The Arrival by Shaun Tan is a beautiful‚ magical‚ haunting‚ hopeful‚ human story told entirely in pictures. Like the experience of the main character who comes to a new land and makes his way with the help of others‚ I have relied on the words of others to help me write and shape this review. The review of The Arrival at bn.com started with a quote form one of my favorite authors‚ Philip Pullman‚ and is the perfect place to begin writing and thinking about this exceptional book: "Stories can be
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The Arrival - Shaun Tan Where the text came from The Arrival is a migrant story told as a series of wordless images‚ it was illustrated by Shaun Tan in 2006. Purpose of text The fact that Shaun Tan grew up in Perth‚ he said was one of the main reasons for making so many novels based on the concept of belonging‚ he describe Perth as being one of the most isolated cities in the world‚ sandwiched between a vast desert and a vaster ocean‚ and they lived in a “freshly minted northern suburb that was
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The Arrival is a migrant story expressed as a sequence of images that seem to come from a long forgotten time. A man leaves his wife and child in an impoverished town‚ in search of better prospects in an unfamiliar country on the other side of a vast ocean. He ultimately finds himself in a puzzling city of foreign customs‚ unusual animals‚ curious floating objects and incomprehensible languages. With nothing more than a suitcase and a handful of money‚ the immigrant must find a place to live‚ food
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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
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The Arrival The arrival by Shaun Tan is inspirational. In the book‚ there is a sequence in images that leave readers with suspense on what these pictures may indicate. You could never go to the second chapter without reading the first chapter before because these pictures tell a story that unfolds slowly but unknown; with reasons behind them that the author and the pictures let alone know. There is a language of silence told in graphics that makes you wonder‚ what does the picture mean and is it
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In the world of ‘The Arrival’‚ a young father begins to make his descent through new lands in search of a perfect city for his wife and young daughter. As the man begins his journey across the world‚ he travels by means of land and water transportation via a train and large boat. As the days go by‚ windy and warm‚ the man at long last reaches land‚ new land. While going through the transit of the “airport”‚ the man finds it difficult to go through simple tasks due to the new language he begins to
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Using a subtle blend of aspects borrowed from sequential and storybook art‚ The Arrival is a graphic novel which explores the journey of a migrant. The experiences are conveyed through illustrations that‚ through the monochromatic sepia color palette‚ crinkled texture and page layout‚ resemble old memories and photographs; lending the story the authenticity and inclusivity that are associated with family albums. The wordless nature of the story emphasizes the protagonist’s inability to communicate
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The Grammar of Visual Design In the picture book ‘The Arrival’ by Shaun Tan‚ there is an image shown in chapter three on page 18 and 19 that illustrates a chaotic scene taking place involving four gigantic beings looming over a municipality that holds frightened citizens running for their lives. A technique that Tan has used is the viewpoint in which the illustration is placed. The citizens are drawn as minuscule‚ petrified objects cowering in terror contrasted against the huge‚ dark‚ mysterious
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intangible without words? Shaun Tan keeps symbols like hands representing human connection the same‚ but represents abstract elements like hope with a surrealist twist to keep the effect on the viewer relatable but still unique. In Understanding Comics‚ Scott McCloud asks if emotions can be made visible. The art of comics allows the invisible world of the senses and emotions to be portrayed between or within panels to evoke an emotional response in the viewer. In The Arrival‚ Shaun Tan does this by manipulating
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The Arrival‚ by Shaun Tan‚ is a book that I found to be very interesting. I have never read a book without words before‚ so this was a new experience for me. During the times I read it‚ evaluated it‚ took notes on it‚ and read it again‚ I questioned how something so complex could be a part of children’s literature. I began to ask myself what age group would be able to look at this book and understand the story within. Children’s literature is usually seen as simple‚ straight forward‚ and easy to
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