In the Shadow of no Towers class discussion

I enjoyed the class discussion on In the Shadow of no Towers. I learned more after discussing it such as the the sections that were about comic strips that were some of the first comics to be published. I haven't ever really gotten into comics except for Calvin and Hobbs so I had no clue who these people in the comics were. I'm not sure if it is because when those comics were popular I was not born yet or I was very little. I think graphic novels are interesting since they make you work differently then other novels. I heard a lot of people in class mention about the work that this particular graphic novel required from the reader in order to understand. I was not sure if it was just me and the fact that I do not really read graphic novels, but it seemed as though there were several other people who felt that they were required to piece together the sections in order for it to make sense.

I thought it was fun reading this graphic novel, but I do not think I will be reading any graphic novels anytime soon. I like being able to understand what it is that I am reading and there were several times that I was completely confused, like the part where the author talks about being in different places when the planes hit the towers. That whole part threw me off and I was not sure what was true. It helped me a little after the discussion in class to understand that maybe because of all the chaos going on the author was also unsure about his exact location when the tragedy struck. I found that confusing still, but it helped me to understand why the confusion may have been there in the first place.