Friday, January 14, 2011

Pierrot's Last Stand

One of the most facinating aspects to the story of Griffin & Sabine is the artwork of the envelopes and post cards. In the beginning of the book Sabine's artwork varies from Griffin's tremendously. Her artwork is more sketch like and obscure. Griffin's artwork however is surrealist and has defined lines and you know exactly wat you are looking at. When analyzing the details you see that Sabine doesn't adhere to typical standards such as placing the stamp in the upper right corner of envelopes, and where she puts the adresses. Griffin however at first always puts the stamp and address where they are suppose to go. Over the course of the story their artwork begins to become more and more simular, and Griffin and Sabine start to display simular tendancies of where they place the stamps and adresses. Finally, Griffin's last post card Pierrot's Last Stand shows no clear distinct lines and is completely unclear. This is more of Sabine's origional style. These details help prove the theory that Sabine is a figment of Griffin's imagination and that Griffin finally goes crazy once their personalities unite.

1 comment:

  1. I completely agree with this analysis. I think that this book would not have the same effect on an audience if the artwork was not incorporated in the story. I think that in telling the story through the visual representation of the postcards the reader can better identify with the characters. I also think that the artwork enhances the ability of the reader to read between the lines within the subtext of the story.

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