The Arrival (2pts)

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 Wow! The illustrations for each panel are just so amazingly detailed and well drawn! I couldn't help but wonder how long it must've taken the artist to complete this! It's amazing how quickly I was able to read through these pages without dialogue it was almost as if I was watching an animation the pictures blend so smoothly on the page together. The amount of emotion that I was able to feel also was really surprising to me in just looking at pictures with no dialogue. As per our discussion in class, I will definitely be giving silent movies a shot now after reading The Arrival. The story of an immigrant moving to an unfamiliar place was something that I was easily able to relate to because my mother and my grandparents on my father's side as well are all immigrants. Hearing their stories of what coming to New Jersey, and New York City were like helped me really be able to dive into this story. While this city in the story is clearly fictional I did immediately tie it to New York because it had that familiarity to me. One of my favorite things about this story was the 3 sub stories of the other immigrants who were able to help the main character along his journey of getting accustomed to this new place. It made the end that much more emotional and satisfying for me when his family is reunited with him and his daughter continues the cycle of being a helping hand to the newcomers who arrive.

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