Explication Paper

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Blankets

Craig like the prisoners believing that shadows are "real" is in his own little world. I say this because as we see throughout the book Craig is so sheltered in his own world/imagination. He is like this because he is always surrounded by family, the drawings, and the imaginations that he is always having. So for him to be like the prisoners in believing that shadows are "real" I can see how he is like that just because of what we know about him. What Craig comes to realize is that he isn't the only one who seems to be seeing these shadows and living in there world. He notices that Phil is also living like this as well. But what Craig in the end notices is that real life to him is a struggle and it will never happen because he only knows what he thinks is real are his imaginations and drawings.

Plato's Allegory is similar to Craig because Craig throughout the book is having a hard time trying to figure himself as well as others out. It's like he doesn't know who he really is in  a way. Craig is then having to live the real life and let people in but soon finds out that it is actually hard to do and can't be done.

For Craig burning all his memories is like what happened at the beginning of the book. He burned everything in the beginning because he thought that that would help him get rid of his memories so that he could move on and he wouldn't have to remember anything anymore. So by him doing that in the beginning, maybe he possibly thought that burning all the memories of Raina would release all his memories of her so that he won't be thinking about the most beautiful girl in his eyes that he has ever met.

The Arrival

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Blog #2

1. In chapter 8, I noticed the concept of color first because as we can see that is the only color in the whole entire text. The color in this chapter specifically on page 190-191 it talks about what color is and the meaning to the color and why it is chosen on the different panels. On page 191 the first panel it says "color as sensation, color as environment. Color as color" so this means to me that color really enhances a picture and describes a picture better than just black and white. By having color it can tell someone's mood or the importance of the image.The next concept goes along with color and that is depth. On page 190 the one panel says "tones and modeling could add depth." By adding depth to a color image really enhances the picture and gives the picture more character.

2. In this image shown it is a picture of my favorite movie "The Avengers." We see that color and depth are shown in this very well because the color of each marvel character stands out and it is also showing action to action icon. I say this because we can see that the fire on the ground looks like it is moving and the background images with the fog and even the avengers are taking action. Depth goes along with this because the little details makes the image just that much better and I like how each avenger is the center and bigger but its not just one avenger who's bigger than the rest. 

3. McClouds theories "complicate" my reading of images because I never thought about images the way he describes it and the way he sees it. I never realized that there are icons to images and each image or reading we see actually relates to something and actually has more meaning to it than I thought it actually did.