This is the scene of pg. 22. It's a supermarket that is located in the outskirts of the city. As the apocalypse hit the whole world, the supermarket is also badly damaged. I tried my best to depict the scene as faithfully as possible.
"On the outskirts of the city they came to a supermarket. A few old cars in the trashstrewn parking lot. They left the cart in the lot and walked the littered aisles."
The reason why I picked this scene among the others is that this was the most cinematic and distinctive one. In most other scenes, everything looked the same as the two characters endlessly walked along the deserted road and passed through devastated villages; nothing was so differentiating. However, this supermarket was a place that cannot be seen so often so it was relatively unique. Also, the huge size of the building created the scene more cinematic than any others.
pg.23: "You have some, Papa."/ "I want you to drink it."
And if you go through the next page, you can see the two characters take out a 'free coke' from the broken vending machine. They share this one can of coke and that was a bit memorable to me. They were the only survivors and they had no choice but to depend on each other. Paticularly the man had to sacrifice for the boy. Page 11 proves it. In page 11, the mans says he would die too if the boy dies. This means the boy's existance the reason for him to remain alive. In fact, he needed a company who can always be with him, talk with him and survive with him. Therefore the man's dedication for the boy was sincere, almost like a fatherhood(I'm not sure if he is the real father). The scene in the supermarket described such situation in a very memorable way. This is another reason why I was fond of this supermaret scene.
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Wow, I really like your drawing. You really have great drawing abilities! I envy you!
ReplyDeleteAnyways, I thought the picture depicted the devastating environment very well. However, I thought the picture was too bright.... I mean in the book it kept saying it's dark and cover with gray ash but, in your picture, it just seems like everything is broken without much depictioin of ash or darkness. Also, one thing that irritated me in your writing was the statement, 'They were the only survivors and they had no choice but to cooperate.' I think that in the book, the relationship between the men and the boy is more than just the need to survive. I think that the men is willing to sacrifice for the boy because he loves him. I mean, you can see it with the Cola and the last bit of Cocoa.
Wow, It's such a nice drawing. I am reaaly surprised by how well you described the scene. It must have not been so easy to change words into a picture. I like the sky which is covered with ash. Also the brocken parts are very well-expressed. Cart, brocken glasses, cloudy sky, ruined building, smoke from buildings, and everything is perfect! You really showed a lot of details. And I like the reason why you chose this scene. I think you have a great talent in drawing. I will be looking forward seeing your drawings again!
ReplyDeleteHuk~!! It looks to me like an artist drew this drawing. The drawing and the part you picked from the story match very well. This picture makes me imagine about the part in the reading one more time. There's nothing missing~!!! I like the drawing very much and it makes it easier for me to understand the reading~
ReplyDeleteI'd expected you to upload a drawing here soon or later, but not this soon!! What a nice drawing you've got here! Shows how much effort you've been putting in drawing on the computer. Wanna see more drawings!
ReplyDeleteWow~ I really really really like it! I also like the descriptions on the picture below~:)
ReplyDeleteThe drawing seems like a professional's! I wanna learn someday! Anyways, I want to see more drawings too!
Wow! The only thing I can do is to praise and envy you of your ability to draw well. And you know what the scary thing is? The supermarket that I thought of is almost the same as your drawing! with deserted parking lots and a big market that kind of looks like Costco. The picture looks so realistic I can directly feel the emptiness and the barren atmosphere of that space. I liked your choice of scene. Furthermore I agree with you on the point that we're not actually quite sure whether the man is actually the real dad of the boy. I seem to doubt about that all the time, it just seems kind of unnatural doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteAnyways, Awesome Job★
I knew you would draw something! You're such a wonderful artist! Thank you for clearing my view about this part of the book. I was wondering and tried to image what it would like in my head.(Doomed supermarket..) And after seeing your picture, the image really got clear!:)
ReplyDeleteWow your drawing is so nice! I also found this scene very memorable because as you said you can see the love between the man and the boy. I hope you draw more pictures! hehehe
ReplyDeleteWow, Jinwoo! As the other students have commented, you are a remarkably talented artist.
ReplyDeleteAbout the relationship between the boy and the man, I remember being confused about what their real relationship was the first time I read this book. It will be clarified in the next section, but for now I think it doesn't matter if he is the boy's "real" father or not--the love is completely genuine. Your observations about the depth of their relationship and the man's only reason for existing being the boy are exactly right.
Very well done!
I knew that you are very talented at drawing but still... the drawings summarizes setting of the story very well. Your drawing is similar to the way I imagined it to be :)
ReplyDeleteI just got curious if there was a truck standing in the front of the market or not^^;
Wow... I realized that I have to work on these homeworks harder than I did...Lesson learned ^o^
Again... I love your describing of the story
Great job!