Friday, April 18, 2008

Black Hole

I don't like the ending, never have...I don't like when things just end. I want to know what caused the bug, what happens as it spreads and affects more of the society. I want to know what would have happened to the infected kids if they had told thier parents the truth: would they have been sent away, would they have gotten them help, would they have disowned them? I want to know. There was alot of symbolism in them novel, some of which I have no idean as to what it means, but i know its important. One thing that always stands out to me in this book is Rob's second mouth; it speaks the truth, what Rob can't or won't say...I guess in a way its like the little voice inside your head that tells you whats right or wrong.

Black Hole

LOVE IT! The book is wierd, but it captures our culture so well. We shun those who aren't like us, when we are different from everyone else we feel the need to hide...this book captures it. I also like how its a comentary on our society as a whole and not just the teenage stereotypical stuff. When I knew disease comes up, we immdiatlt start to make assumptions about the victims. We start the segragation process of the infected and not infected, the sympathizors and the outraged. I like that it is in black and white, and there's a lot of contrast even when the frames are dark.

Vend

V had everything planed out and he knew what he was leading up to. I did get somewhat confused towards the end as to why exactly he put "himself" into the train to die...as in I get that Evey has taken on the V and so it actually her who is putting V on the train. But the book talks about how an idea doesnt die, yet V still representing the idea is dead and his body is sent into the explosion. I'm making no sense....I think what I'm trying to say is that I felt like part of this idea V was reviving and bring up died along with V, becuase a new part had to emerge.

V

How did V get so good at killing people? I mean he seems to murder with ease.I realize that he is well read and knows alot about society and so on, but its one thing to see or read about something and to actually do it yourself is another. I understand that he probably learned how to make explosives from the books he reads, but you would think it would think that even in makeing homemade explosives the goverenment could have picked up on it. I may not be stealing the explosives, but he is stealing large quantities of the materials needed to make them. I know that the colors used throughout the book have a purpose, but i just dont like the color scheme...i hate the color yellow...I do however enjoy the way the images are drawn, they have alot of detail but you can still infer alot from them. I also like how the graphics foreshadow when V is about to kill someone- the little mask appears in the drawing.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Black hoooooooooooooole

so black hole is weird. I dont enjoy it so much like i did V. I am starting to understand the poiont to some extent because i read the flap from the cover. Still, i dont see the need to so much nudity. Thats just me but maybe it forces the point more.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Black Hole-Part I

Black Hole is weird, and I don't like it at all. I don't understand the social statement they are going for. Don't have sex as a teenager? Sorry, but people aren't going to listen to the message. It wouldn't matter if the story so far had some depth, but the first half of the book has basically been about smoking weed and having sex, and having a mouth on your neck. Now, those aren't bad things, but I was expecting much more from this so far. Consider me disappointed.

Monday, April 14, 2008

V end

As V started to end I really realized how completely different this is from what I was expecting. i was looking at more of an ending like the movie, and while it was close it still was no where what I was expecting. I will I ams till a little lost in some things mainly, because I think that the author was trying to leave most of it to your imagination. It was meant to make you give it an ending that you see fitting. Also seems like the author wants you to continue the book into real life, by challenging the norm and not just conforming but being the voice outside the box. When Evey takes over V`s work to me that means that the reader will be the new V and will in other words take over what V started and continue his work all over. It was in all a good ending and I did enjoy it a lot, wish it was a little more conclusive and not so open ended.