Graphic Novel Independent Reading Blog

1. After reading the graphic novel Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, I felt that it was a great book. I liked how Tom Sawyer was a rebel and did not do what he was told. I enjoyed reading the graphic novel because it forced me keep reading because it was very interesting to find out what Tom was going to do next. In particular, this graphic novel was nice and short with great cliff hangers that most likely got other people to keep reading, not just me. I found the graphic novel to be very adventurous. The graphic novel was adventurous because Tom did something new every day. Even though Tom ran away from his Aunt every day he still managed to do something exiting. There was only one flaw in this novel, and it was the text. I could not read some of the words because there was too much writing in some of the speech blurbs.
2. Tom Sawyer was a hero in this graphic novel. He was a mischievous boy with a lot of courage. Through out the graphic novel Tom did not give up what he was doing, even if it meant getting in trouble and getting chores from his aunt. He was a fearless young boy and did the exact opposite of what he was supposed to do. When his aunt made him paint the fence because he skipped school to swim and fish. While Tom was painting the fence, Ben came along and asked if he could paint the fence for him in exchange for and apple. Some more people walked by and he did the same thing over and over again. Tom let everybody have a turn painting while he just sat in front of the tree eating his apple that Ben gave to him. Tom and his friends Joe and Huck always wore the same clothes. Tom would always wear a brown hat with a grey top. The pants that Tom wore were green and brown; on his pants he had one suspender over his right shoulder.
3. Picture 1: I found this panel interesting because the most common thing that Tom does is he gets people to do his work for him. The colour goes very well with the mood because Tom’s mood is happy because he is getting what he wants. This panel advances the story because it is giving the reader a clue of what is going to happen next. Photo 2: I found this panel to be interesting because this is Tom’s dream. I pictured the knight to be Tom’s aunt because Tom is always running away from her and in the background is Tom’s cousin that lives with him, because he is always at home. I liked how the colours were all dark except for the knight. Photo 3: I found this panel interesting because the man still standing was sent to jail and soon after he was let out. The colours are dark except for the knife, which stands out to tell you what happened. It advances the story because Tom, Joe, and Huck go looking for the dead bodies.