ENGL 2593 Lecture : Notes For "Are You My Mother?"
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Terms: panels- squares or rectangles that contain a single scene, gutters- space between panels, dialog balloons- contain communication between characters, thought balloons- something the character is thinking, sound effects, caption. How to read- left to right, up to down. Characters: alison bechdel, mother, virginia woolf (17-18, carol (18) , amy (40-45, freud (47, jocelyn (51, eloise (52-58, donald winnicott (21) End of the book: precursor to the mirror is the mother face, pg. 132 pictures of her as a baby: the child is a reflection of the mother, alison imitates the mother"s faces. How is alison"s writing like her mother"s acting career: pg. 234: alison is playing herself instead of other characters, mothers risk taking has passed to alison so she is taking a creative risk in writing this book, false self vs. true self. What did alison"s mom learn from her mother: boys are better than girls.
