reading reflection

Spiegelman and O’brien seem very different. It’s hard to explain but reading O’brien feels slower, more intentional and with Spiegalman things seems more lively. This probably has to do with the fact that this is a graphic novel. It seems both O’brien and Spiegelman struggled with the idea of war and the draft. O’brien’s relationship with the war seems deeper. At least at this point. The way Spiegelman writes as if english were the second language hugely impacts the way the story reads and feels and gives it a way more complex dimension. Although O’brien is clearly incredibly smart and an amazing writer, I prefer Spiegelmen’s work. That might be perhaps because I am a designer so I am sucked in by the genius concepts behind the graphics which take the story to a whole new level for me.