Our panel is page 48. This is where Pedro is realizing his life is about to drastically change. His thoughts change from what a normal 17 year old would be facing at this time to what his life will be like from now on. This panel is the pivotal point in the book. This is where his life changes forever, he has AIDS. This panel is one of the rare ones throughout the book that uses a black background with white writing. This is used very effectively to grab the reader’s attention to relay a very serious and dramatic message. The wording is very straight forward in summarizing Pedro’s emotions at this time. The construction of the last two statements successfully sends a very powerful feeling of sadness and struggle by created by the pause between them. The large space separating the changing of thoughts could represent the conflict and pain within Pedro. Also, the large black openness of the panel represents just the same emptiness and sorrow that is now consuming Pedro while learning of his illness. It is very easy to see the sadness and loneliness in Pedro’s face and that with the way he is slouched in his chair the reader can see he is beyond troubled. Nothing else matters at this moment other than the colorless thoughts cutting into the black hollow space.
Winick, Judd. Pedro & Me. New York: Henry Holt, 2000. Print.
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I agree with you that this is too one of the many important panels in this novel. I like how your group really explained what was going on in this panel. I think you can really tell the tone of his thoughts by how large the spacing of his thoughts in the panels. I really didn’t notice how he was slouching in the car chair but after going back and looking again I can see how your group noticed that.
ReplyDeleteI think you have a good analysis of the panel on page 48. I agree that the black background with the white writing is effective at conveying a dramatic message. I also agree that the last two statements send a powerful and dramatic message. The spacing is interesting as well... it definitely represents the conflict within Pedro. He probably has so many things running through his head at that moment.... I also like how you mentioned that the black openness represents the emptiness that is “consuming Pedro.” That is an excellent interpretation and it makes sense!
ReplyDeleteI think that you guys did a good job analizing this panel. I'd have to agree that this was a very pivital point in Pedros life, as it now what defined his actions for the rest of his life. I liked how your group discribed the black as emptiness, I think in that situation it would be very easy to fell that way.
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