare to find a narrator that I agree with and that I don't find annoying. This makes the book much more enjoyable. What I don't personally like

House of Leaves

The text change within the book fits the characters perfectly. Johnny's informal text and writing fit his personality beautifully. He is a very cut and dry person...he gets right to the point. Zampano's text is extremely formal and is much more difficult to understand. He makes you really think about his ideas and thoughts. His wording is extremely complicated at times and requires you to pick apart his words and ideas.

Another part of the book that I really enjoy is the way he lays out some of the pages. For example, when he puts one or two words on a page to make you flip through the pages faster to make you feel like you are running like the character, moving at a fast pace. It keeps the book interesting and even though the book itself is quite confusing, the odd slants and angled text keeps the reader intrigued.

We Tell Stories- Fairy Tales

I personally do not like hypertexts as a form of multimedia. I love the being able to interact in multimedia, for example the previous book we read Personal Effects was my favorite form of multimedia thus far. This is interesting because Personal Effects is a very interactive type of story. After thinking about why Personal Effects was so appealing to me and any form of Hyper text was not, I came up with the conclusion that in Personal Effects, there is one correct answer or "destination" that all the readers will end up at. Throughout the story the reader works to come closer and closer to the correct answer (the solving of a mystery). In a hyper text, there is not right or wrong answer. I did not like how you would choose the characters, animals and ultimately the final outcome of the story. I like when the story is set in stone and the reader has to try to solve the puzzle. I like when there is one correct answer.

Personal Effects

Personal Effects was my favorite book and form of multimedia we have used this year. To confess, I actually just finished the story during spring break (most of the time if I am behind on the reading I would not bother to finish, but this book kept my interest far after the class was finished reading it). The book was fun and interactive. I think Personal Effects was attractive to the readers because of the level of involvement that each reader possessed. Besides having over a dozen clues including, ID's, painting, pictures, ect. throughout the book more and more clues would continue to pop up. These clues were much more exciting for me because when I picked up on them, I felt excited. It was fun to have a class site where we all kept track of the clues because then other people picked up on clues I did not and after a while all of the pieces of the puzzle started to fit together. I was very disappointed by the end of the story, but that does not take away or degrade what a fun and different type of story Personal Effects was.

Fairy Tales

I enjoyed reading Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen because I liked how interactive it was. It forced you to make decisions based upon your own opinion and personality. I also liked how his choices were quite different and odd. He really made you think about which path you wanted to choose. It was a very interesting hypertext. I must say it did get a bit tedious and annoying at times but I feel like that is what he wanted us to feel. Overall, I thought it was a very interesting idea that really engaged the reader.

Hypertext

The hypertext were all very different. I enjoyed the fairytale hypertext i got to make it a different story everytime. I did'nt like how you had to read a little change a part and then read it more too. It got confusing and was difficult to read. The idea was interesting, but if it made you make all the choices at the beginning then read the whole outcome would be a better idea. I still enjoyed that hypertext though.

We Tell Stories- Fairy Tale

I read Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, and I really enjoyed being so involved with deciding the fates of the characters in the story. I liked the story lines in general, but I did not like that some of the details in the story were not matched to the options that I chose. The ending in particular was very anti-climactic for me, since I wanted there to be a happy ending in the story and although I chose that option, the ending still did not reflect my choices. Other than that, being a part of the plot line in the story affected how I interpreted the story.

We Tell Stories

The story "The 21 Stpes" is very interesting. This is my first read a story that is written in such a different way -- Google Maps. In the traditional texts, author usually WRITE down where the events happened. In this story, by clicking on the bulbs, you automatically know what happened and where it happened. If you want to know what is happening next, you need to click on the buttons to go forward.
Stories written in this way is very attractive. I would never get bored reading this type of hypertext.

We tell stories-Tales from the 1001 nights

It is so interesting that I can read this hypertext in a very different way. I really like the way that the hypertext let you choose the direction of the story yourself. The character is a president of a country with nuclear weapons, simmering insurgencies, and rapidly proliferating pop starlets on music television. It is raining, and the secretary Shaan Azad starts to tell a story. It is very meaningful that the story remains as a circle. Shaan Azad said the there are at least two ways to tell the tale, and one end of the story is the beginning of another story. They both telling a same tale; however, it takes more sense by using a circle. The hypertext makes the words alive, and achieves many things that a book cannot do. Such as let the story develop as you wish, which makes everything more vivid.

Fairy Tales

One of the short stories that I enjoyed reading was Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen. I thought it was interesting that you could plug in and decide what the names of several of the characters were going to be. Also, how they ask questions such as "What animal will be most helpful to you aganist the king and what are they like?" I liked that it kept you involved in the story, however it got a little confusing going from one link to the next. Overall, I really like reading the hypertexts!

We Tell Stories- Dracula

Hypertext allows a more visual way to comprehend a subject/body of text in a creative way.I thought the Dracula hypertext introduced a blog-like summary of the novel. The hypertext gave me a new way to figure out the basic plot of the text without previously reading the book. However, the most difficult part of understanding the series of blogs was the fact that its posted in chronological order by the last updated blog. Therefore, I could only read the most recent blogs and could not find the blogs that started the website. On the other hand,the website included various letters corresponding with the various characters, short videos, links to vampire weaponry and other articles dealing with the book.

We Tell Stories- Fairy Tale

I thought the structure of the fairytale hypertext was very interesting. I liked how you could choose the names of the characters, the animals in the story, and the final outcome of the story. I really liked the way the story was set up except for the fact that it was choppy because you kept having to stop and choose an option and then continue to read. Hypertext is an interesting addition to our multimedia class, but fits well because of the interactive aspect to the story like other stories/books we have read throughout the semester.

We Tell Stories- The (Former) General in His Labyrinth

This story was told through Hypertext. It was interesting because you got to choose your own path through the story. The story ended up resembling a maze, and I kept ending up where I started at the way beginning of the story. It was really frustrating that I couldn't get through the whole narrative because of the hypertext. However, I also read the fairy tale from We Tell Stories and I thought that it worked a lot better because you were always able to progress in the story no matter which link you chose. Hypertext is definitely an intriguing way to read a story because you can get much more involved and end up with different outcomes for each individual.

We Tell Stories - Your Place and Mine

This story was incredibly interesting to read. Each hyper link directed the reader to a new day which developed the plot line of the romance developing between the two characters, Terry and Laurence. I was fascinated by this story because of the format that it was in. In writing the thoughts of the characters next to one another it was incredibly easy to compare and contrast them. It was highly interesting in comparing the male train of thought to the female train of thought. It was also rather sad to observe Terry falling in love with Laurence while he is thinking about his ex girlfriend and all the while classifying Terry as a "bit of fun" from a casual experience. This draws an interesting parallel between men and women and their various mental stages throughout a relationship.

We tell Stories- Fariy Tales

This story is embedded with hyperlinks which allows the reader to choose the fate of the characters and story line. The story is about a king who acts harshly towards his peasant and her daughter. The Peasant owes him money which she does not have to give so he threatens to take her daughter. Her daughter's magical tears turned an ugly hen into a peacock and she is faced with a challenge of having to carry him up a mountain and singing to him. The peacock magically allowed the Peasant's daughter to sing beautifully. On her adventurous voyage she conflicted with goblins and wolves yet her voice seemed to send them all the sleep. She was confronted with a Goblin who wanted to know ewhere she got her beautfl voice, so she taught him a riddle. Finally reaching the gates in which she was set out to, she mets a Giant who challanges her to a fight in order to enter. She defeated the giant by steping on his foot and entered the gates. She sang for the Starmaker and was asked to stay at the palace forever. She was destined to become very rich but never see her parents ever again. The Starmarker reassured her that they would be safe but that the girl would never be able to see them again. She agreed to the Starmaker's offer and lived with him for the rest of her life. - This story has multimedia aspects because it is embedded with online resourses which allows the reader to become fully engaged in what they're reading.

Personal Effect: Dark Art

I am very intense in the book Personal Effect: Dark Art by J.C. Hutchins. When I first open the book，everything in the book attract my eyes: the lined paper, realistic American ID, bank credit card, photos, post card, numbers, e-mail adress and the web side. I was fascinated with those elements even without reading the book yet.  And also there are a lot illustrations in this multimedia book that help the reader finding clues in the novel.

Personal Effects

This novel starts with a fake mental diagnosis, which let me start to thinking about the authenticity of the murder. Every clue that appears in the novel that makes me feels confused and attracts me to forces on every detail. Also there are so many extensions that happen besides the main story line. The feeling of the book is so real that I even could not figure out what is real and what is fabricated. Every beginning of a new chapter that you will find a new clue that would influence the judgment you made before, and it is the most interesting part that I like about this book. Those fake ID, and fake card make the fun of reading this book never towards the end.

Personal Effects

This book expresses a mystery in an unique way and it is very attracting. The parts that I like most are the fake documents and fake websites. The first time I looked at them, I was totally amazed. The fake ID, credit card, pictures and the websites make this "fake story" realistic. You can even find the places mentioned in the books on Google Maps!
In the story, author gives the readers clues little by little in order to keep the readers' interests.

Personal Effects

This graphic novel has a different way of expressing the progression of scenes. Hutchins allows the reader to fully experience Zach's journey to figure out his family history and Grace's case on a more intimate level. While reading this novel, the set of clues in the front of the book and the series of online reference pages/ google searches act as a multimedia tool to induce creative thinking. Such a unique set of clues and facts put the reader in a detective mind frame which make the book hard to put down. The aspect of adding faces to certain characters, voice mails to cell phones, Google Map locations to places and various documents to back up this mystery aids a different way of thinking. Hutchins puts images in one's head and uses ideas he thinks become very useful and/or interesting.However now, in relation to common imagination and figurative interpretations,the reader has the option of thinking exactly as the author intended.

Personal Effects

I have really enjoyed reading Personal Effects, a novel written by J.C. Hutchins. This book is very different from any other book I have read. The story line is very complicated and therefore forces the reader to really think and try to figure out the different clues. I also find it interesting that not only is Zach trying to figure out the Martin Grace case but at the same time he is dealing with problems in his family and the mystery of his Uncle. Additionally the different pictures and websites that come with his book force the reader to become even more involved in the story line. This is my favorite book I have read so far at Sem and I am excited to see the end result and solve this mystery!

Immersed Into the Dark Art

I completely fell into the story of this book. I read for about 6 hours straight in the car on a road trip because I couldn't put it down. Personal Effects pulls the reader into the story mentally and visually. Following the unfolding mystery led me to different websites that explained a few things that the book in front of you couldn't show you. Zachary Taylor's myspace page was an active account with some information that you wouldn't get without going beyond the book. I finished the book and was mind-boggled by that one sheet of paper with the colorful drawing in the book that you could hold and look at yourself. It showed an unexpected twist that literally made my jaw drop. Really reading into this book and fully immersing yourself by reading the files, looking at the pictures, finding the websites will get you wrapped into the story more than you thought possible.

Personal Effects

I was honestly a little wary of Personal Effects when we first started with it, as I've always kind of liked traditional books more. However, once we began to read it I found that I couldn't put the book down. Since the author uses first person, the narrator's knowledge of the subject at hand is fairly limited, and we know only what he does. By giving us the materials at the narrator's disposal as well as any information we could find on our own through the internet and phone calls. I really enjoyed the aspect of the book that allowed us to explore a totally different world by giving us websites to places that don't really exist (like Brinkvale Psychiatric) yet appear to be legitimate websites. I also thought the implementation of "official records" and government issued ID cards was clever as well, and gave a kind of validity to the story which, with its mentions of "the Dark Man" would have seemed rather less realistic without.

Personal Effects: Dark Art

The effect of the realism in Personal Effect: Dark Art- the realistic phone numbers, e-mails, pictures, blogs, and websites all contribute to the non-fictional factor of this story. Without these elements there would not be such a suspenceful storyline in this novel. I believe, without the clues and hints outside of the book's pages this story wouldn't be as good. These things also add to the multimedianess of the novel

Personal Effects: Dark Art is probably the best book I have ever read. I love how it is set up in a journal style and I love how there are real phone numbers, websites, and e-mail addresses to make it all so believable. The storyline is so thought out that I sometimes believe the story is real when I'm reading. I also love how all of the ID's and pictures seem so real and not fake at all.

Personal Effects

This book is the most interactive piece of literature we've worked with so far in this class. The hands-on nature of it makes it so interesting to read, and it's been really hard for me to put down. A mystery usually sucks its reader in, and when the author allows you to participate as much as you can in this mystery it makes it an even more addicting read. The book asks its reader to use their sight, touch, hearing, and their mind in general. If it were simply a mystery story without all the included documents, clues, and phone numbers to call etc it would not be as intriguing as it is.

Personal Effects Journal

I am keenly interested in the book Personal Effects. Before we started to read it I was highly intrigued by the visual elements incorporated into the book. I was instantly fascinated with the visual and realistic clues that the author included with the story. I find that it's incredibly interesting to read a story that could come across as a real life event. I believe that the phone numbers and legitimate voice recordings also add a lot to the tone and the story line of the book. This is unlike anything I have ever read before and I highly enjoy the way that Hutchins draws the reader into the book through visual elements which ultimately help to move the story along. I think that this also really allows the reader to connect to the story and take on a level of familiarity with the characters, creating emotional ties and interest between the reader and the story line.

Fahrenheit 451

 In the book Fahrenheit 451,  I found the pictures have played a very important role in the novel. Almost on every page, there are some red onomatopoeia or red flame that to cause readers' attention, and  the color  in the  graphic novel also gives readers the clues that what is happening. I also like the drawing that none of the characters has the same looking in this book. Especially Linda, she always has differnet looking on each page, different hair's color and face shape. But you can still tell that is Montag's wife Linda from her speaking.

Over the weekend I stumbled across the text version of Fahrenheit 451. Personally, the general story line behind Fahrenheit 451 is very boring. I am not interesting in the text version or the graphic novel version. I think it is too fictional. However, without the pictures in the graphic novel version, I do not think I would be able to get through the story. The text version would be virtually impossible for me to get through because it would be so boring. The only interesting part of the entire novel for me was the tones of color Tim Hamilton uses to express the mood. Between pages 112-121, the color is a bright orange and yellow. On page 121, without even reading the words or looking at the pictures, the mood automatically changes because of the dark color. In general, bright sends a happier, positive tone and dark sends a mean, negative tone. This story falls out of the stereotypical interpretations of color because the bright is symbolizing fire which ultimately means destruction and death and the dark symbolizes the end. I think it would be interesting to read a book with very little words, as few as possible, and have each page a different color. Everyone would decipher each word based on the color of the page. This is similar to what readers do in Fahrenheit 451 only there is conversation and text on the majority of the pages.

Fahrenheit 451

What I find to be so interesting about this book is the parallel between the drawings and the text. I find it highly amusing to correlate the action inspired by the characters with the illustrations provided. I think that the color scheme throughout the book reflects the action and overall plot of the book very well. The colors are rather dull which mirrors the drab life that the characters live under such strict control of their government and lack of adventure and total free will. I believe that this helps accentuate the readers ability to identify with the characters and also evoke certain emotions about their lives. I am also fascinated by the depiction of fire in this novel. It seems as though behind every character there is a fire burning. This appears in the colors that illustrate the various plot turns. Fire drives the ideas and actions of the characters in this book and I feel that that point is made very clear through the extensive illustrations.

Fahrenheit 451

The graphic novel shows a large part of the emotional factors while it’s telling the event. The use of the dark and light colors clearly express the emotion from the picture. The dark colors represent some negative emotions and stories, and the light colors normally show the beating of the flame, which means the destruction and regeneration. In a world, the whole book manifests a strong and intense feeling, which shows a feeling of burning all.

Fahrenheit 451 - Color Effects

In this graphic novel, author interprets the things he wants to tell the readers by different colors.
He makes the liquid look like fireworks by coloring it "abnormally".
The whole book was in very dark colors such as black, dark blue and grey. The only thing that stands out is the fire.

fahrenheit 451

Within this graphic novel the reader is shown many techniques that help illustrate this story. The color maintained throughout this novel are blues, reds, yellows, and grays. This choice in color scheme helps keep the story sad and dark. It reminds us of a hell, which the main character believes he is living in. Also with in this book there are some cells on the page with a zoomed out picture behind which emphasizes the focus of were this story is headed. On the cover there is shown and large pile of books being burned which also helps show where the book is headed. The letters of the title have a shadow of read on them which also foreshadows the burnings of the writings that helped raise human belief.

451

I really enjoyed reading Fahrenheit 451 as a graphic novel. I had read the book before in its typical novel format, and while I enjoyed it I don't think that it struck me in quite the same way. The images lent a certain quality of danger and anticipation to the story that the book sometimes lacked. I don't remember feeling anything very urgently while reading the book. Although some things were stressed as being dangerous, I don't remember  feeling quite as anxious for the characters as I did reading the graphic novel. I especially liked the way the illustrator manipulated the cells in order to create what the characters would have seen. What struck me the most was the depiction of the story blurbs, which were essentially comic-book versions of classic tales...while reading a well-known novel in "comic book" format. 

Fahrenheit 451

I believe that this graphic novel, Fahrenheit 451, was both exciting and interesting to read.  The colors and shadows were significant in demonstrating the mood of the characters.  Also, the facial expressions of the characters made it very clear to the reader how the characters were feeling at this time.  Another important element of this graphic novel was the different sizes of the pictures.  The biggest and boldest picture would quickly catch my attention and pull me into the emotions and events of this book.  For instance the pictures of eyes demonstrated several times throughout the book helped signify the fear that the character was experiencing at that time.  Additionally the dark colors, or the red flames added to the mood of the event occurring! 

Shadows

I have read Fahrenheit 451 multiple times, but reading it in the form of a graphic novel is a completely different experience. The book has much more description, while the graphic novel ues pictures to show character traits, settings, and even emotions. One of the biggest details I love about the graphic novel is how Montag's face is cast. We rarely get a clear view of his entire face due to shadows. This makes him stand out in the crowd as someone with a darker side, and more depth to them then what might appear on the surface. Overall I think the use of shadows in the graphic novel version of Fahrenheit 451 adds greatly to the tone of the book, and allows the reader to get a lot more out of it.

Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451 is an amazing graphic novel. I enjoyed the story line and especially the graphics in the book. What I particularly thought was interesting was how Tim Hamilton draws Mildred, Montag's wife, differently every time she appears in the book. In some images she is beautiful, in others she looks somewhat deformed or not proportioned correctly. I believe Hamilton does this because he wants his readers to view her in all different ways. He wants to stimulate a different feeling and opinion inside of the reader every time they view her. This could possibly be because Hamilton wants the reader to think of her as a woman with multiple personalities or a person with immense emotional issues. I believe that Hamilton wants us to hate but love Mildred.

The Text vs. The Movie

While reading Fahrenheit 451, I couldn't help but to notice the very distinctive illustrations throughout the text of this graphic novel. The author, Ray Bradbury, uses fire as a reoccurring theme to embody the meaning of destroying and evil motivation. The book uses bland colors to represent people, places, and events; however, when dealing with fire he makes the reds, yellows and orange colors stand out and almost illuminate the page. The purpose for this is to set a goal for depicting the underlying background for this piece. The author wants to make the reader become familiar with the fire. He desires the reader to become less interested in the characters but more interested in the character's actions.
In contrast with the novel, the characters seem to play a greater role in the movie. While watching the movie, the characters make have to rely on their set personalities and the way they come across in the camera as the main illustration. This depiction of scenes allows the fire to become less important and the character's role and dialogue becoming the greater aspect. As far as color, the movie and the book use the same plain color scheme to illustrate the scenery.

Fahrenheit 451

This graphic novel is set in a very opposite world. The place it is set in seems very similiar to America and where we live, but the story makes it seem very different from our world. The story built with an original set shows that maybe our world is the opposite world. The way the words are written are similiar except when they have exclamations or noise are in red and bigger text then the other words. They make it more obvious and more important. The way they draw Montags wife is different everytime and shows each side of her. The pictures show the story and gives it more meaning.

Fahrenheit 451

The graphic novel version of Fahrenheit 451 provides a deeper insight into what the reader could be seeing if it were simple text. The bland colors of grays and blues on most of the pages make the blazing colors of yellow, red and orange that much powerful. Fire on the pages of this book make it almost come to life with blazing intensity. I think that the colors almost set the actual book you're holding on fire because of certain colors. I like how the graphic novel designer, Tim Hamilton, separated panels but connected them with other images in the background. A larger picture, faded behind the real panels meant to be read.

Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451 has a lot of multimedia in it and I think one of the most obvious aspects was the way the author used a lot of dark colors and dark shadows when he showed the characters in everyday life, but when he showed Montag burning the books he used so many bright colors to emphasize the importance of these scenes. I think Hamilton chose to do this because he didn't use a lot of dialogue in the story so he chose to use more colors to tell the story. I also think the way Hamilton drew the characters and the different scenes was very super-hero like and brought a different multimedia aspect to the story.

Fahrenheit 451

I absolutely loved reading this book in the form of a graphic novel. I've attempted to read the actual book a few times, and I definitely enjoy the imagery and multimedia aspect of the graphic novel in comparison to the regular text of the original story. I feel that the images and emotions that are displayed through each panel of the graphic novel conveys the "correct" emotions that I felt while I was reading the story. The tone and the mood mirror each other because of the colors and detail in the images, and I was really impressed by how much the images affected my own interpretation of the characters in the story. I usually don't love graphic novels, but in this case I feel that the graphic novel version of Fahrenheit 451 conveyed the story well.

Colors & Panels in F451

This story is a lot more effective because of the comic book style it is written in. The colors really help add to the tone of the story, because the dark colors convey a very ominous mood. The colors almost serve as foreshadowing for when you flip to the page; you can tell mood of the following few comic squares by quickly looking at the colors- the darker the colors, the darker the material presented. The other effective thing about the comic book style is the way that panels are split up. The audiences attention is affected by the squares- we generally look at the big background picture first and then zero in on the smaller squares. This helps the audience get the general idea of the page before actually absorbing the dialogue and smaller events.

Fahrenheit 451

Multimedia in Fahrenheit 451- The color pallet in the graphic novel changes the tone of the story. The shadows and the use of dark colors adds a mysterious element. The contrast between the shadows and the light images contributes to the importance of the imagrey. Seen through a black background and a white eye, the reader is able to read how the character feels. Imagrey and color is an element of multimedia because a reader is able to comprehend the pictures without reading the text.

Songs of Innocence and Experience

I find this narrative to be mildly interesting. Although I feel that the text and visual imagery are well combined, I am almost disappointed at the lack of metaphor and hidden messages they contain. After becoming quite used to analyzing points in literature, I'm rather disenchanted to realize that these narratives don't hold nearly as many symbolic elements as I would have hoped which can cause the poems to be quite dull to analyze. What I do enjoy from the book comes with the rich color and vivid imagery displayed on each page. I feel that although the meanings are rather straightforward, the imagery portrayed goes nicely along with the messages in the text. I am also rather intrigued by the different colors in the different printed versions of the book. I feel that the manipulation that Blake has in this area of telling the story is highly influential to the mood that the reader receives. My two favorite pieces in the book so far are Little Boy Lost and Little Boy Found. I think that the imagery goes well with the narrative and I also enjoy the way that Blake manages to withhold who exactly the little boy is looking for. The reader has the ability to choose between God or his family while reading the text. I find that refreshing to see in this book.

War of the Worlds

I have found this piece to be incredibly interesting. Although the text is rather interesting, I was quite compelled as to how the actual radio broadcast of the War of the Worlds sounded. I'm fascinated with the thought that through only the use of sound one holds the ability to manipulate a naive audience into believing that an actual national disaster is occurring without any outside proof. The really intriguing part comes with realizing that in order to re-create such an event in toda's society, one would have to manipulate almost every form of communication in order to have any sort of credibility on the terms of the fiasco. It highly interests me to think that the times have so changed that we would no longer be able to create a similar radio broadcast in today's day and age and have it as credible as it was then.

The Shepherd

         My favorite poem in Songs of Innocence would be The Shepherd.  The first time I read that poem, I felt like that is a poem about the shepherd which shows the peaceful with the Shepherds. But after I turned over to page five, William Blake's art work gives me more space to think about the image. What is the shepherd's position represent there? Why the shape of tree trends to the shepherd side? Or what is the bright thing comes out from the horizon？I really like how Blake's poems are pretty straight forward and the his art works can stimulate people‘s imagination.

Blake

In the book Song of Innocence and if Experience the poems and pictures show a difference of the mood of the poem. The innocence of a poem the color is lighter and brighter and the trees show curves and wrap around the picture. As for the poems Little Boy Lost or Little Boy Found are more serious poems and have difference of color and tone. The difference between the poems and pictures show what the mood of it will be

Lost to Found

My favorite poem that William Blake wrote and portrayed in his collection of Songs of Innocence would have to be The Little Boy found. It is connected from the poem The Little Boy lost and begins with a lost child wandering through the woods following a bright light, which in reality is a small boy sees the light which leads me to believe that he is dying. In The Little Boy found, an angel comes to him and takes his hand. I see this as God coming to the boy and guiding him to heaven. He is no longer lost between life and death, but now certainly on his way to heaven. God took the boy under his wing. He was following the light in the previous poem, but in this one, the light goes to him and leads the way. Blake illustrated the angel with a halo holding the boy's hand most likely taking him out of the darkness of the woods he was previously in.

Innocence and Experience

I love the aspect of innocence and childhood that Blake uses in "Innocence and Experience." The pictures correlate with that theme very well, and they create an even stronger sense of childhood. I especially love the image of page 6, "The Echoing Green." The protection of the large tree over the families gives the reader the sense of family and innocence throughout the whole book, but it is particularly very prominent in this photo.

The Little Black Boy

Blake's poem and art for The Little Black Boy is a play on his religious beliefs. He is a strong believer in God, yet doesn't promote the institution of the church, and more specifically the English church. This poem a clear narrative on these beliefs. Blake shows that although the little black boy is treated differently by other people, he is seen the same as a white little boy in the eyes of God. This is seen in the second image where both a white and a black little boy are sitting with a man that appears to be Jesus, and he is treating them the same.

Drawings in Blake

In the drawings, trees come out very often and they act as shelters, protections. But the trees are usually twisted. I think that he believes in Bible, so he believes that everything in this world is created by God. And God protects people, the trees are protecting people. However, he doesn not like the churches. Maybe he thinks that the churches twisted the original meanings of the Bible.
And some of the drawings have connections with each other. The tree in The Ecchoing Green appears in The Lamb. And The Little Boy Found is like the next episode of The Little Boy Found.

The Innocence of Green

We talked about in class how there are different color printed versions of William Blake's book Songs of Innocence and Experience. I think that he had it printed in so many different ways because there are many interpretations and feeling that he wants his readers to receive because there are many different aspects of his work that can be interpreted in several different ways.

I really enjoyed his poem The Ecchoing Green because it possesses something that everyone can relate to, a sense of childhood, and a sense of innocence. It brings back childhood, a time when a child does not need to worry about the hardships and worries of life. It brings back the "green" that we, at least once, have all experienced.

Light and Shadow

In the poem The Little Boy Lost and The Little Boy Found. I find that the light and the shadow act a very interesting character in the picture. When the little boy lost in the woods that the picture shows him is trying to catch the light in front of him, and the rest of the trees that behind him is dark. But after the god find him, the side of the trees that face to them are bright, and another side is dark. It shows two different moods of the little boy, and offers a clear emotion line to the reader.

Ties Together

In William Blake's poem The Little Boy Lost and The Little Boy Found, readers see a continuation of the story between two poems. The first poem portrays the child to be lost and the Father to be no where found. It made me feel as though the Father had died or abandoned the child. The picture shows the boy reaching out in attempt to find the father yet no one is there. The poem ends in a sad tone. Instead of leaving readers hanging, the second poem finishes the story on a positive notes. I think the comparison in pictures and text in the two poems ties the story together.

Pictures

I think multimedia literature is very present in the Songs of Innocence and of Experience because of the way he puts pictures to go along with every poem. The pictures make the poems easier to understand and provide more entertainment to the reader. The pictures help tell the story and if one were to not understand the poem, they could rely on the picture to guide them through. The fact that the poems and pictures are based off the bible and biblical characters make the collection of stories relate to a familiar story that most everyone knows. I liked how the poems were accompanied by the pictures that he designed because it made the poems so much more interesting to read. Poems standing alone in a book can be so boring, but I really enjoyed the pictures and how the whole collection came together.

The Ecchoing Green Poem

In the poem "The Ecchoing Green," by William Blake, the author's use of illustration helps explain the poem and adds to the tone. The poem is about childhood and growing up, and the illustrations that depict children playing with their parents watching over them signify the loss of childhood. I think this poem is a good transition between "innocence" and "experience" because the first pictures are children being protected by nature, signified by the umbrella shaped tree, as well as by their parents. In the last illustration, which is the final transition into adulthood, the children are less protected by the tree above them. The pictures help ease the transition in the poem between adolescence and adulthood.

songs of innocence and experience

I like the consistency of the usage of trees. Their meaning protection and always covering is lovely imagery that carries throughout the book. The play of darkness and light and innocence with experience is very nice and the heavy shadow shelter and the darkness of experience is a nice contradiction, that is understood clearly. the mixture of colors and blending of light creates more twisting which relates to the trees and their twisting. this consistency of twisting being experience becomes more prevalent as the story goes on.

Songs of Innocence and of Experience

In the book, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, the images shown in the book play a major role in what William Blake is trying to express. For instance, the colors play an important role in setting the mood for what is occurring. Whether it is dark or light colors being used you can assume they are there for a reason which is to set the mood for the event occurring. Also I find it very intriguing that Blake uses symbolism and repetition to signal different meanings. The most obvious being the shape and purpose of the tree. For example, the trees can be used as a sign of protection and are repeated several times throughout this book. Therefore I enjoyed the concepts and images used as symbolism in this book.

moby dick

The book and the movie seem to go together, almost like they were meant for each other. I don't think I would like the movie with out the details give reading and I don't think I would like the reading with out the visuals the movie gives. The story is interesting but I feel it has no attractiveness and one really has to fight to get to it. the reading is quite ascriptive and elaborate as oppose to the movie where many pieces seemed assumed that the viewer knew. However, the part of the story given seemed somewhat interesting.

war of the worlds

I liked the radio version much more then the written copy. The written copy was very factual and boring. although the radio broadcast was factual it was not as boring because of how dramatized it was and the build up and hearing the reactions, and realistic tactic used.

Innocence vs Experience

I love the fact that Blake plays with the concept of innocence and experience throughout his work. He uses multimedia as a ballad or musical flare to his work. I think its very interesting that he depicts both concepts through trees. As the reader, one sees the difference between these two concepts very distinctly. Innocence is portrayed by a sturdy, tall and broad tree. This tree is often full of life and lacks imperfection. However, experience is portrayed by a tree with either tightly or loosely wound vines wrapping itself along the trunk or through its branches. In this perception, one can come to the conclusion that Blake's interpretation of experience is something like "twisted fate". This phrase can signify that the course of one's life may be uncontrolled by one's actions but bettered by one's experiences. Ironically, through innocence, one may fall short of the many experiences they will overcome.

Echoing Green(ery)

For some reason, from the very beginning I've been finding the repetition of the tree designs in Blake's illustrations. Especially the intertwined trees or vines. In almost every illumination, there was at least one twisted branch, trunk, or twig. I think it's fairly obvious that the twisted trees are an a attempt to convey the idea of innocence vs. experience or good vs. evil, and that such conflicting ideas could be so closely linked. I also found it interesting that, as was mentioned in class, the trees represent a connection to the Earth as well as reaching up for Heaven. I think that this accurately conveys Blake's religious beliefs. We learned that he followed the Bible, but was wary of organized religion. The idea of being rooted to Earth yet yearning for Heaven would accurately describe the trials of the faithful: being a part of the earthly world and yet longing Heaven.

The Ecchoing Green

Multimedia vs. The Ecchoing Green.
In the Ecchoing there are many different factors of multimedia that contribute to the significance of the piece. Through the style of the writing, one will find the repition of rhyming, this creates a flow to the piece that almost resembles a song. This rhyming also acts on word "Ecchoing" in the title which adds to the importance of the similar sounding words. Another factor which incorperates multimedia is the pictures. In the first illustration it shows a family dancing and showing affection under a tree that resemebles protection. In the second photo where it talks about the sun desending and birds in thier nest ready for rest, the protective tree lost its color and branches. Through this it loses its sense of protection. On the tree people appear to be tempting the family with fruit (figurtive meaning of innocence). The second photo shows a more grown-up and independent family. It almost looks like the father in the photo is pointing the children off onto their own paths for life, and they are now off on their own.

Audio Versus Text

I think that the audio version of War of the Worlds was very well done, because the quality of it sounding "live" made it much more interesting than the text version. The text fell a little flat, and often times even seemed tedious to read, as if I was reading and reading but no getting anywhere in the story. The broadcast version was useful because the sounds, music, interviews, and narrator all made the situation seem much more real. I thought in particular the interview with the famous astrologist contributed to the intrigue of the broadcast; reading the astrologist's story was just not as interesting as hearing two different voices discuss what he had seen. Audio can sometimes be much more interactive than text, and War of the Worlds definitely falls into that category.

Same Stories

I wish I would have listened to the war of the worlds broadcast before I read the literary version. Hearing it as a radio broadcasts helps listeners understand the drastic fear in everyones voice where as the fear is harder to distinct in the text version. I don't think the text version did a good job in emphasizing the amount of fear that each people actually had. I think it is possible to demonstrate fear through text however, in the small amount of the text that we read, I did not see it. I think if I went back to read the text after listening to the novel, I would better understand the story. It is interesting how a very similar story can take on two different meanings. To me, the text was confusing and even boring to a certain extent whereas the radio version was very intriguing and kept my attention!

War of the Worlds

Personally, I think the radio version of War of the World was hard to follow at some points but overall had a much more intense effect on the audience. While reading the story there is much confusion about whether or not the events are really taking place, and there is much more room for interpretation. However while listening to the radio, the audience is captivated by the reactions of the broadcast. It adds so much emotion to the story, and I think that if I were hearing it on the radio for the first time, I would definitely believe that it was really happening.

I believe that multimedia is much more present in War of the Worlds because the sound and tone of the story gives more of an impact than Moby Dick. I feel like this aspect of sound is much more drastic than the way something is written which is proven in the War of the Worlds broadcast. This is even proven when the broadcast was played and people throughout the world actually thought we were being attacked. Whereas in Moby Dick, I really didn't even see much multimedia in it at all. I think multimedia gives a better understanding to stories and can change one's perspective completely. I believe authors who can convey multimedia through a story in a coherent way are much more effective in telling a story and making it believable and interesting.

I can completely see why people who missed the beginning of the War of the Worlds radio broadcast would think that the fictional broadcast was real. The way Orson Welles played out the story was in a way that made the content sound completely true and unscripted. The way the diologue cut off the music that typically played during radio broadcasts, the sound effects in the background of the reporter (screams, white noise, ect) made the broadcast sound real. Also, the way the reporter's broadcast was abruptly cut off at the end gave the drmatazation a dramatic ending, which, for people who didn't know the broadcast was fake, could have easily led to panic. Overall I think the radio broadcast version of War of the Worlds was much mor effective than the written story, and gave the audience the feeling that they were actually in the middle of the action

Sounds is vitality

     When I read the War of the Worlds, I felt like I confused the people in the story. But when I listened the redio, I hear the voise from people, I can make more sence from their voise and tone of the attitude. This make me think about how important the sounds to help people to understand and get into the reading.

Moby Dick

The two versions of Moby Dick give me different understandings.
The text tells more information but I can not imagine the situations. The movie does not have as much details as the book but I have a better understanding of the characters' emotions. Since the book is not as attractive, the movie helps me understand the book better.

The Picture

The War of the Worlds radio cast was more effective compared to the actually writing for the War of the Worlds. This radio cast had sounds that made you really think about what was going on and seeing the picture. Not even being able to see it all infront of you someone else speaking it as they are telling you the story you get more involved and understand better. As the writing you can get distracted very easily. The sounds attract your attention to the story and understand what is going on. The radio cast was definetely more my favorite.

War of the Worlds : Text vs. Radio

I don't know if I'm just so accustomed to visualizing text, but I found listening to the radio broadcast of War of the Worlds kind of frustrating. Maybe it was just the realistic, scattered way in which it was organized, but I found it difficult to concentrate on the radio version. There were sections where I lost what was being said, where certain words or phrases weren't clear. If that happened while reading the text version, it was easy to glance back and pick up the lost information. For me, listening to the radio version was a lot like watching television: it was almost too easy to visualize things, and there was little for me to really pay attention to. When reading, it takes a little bit more work to really visualize a sequence of events, whereas it felt as if everything was given. The sound effects added to this: I wasn't made to come up with sounds that would fit the situation, they were provided for me. I felt as if, for me, this took away from the experience of the piece as a whole.

Tone

I believe the tone is expressed more clearly when listening to the audio of War of the Worlds. When reading this broadcast I felt myself not recognizing the importance and the impact this had on the people. The fright and significance was expressed clearer to me when listening to the broadcast. The tone in the voices and the different sounds made it more intriguing and interesting to listen to. I was able to stay focused and pay attention to what was going on, unlike the reading which caused me to zone out. I enjoyed listening to this broadcast and would love if we were able to recreate an event like this at Sem. The reactions of the students and teachers would be very funny and interesting, if we were able to pull it off!

Visualizing

Listening to War of the Worlds had a much greater impact on myself compared to just reading it. While I was listening, I could visualize everything happening like I was actually there. I did not seem to miss a detail in my mental image of the scene. When I was reading War of the Worlds, I was much more focused on the text and the scientific theory than what was actually happening. I could not create as clear of an image because the science, in my opinion, took away from the reality. I had to take a minute and step back to first analyze the science...then form my mental image. I enjoyed listening to it much more than I did reading it only because I did not feel that the science clouded the event. I felt as though I was right in the middle of the action. I felt confused, shocked, and curious. It was a much more realistic feeling.

Better Visualize

As I read the first half part of the book that I actually did not understand what this book want to express. The book started from a scientific study; however, it slowly progress into a horrible invasion. But later the content became more understandable, and I began to realize the alpha of all the events. I personally prefer the text part better than the radio. Even the radio gave much more details such like how people express their tension, and the experience of people from different perspectives. The radio did offer a good feeling of the degree of the tension and I could hear all different people act in the radio. Nevertheless, I prefer the text part because it provides a better interspaces of the imagination, and it allows you to conjecture the intention of the book freedomly.

Interpreting War of the Worlds through simple words on paper did not have nearly as much impact as it did while listening to it. The story seemed legitimately real in a sense that you could really hear the panic in the news broadcaster's voice. The men speaking to each other via the radio sounded real because of the static and brief interruptions. I could hear the old-fashioned newscasters transferring the broadcast to someone else in order to hear more of the story. And although the story we heard didn't fully read the book's every line, the fear translated from paper to really listening had an affect that would not have been the same if it were done another way at the time.

Radio vs. Text

The essence of sound portrays a deeper meaning of what's being read or heard. I thought War of the Worlds needed sound to make this story believable. Through the radio broadcast, I could see how people of that time would be frightened when tuning in. I also thought that sound and alliteration aided the main purpose of the story's potential. However, based off of the text alone, this story reminded me of an article I read in Astronomy class. My perception of this story, from the beginning, was more of a scientific based study that happened to go wrong. While further reading the text, I thought about the element of sci-fi meeting actual science. Could this massive object really fall from the sky in one piece? Could the observer race to its location and withstand its strong radiation? I suppose, without sound, the text led me to question the author. However, with sound, I relied on the narrator.

War of the Worlds

The impact that sound plays in the radio version of War of the Worlds portrays a different drastic interpretation over the reading. In the radio version, the various elements that sound incoorperates make the script intense and dramatic. Between the distressed screaming of the people to the short directness of the reporters, the radio adds a sort of importantness of the alien attack that the reading does not. Because one only hears their own voice while reading, they may not find the obvious bluntness the piece tries to exert.

Griffin and Sabine is an interesting tale about the "relationship" between two well connected friends. I enjoyed the hands on tactics of this book and the confusion of the relationship between the two main characters. The connection between these two may be thought to be insane, but if not insane it could just be Griffin's way of creating a new painting or drawing for his collection. the reason Sabine make stamps may be because Griffin wants his letters/postcards to stick or stay with the world. the connection Sabine has with his drawings is the connection he wants the world to want with his drawing. and with this i come to the conclusion that griffin just wants to be wanted and needed which can be supported by him missing his parents and then his guardian.

GRIFFIN&SABINE

The works of Griffin Moss and Sabine Strohem are very different at the beginning. Griffin’s arts are very structures, neat and they make sense. Sabine’s arts are more sketchy and random. As they talk to each other more and more often, their styles have changes. Sabine’s arts start to make sense, and become neater. However, Griffin’s arts become crazy and sketchy. Also, the changes of their styles reflect their frame of minds. At the beginning, Sabine and her words come from nowhere while Griffin is being very logical. Later on, Griffin is influenced by Sabine, and he becomes all messed up while Sabine starts to control the situation.

For the ending, I think Griffin Moss is kidnapped by Sabine Strohem. As they get to know each other better and better, Sabine has been watching Griffin. She knows everything about him. When she knows that Griffin plans to forget about her, she gets so upset because she falls in love with him. She goes to his studio, replies his postcard which has not been sent. Then, in order to have him all by herself, she takes him away and puts all the letters and postcards on the ceiling.

Parallel Letters

I think that the artwork on the inside cover of the islands Sabine lived on and the map of England where Griffin lived are a very important detail of this book. The organization of the colors and neatness of the possible train railways show the world that Griffin lived in was vastly different than Sabine's. His map showed that plainness that entailed in Griffin's letters. The map of the islands where Sabine lived show how unorganized she seemed. The islands are carefree almost just like her. The shape of them are similar to her own artwork and herself. On one letter she said that they are unsearchable, little specks of dust on a map almost like saying that she is non-existent as well.
The way that the maps are separated are also interesting. They are parallel to one another. This seems to show however different these two people are, they are actually closer than they realize.

They are both Creepy

In the book Griffin and Sabine, I think Sabine is crazy and is a creeper. She writes the first letter very interested in Griffin asking him so many questions. After he is alittle put off and confused he gets more into the letters. He starts signing it Love Griffin and All my love Griffin and tries to get the letters to Sabine as fast as possible. Then Sabine starts to get neater and not asking questions and getting put off. I think Sabine was creeping when she sent the first letter. Now i think Griffin is creepy how he doesn't know her, but is so intrigued wiht Sabine.

This book would not be as nearly exciting as it is if there was not a psychological mystery involved. We cannot truly determine if Griffin is merely psychologically creating Sabine or if Sabine is one of the creepiest people in the world mentally connecting herself to Griffin to keep tabs on him due to her own loneliness and life failures. I am not a huge fan of Sabine because if I received a postcard from a random person, a postcard that includes personal details of my work, i would be absolutely 100% convinced that I have a stalker.

I enjoy the book for its psychological angle because it also makes you start to question the whole picture. I guess it is kind of hard to explain but the psychological aspect of this book, to an extent, toys with your own sanity.

Lycanthrope

When viewed through the perspecive of the ever-changing artwork supplied by Giffin and Sabine, it is apprent that Sabine is simply a figment of Griffin's lonliness and over-active imagination. The lines between the seperate art forms begins to blur, and it seems almost too convenient that Sabine is the only islander to use the stamps which she pesonally designs. When viewed closely, even the handwriting of Griffin and Sabine ae similar enough to lend to the idea that both are, in fact, the same person.

The art work on the postcards lends to this theory through the use of contrasting items (such as Sabine's Venus-inspired figure surrounded by organic, exotic figures) shows the combination of both personalities in the same person. Later, Griffin's cards begin to show things transforming, or emerging from other things, such as the dog from the mans head, or the wolf in a coat on the back of the same post card. Subconsciously, Griffin (who has been writing to himself the whole time) has begun to blur the lines for himself. He has begun to lose his grasp on himself and on reality while slipping into total madness.