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At first glance the only oddity I notice is the yellow cab. Why is this the only thing in the entire picture that has any hint of color? But then something else catches my attention. Everything else in the picture seems to be from a different time. Whether that is just a trick of coloration or a result of some other phenomena beyond my thinking I have no idea. I read the note to see if there is any explanation, but when I finished there was only more confusion:
"You have arrived. People passing, doors swinging open, elbows shoving. The
lights are never becoming dim, the background only fades into blurry craziness. A metropolis not made for the lazy, your feet become the main mode of
transportation. Everyone owns the sidewalk, and you better watch out for the
shoulder shove. No one knows who you are, and most never care to. It's their
city, not yours. You're too new, so watch where you walk.
The yellow ones don't stop."
The yellow ones don't stop."
I thought to myself, "What a strange place." By now my mind was set on this place. "They say curiousity kills the cat," I said to myself, "but they also say cats have nine lives." With that I continued my march east in hopes that 1) I wouldn't get stopped at The Wall, and 2) that I find this place and that it's better than anywhere I've ever come from.
The text and image go together wonderfully, and the image gives the story a real sense of adventure. It acts as sort of a treasure map, and gives the reader a sense of scale of the narrator’s upcoming journey. It reminded me a lot of Mumbo Jumbo. When it would incorporate newspaper headlines, or fictional quotes into the text.
ReplyDeleteJust like those images, this picture allows the reader to get lost in the story, and only serves to enhance the reader’s sense of imagination. I like how the author incorporated the other blog image into their story. They used a chunk of text from the other blog entry, but not in a cheap or easy way. They used it in a creative way that would drive forward the narrative, and create for an interesting storyline.
The placement of the image is perfect as well. If the image were placed at the beginning of the post, it would confuse the reader, as well as give away the plot. By putting the image at the end, it almost serves as punctuation to the text. It gives the reader closure, and, perhaps, clears up any issues of confusion the reader might have. It’s straightforward but also intriguing. And makes the reader look for the next part of the story.
Once the narrator discovers the photo, it becomes clear that the action is taking place in some world other than our own. The author creates an interesting, science fiction theme with the mention of “The Wall.” A lot of his language is also consistent with science fiction. In the beginning he mentions that he doesn’t know how long he’s been walking. This serves to create a sense of mystery, since most people living in our reality don’t just aimlessly walk for hours, or days on end.