There were very few diagonal lines and many of characters and objects flowed left to right. Additionally, the illustrator used full pages to demonstrate a new setting or a transition. This is because the authors were sharing the back story of how John Lewis gathered the confidence to speak out. However when things move up, we feel like we are flying and moving away from the ground.Įxample: In Book One from March many of the boxes were horizontal. If illustrations are close to the ground, then the reader visualizes a sense of stability.

When we see lines moving horizontally we feel safe because,” Molly Bang.

Graphic novels have word balloons, and sound words and motion. Your eyes control what you are comprehending along with the words. Graphic novels provide less words but more visual symbolism. When the author explains a type of action or scene, the artwork compliments.

Graphic novels rely on the artwork to tell the story. The participants in the real life story were speaking out to become a part of America’s dream and freedom is what they demanded.īelow are a few examples on how a teen can comprehend the graphic novel March. The humanity of this book was real where one could see the children who were hosed down, the police officers who lied in their offices, and the leaders who spoke to the United States President. You learn how his “good trouble” inspired other individuals to speak against the injustices that occurred to Black Americans. Lewis leaves the pain and suffering in this book as well as the triumphs. The benefits of this book, March, in graphic novel form is that readers can see the joy, sadness, danger, and humanity of what the individuals experienced. Philip Randolph, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer Classroom, and a host of others. Making this a graphic novel illustrated shared the experiences from the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), sit-ins, punishments, integrations, and other civil rights activists such as A. The trilogy of the book March is a graphic novel written by the words of our former Congressman John Lewis.

John Lewis and the illustrator use the language and images to highlight the: Drama, Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Visual Literacy.

The Graphic Novel series: March displayed critical moments during the Civil rights era.

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