The Literature of 9/11
Posted in Aaron and Ahmed, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Falling Man, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, The Submission, The Zero, Uncategorized on May 6th, 2012
About all of it, and broadly, because that is how I’ve been thinking about it: in broad terms. And think about it I certainly have. In fact — and I do not mean this in any hard core academic sense (though maybe I should profess otherwise) — I’ve thought and spoken about this class far […]
Posted in Aaron and Ahmed on Apr 1st, 2012
Aaron and Ahmed was the first comic book, or graphic novel, that I had ever read. Needless to say, I was completely distracted by the pictures, and I missed a very important detail the first time I read it. The main character’s last name is Goodman, which then caused me to think about whether or […]
Posted in Aaron and Ahmed on Mar 25th, 2012
Both Aaron and Ahmed and the 9/11 Report felt like something completely new and surprising to me. I had never thought of comics as a medium to explore real historical events and even less tragic events such as terrorist attacks. I suppose that the use of a comic book format seeks to reach a broader […]
Posted in Aaron and Ahmed on Mar 8th, 2012
Continuing off of the momentum of my previous post, I want to mention something from Aaron and Ahmed by which I’m incredibly intrigued. That something is, of course, the relationship between Aaron and Ahmed. And when I say “relationship,” I don’t just mean the fact that they’re together for virtually the entire book. The attention […]
Posted in Aaron and Ahmed, Falling Man, The Reluctant Fundamentalist on Mar 8th, 2012
… how many times I said the word “sex” during my presentation. Also, the words “vulnerable” and “um.” I’ve seldom in my life felt as preachy as I did during my presentation yesterday. I realized later that this is because I feel very strongly about what I was evaluating. Now, instead of continuing to talk […]
Posted in Aaron and Ahmed on Mar 6th, 2012
I don’t hate this book because of the format. Although I am not particularly familiar with graphic novels, I enjoy the irony of a tale presented in such a medium in which the characters are afraid to look at images because those images might spark a hidden memory or impulse. I hate this book because […]
Posted in Aaron and Ahmed on Mar 6th, 2012
Since we’re now beginning discussions of the graphic novel Aaron and Ahmed, I’ve shared with you on Google Docs a couple of excerpts from the “graphic adaptation” of the 9/11 report. Here, as well, is the link to the actual 9/11 Commission’s Final Report.
Posted in Aaron and Ahmed, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Falling Man, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, The Submission, The Zero on Dec 11th, 2011