Stitches Journal #1

Parallel: On page 26 David's dad is looking over x-rays and smoking his pipe and we are unable to see his eyes. This is similar to the image of David on page 52 smoking his father's pipe with his eyes closed. Not being able to see either of their eyes in the images illustrates how both of them are blindly living life and how David is not able to see that he is on the path of following his Dad's footsteps.

Question: Is David's grandma washing his hands with hot water with the idea that it his her religious duty to wash the sin away from him or more of a punishment so he behaves in the future?

Size and Shape of Frames: The illustrator uses larger frames to show the scene with the characters as a small part and how the characters fit into society. The smaller frames are used to show progression as many small frames are used on a page, and to show what the characters emotions and feelings are. The small frames show a lot of closeups of characters faces which show understanding. The shapes of the frames are mostly rectangular and squares. The squares are clear ideas and usually show just one character while the rectangles feature the setting and multiple characters. The rectangles with wavy borders are imaginary ideas or hazy thoughts.