I found today’s reading of the beginning of Asterios Polyp very beneficial. I hadn’t finished reading this graphic novel before class, so our class discussion of it drew my attention to certain elements in the beginning of the book that I hadn’t focused on before, like the objects Asterios chose to take with him when he fled his burning building. As I read the remainder of the book I realized how well planned out the narrative was, so that each element mentioned had its purpose later. This was a very enjoyable read, and I can see that it does have a lot of value to be read again. With the many images with a lot of little details, I’m sure there are important things that I missed on the first read through that would add even more to the story if I read through it again knowing how the story ends. It was also very fun to look at the book with 3D glasses and see how that altered the images and feel of the book.
