Latino USA: A Cartoon History by Ilan Stavans

In the begining of the article the title it says Splash!!!Kaboom!!!Ay diosito, y ahora, quiem mos salvara?- Kaloman: El hombre increbile which means oh dear god, and now, who will save us? Kaliman: The Incredible Man. It is very interesting that there are more comic strip publishers in Mexico than in any other Latin American country. Comic strips are much disputed in the artistic and academic communities. Professor Stavans mentions that comic strips are inspired by Egyptian hieroglyphics, Medival manuscripts, Aztec codices, ancient writings, and also pre-Columbian images; these are the the sources of Mexican comics. The passion for graphic art by using using images is another way of communication but by throught images. It is part of Mexican culture where the word are written in many ways such as imported property. Professor Stavans had shown the importance of pop art in Mexico through comic book but he is representing the Hispanic civilization as "fiesta of types archetypes, and stereotypes."

Graphic Memoirs Come of Age

In this essay "Graphic Memoirs Come of Age" by William Bradley, the author shows us the diference between graphic novels and graphic memiors. Graphic novels are known as an entertainment piece while graphic memiors are known as literary pieces.I read a part of the Maus piece before and the art work is more dark, as is the story. It is about Spiegelman's father's experience as a prisoner in Aushwitz and his relationship with his wife and son. It cannot be seen as a comic book but rather a literary piece which depicts the reality that many victims and their families faced after Aushwitz. by writing this story in the form of a graphic memoir Spiegelman was able to use personification throughout the whole piece.
This allows the reader to not only have a visual aid in regards to the story, but also understand that each frame, each drawing, each page is critical in the overall understanding of the memoir.

Empowerment Through Mythological Imaginings in Woman Warrior

In this essay "Empowerment Through Mythological Imaginings in Woman Warrior" it explains how Maxine Hong Kingston explore the relation between myths, reality, and flat literal reality. But Kingston also challenges the western wise ways of seeing, classifying, and ordering differently. In the beginning of the essay the author mentions two quotes which is very meaningful to a Chinese girl. The first quote is " I had to leave home in order to see the world logically, logic the new way of seeing." This quote is important because for a Chinese girl to stay back home will not let her do things she wants to do. Everyone in the society thinks that woman will either be a wife or slave and nothing else. But for a Chinese girl to leave her home in order to see the world logically , will change everything around her. They will see the world in a new way because she had saw things differently the moment she was born. Chinese females had only seen the things that society wanted them to see. The second quote is " And I don't want to listen to any more of your stories; they have no logic. They scramble me up. You lie with stories." This quote is important because while growing up Chinese girls will hear stories about Fa Mulan the warrior woman and by hearing this story made them realize they want to be just like her.But the problem is that they can only listen to the story of Fa Mulan but they cannot be like her.As the quote stated "They scrabble me up" which is true because they hear stories about Fa Mulan but they cannot be like her, they are only raised to be a wife and slave. These two quotes are very important because it connects to every female in the society that they should leave their home to see the world differently and the stories that are told to them are not true.