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.

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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.

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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.

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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.