![]() ![]() As an immigrant himself, () Tan provides a unique perspective on this experience. However, more importantly than plot, Tan uses many of the graphics to convey powerful messages about not only the great change that occurs as a person moves, but also the motivation behind immigration. It is never explicitly stated to be New York, but the “Ellis Island” like scene implies that the protagonist has left for New York City. ![]() In this medium, Tan reveals the basic plot, an immigrant leaving his family to start a new life in some sort of metropolis. The novel includes no words, forcing the reader to understand the elements of literature through the graphics included within the work. The primary one of course, being literature, as the work is a “graphic novel.” In this sense, Tan acts as other innovating novelists, such as Foer have. While reading Tan’s novel, I began to develop the idea that this work could be viewed through a number of different lenses. ![]()
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