Friday, September 10, 2010
Blog 2- Vladik and Artie
While reading this novel, I noticed that Vladik and his son Artie had a very difficult relationship. When the story started, they hadn't seen each other in a long time. I thought that Artie seemed annoyed by his father on a regular basis, and Vladik was a stubborn old man throughout the story. I kept thinking to myself that I hope my father doesn't start acting this way when he is older. Throughout the story Artie and Vladik's relationship seemed consistent. Vladik would always say or do something that would make Artie angry, but Artie would just try to block it out it seemed. It seemed to me like Artie viewed Vladik as a stubborn old fool who he had to put up with. Artie would only come over to hear more of his father's story not simply because they wanted to see each other. In one part of the story, Vladik called Artie to come help him fix something and he wouldn't. This shows that they're relationship as father and son might not be all that great. Vladik would usually make Artie angry, then Artie would walking mumbling something under his breath like "murderer" or "I can't believe it". The story is being told visually as well as in words. I feel that the images portray more grief, violence, and hopelessness. In some of the pictures you can see more expressions such as crying and sadness. When you look at both the words and images together you can really get more out of the story. You can read to know what's going on, and you can also see its effects on the characters. You can see the looks on their faces and truly see the pain and try to understand what they're going through.
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I also enjoyed this book! I also blogged about their relationship because I felt that their relationship was a very important role within the book. I also noticed the fact that they seemed very distance throughout the entire book. That was a good point to make about how Artie only went over to Vladik's house to work on his story and nothing else. This def. shows the distance in the relationship between them. I did not think of that until i read your blog.
ReplyDeleteI agree with how you viewed Artie and Vladik's relationship. It wasn't a very good father-son relationship that most people should have. Artie didn't go to his father's house just to see him, I agree with you when you said that he just went to get the story. I also liked the fact that using the pictures to tell the story with the words made it a lot more interesting and maybe a little easier to understand.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you with your view of Artie and Vladik's relationship. When you said that you feel Artie just puts up with him to hear the story and he already views his father as a stubborn man, I agree. I can relate it to my relationship with my mother because throughout the years I have realized that my mother will not change her ways, so I allow her to be who she is - kind of like Artie.
ReplyDeleteThe images do a lot for this novel. When you read it you need to go back and look at the images because the faces on the characters explain so much. I enjoyed the book as well :)
I have to say I laughed a little when mentioning your dad. It's great you really incorporated yourself in the response. It shows fully understanding the novel. But I agree that their relationship- although pretty positive- is almost a forced relationship. And that there is stresses of the new ways v. the old ways. You definately can tell through the images like you mentioned. Very nice response!
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