Questions

For Bleach (due 5/7)

1) Use Wikipedia and Google to get some basic background information on Manga. Create a short list of 5 ways in which Manga differs from the traditional literature we've read this term. Be sure to explore style and content.

2) As you read Bleach, notice that the importance of the words and the images varies from page to page. Choose a page that consists almost entirely of images and discuss how image use affects your understanding of the story. What can images do that words cannot?

3) Research and define two religious or mythical concepts from Bleach that relate to a) Christianity, and b) Japanese mysticism

4) What do you think is Bleach's main lesson? Provide page references for your peers to verify your argument.

Princess AI (due 5/12):

1) Do some research on Courtney Love--based on your findings, how "biographical" is this manga?

2) How are women portrayed in this text relative to women we encountered in other readings this semester?

3) Costume and body shape plays an important role in manga - provide a brief list of the cultural impressions you receive when looking at these elements in this text. Provide page references to support your argument.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Bleach

#1

1 You read them from right to Left
2 Pictures Represent 90% of the content of the book with words as a simple guide lines
3 Emotions and sounds that characters create are wildly described by things such as “wham” or “fwoom”
4 It uses vulgar expressions and in my opinion unsuitable words for a comic book.
5 Has no specific lesson or morale to it.

#2

On page 152 which is completely made out of pictures we see “Hallow” biting a girl, we can see the pain and monstrosity of what the creators wanted us to see which would be hard to describe with words even though people have really good imagination already produced image will have stronger impact on the mind then just words. As well as understanding what else is meant by this horrific but at same time sad picture as we see the girl hugging her potential killer which is moving in the way because the killer is the sole brother of the girl as in the following pages as the story changes.

#3

It is hard to say about connection to real life from a book that was created for enjoyment but I can view “Hallows” as Devils Spawns or slaves that bring him fresh souls he can torment which is sort of like Christianity connection there. And the characters clothes that are resemblance of Samurai and some of the weapons that do mirror ancient soldier’s equipment so there is some of Japanese culture there.


#4

From what I know the story doesn’t end on only the books as there are more volumes of and the more facts to the story and its “lesson” ,so, it is hard to say. Even if I would have read entire set of books its hard to see point “lesson” of this. It’s a comic book it suppose to entertain with or without the “Lessons”. But even with this only thing I can piece out of this is that even after death there is no sure way to Heaven as there are evils that will want to use you for their own good like these “Hallows” which feed on the soul of slain beings. And the last point it’s not just enough to look at black and white picture and random words to find the “lesson” or “Point” to these books. We cant be just be skimming the surface of the iceberg and the only concrete lesson I have found in this activity is to find a “lesson” even in something that has no remote trace of one.

1 comment:

Lidiya Zasepsky said...

You have a good example. Page 152 really consists almost entirely of images. Also I agree with you that picture has a big impact on our imagination.