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Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos and Me.

Our group discussed many things about this book. We all agreed that we did not like this book, it lacked interest, meaning and a plot. We perceived the main character as a spoiled girl trying to find something to complain about. We believed that she was not the right character to speak to us about this renown problem. It should have been really affected by the ruling of Marcos. Someone who was also a struggling citizen in this third-world country, to represent the Philippines as a population. The meaning was all over the place and it went from one plot line to another without elaborating. The author included lots of random moments and yes it was authentic, but did you really need to mention about the soup man that come around? Was it needed? Did it have any use? Many moments were like the one I just mentioned. Any good book should feel like time just flies by, but with this one it was like dragging on the story by adding random unnecessary information to a comic book that could’ve been amazing.

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“Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos, and Me” Connection Part 1

  Money is a recurring topic that appears within the graphic novel multiple times. So the theme I had interpreted from this was : “ We are more fortunate than we realize.” For example, on the bottom panels of page 18, Rina’s children are complaining at the smaller things and making them seem like victims. I feel like this could go for children in first world countries (i.e. USA). Most of these children are luckier than they believe to be. They complain that they don’t have the latest tech or that they ‘need’ black Nikes. These kids have such a lavish life compared to some people around the world. For instance, in the book, Rina came from a well off family while there was many children that could be found living in the slums. Yet the only difference between Rina and children from first world countries is that Rina (for the most part) appreciated what was given to her while us kids from places like Canada will complain that we don’t have enough.

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Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos, and Me

May 17

Questions

-          Why is it important for the author to tell us this story?

-          On the cover page, we see blue, but this colour is not mentioned once throughout the book what was the reason for this colour then?

-          What were some key components that made you reflect on the story in a certain way and why?

Panels interpreted

-          Pg. 102 comparison

·         What she pictures herself as vs what she is

·         Same situation, but different people

·         Mind vs reality

-          Pg. 127 panel has curved/wavy lines

·         Representing her thoughts and insecurity

·         Not an action happening in the book

Ø  Represents a feeling and what’s going on inside her head

·         It’s like letting go of a balloon but chasing after it

Ø  Chasing after her old self

-          Pg. 109 transition from one day to the next

·         Her sleeping in bed with her husband vs her the next day biking

·         One panel = 2 actions

·         Leading to something else

“A bicycle offers an alternative way of getting along during the next phase of your journey through life. You need to put in a little extra effort to move forward, increase your motivation and drive to propel yourself in the direction you wish to take.”

Conventions

-          Pg. 73 implementation of colour

·         He wanted to show a change

·         Something becoming different

·         Represent how the campaign will change things

·         Yellow represents hope, happiness, loyalty, and joy

-          Pg. 115 the use of a circle that looks like a portal

·         It represents her leaving a dark place and entering back the real world

·         Leaving a place of grief, sadness and pain

·         Black, represent darkness

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“Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos, and Me” Panel Analysis Part 1

On the bottom panel of page 5, Rina can be seen lying awake in bed. It says in her monologue, “(…) Memories that had faded with passage of time come rushing back with a strange clarity, the way sometimes when you dream in the early morning, you are aware that you are dreaming, but the dream feels infinitely more clear than being awake.” Then, on page 13, the same exact panel can be seen except Rina has fallen asleep.  These two panels use the convention of repetition. Anyways, we know as the readers that Rina is struggling with grasping the fact that her father has passed away. I think her falling asleep in that second panel could mean that Rina’s in denial of the situation and is trying to escape this reality by calling on old memories that had seemed so distant at the time. This is her way of coping with her father’s death.

On the last two panels of page 23, we see Rina expecting her father to not actually be dead, but in the last panel, we see her father laying in his casket. Just as a quick side note, Rina’s father loved surprising others. So, the reader can assume that a small part of Rina was hoping that this whole situation was just one big prank. And from her facial expression in the last apnoea, we can tell that her father is indeed dead. And the fact that Rina’s father has actually passed away is becoming much more real to Rina than before.

Page 63 is a splash page. We can see Rina laying down on her bed and musics notes can be seen swirling around the room. In previous panels, it’s shown has a passion for music and old movies. I think this panel shows that our passions can envelop us. At the bottom, it says, “(…) Just the music and the feeling that I was everything and I was also nothing. Really… who needs drugs?” This could show how power our passions can be. In Rina’s case, it could make her feel like everything and nothing all at once.  

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Lit Circle 3 - Symbolism

(EXPLANATION OF THE PICTURE BELOW)

We were able to develop a “symbolism” story with the two main characters -Lena and Alex, and a controlling group - the Government.

Lena (a dull, grey, budding flower that’s contained and unable to grow) only has her roots down as far as the Government soil. The Government soil contents are controlled by the Government. This soil contains no colour or life - it’s dull because the government wants to control what the flowers, or people, absorb. As a result of their control, Lena is unable to develop and grow any further.

Eventually we meet Alex. He’s completely different from Lena because he’s from the Wilds. He represents the sun because his personality is full of life and enlightenment, which he shares and gives Lena. The energy and excitement are represented as light photons. They are absorbed by Lena and cause her roots to grow past the controlled Government soil, and reached deep into the Wild’s soil – which contains the love and freedom the Government has attempted to block. With this newfound realization and exposure to freedom with the help of Alex, Lena is able to grow, open, and become the person that was trapped on the inside.  

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