ENGL 238 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Shaun Tan, Origami, Narrative Structure
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Shaun tan uses some iconic images and symbols from real life that we might recognize. The ship the immigrant travels on is similar to the titanic. Al(cid:448)ador dali, surrealis(cid:373), (cid:862)the persiste(cid:374)(cid:272)e of me(cid:373)or(cid:455)(cid:863) The rocks in the background are from a real landscape. Clocks as common objects but are presented in a foreign way (melting) We are supposed to recognize certain things and still be unfamiliar with it. The t(cid:449)o statues shaki(cid:374)g ha(cid:374)ds are ta(cid:374)"s (cid:448)ersio(cid:374) of the tatue of liberty. Every time someone offered help to the protagonist, they extend their hand as a gesture. Image of giant people vacuuming the smaller people. Ta(cid:374)"s i(cid:374)spiratio(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:373)e fro(cid:373) a ro(cid:373)a(cid:374)ia(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s story of fleeing her country, (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h (cid:449)as o(cid:448)er(cid:449)hel(cid:373)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) a (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ist regi(cid:373)e that she felt (cid:449)as (cid:862)su(cid:272)ki(cid:374)g the life(cid:863) out of people. Shown as a page of repetitive images where the mc does the same movement, and only shows the torso and the arm movements.
