The Arrival By Shaun Tan

Throughout the book called The Arrival Shaun Tan added many symbols and hidden easter eggs that presented what the characters were trying to say. Tan’s story was about a family who lived in a very dangerous place where people were killed and there was no money to make because of this the father left to find a place where they could move to and live a better life. After a long journey of almost a year the father found a very magical place where everything was different and there were creatures that he had never seen before. The father went through a series of check ups and tests to get into this magical place. Once he was in he started to try to get a job, When everything wasn't going so well the man found a family which showed him the ways he got a job in a factory and met new friends.
This man went to war and lost his leg when he went back to his town that he came from he found that it was destroyed. When Tan was doing this i believe he was showing that this city was built out of people that came from other places and came to have a better life. After living in this new place for a short period of time he sent his family a letter hoping that they would come join him in this magical place. After waiting his family finally came and joined him. After his family got there a younger women showed up and that is where Tan left the book. There were many differences and similarities in this picture book compared to a normal book. Overall because i have never read a picture book i didn't really like it. My reason for thinking this is because when you read a picture book the big ideas are given and you have to come up with the small ideas, opposed to a write book with words where you are given details only and you make up the big