Blog #3

Blog #3

Graphic Novel: Diary Of A Wimpy Kid- THE MELTDOWN

Summary Of Plot: In this book, the plot has a resemblance of whats going on with our lives right now. In the town where Greg, our main character, lives there is a great snow storm.... causing his school to close down for a few weeks. This caused all the kids from "surrey street" (where all the kids live) to have a "fight". The fight escalated because they are all from different parts of the street and basically each side was trying to prove who's better. The fight was a snow brawl! Greg and his best friend Rowley built an igloo to stay away from the fight because he knew they were out to get them both from an issue that happen while school was going on.

What Makes This A Graphic Novel?: This book is a Graphic Novel because it has more complex fiction work/stories then a comic strip format. Its stories are mixed in with illustrations that add the graphic part to it.

What Elements Are Present?: 
-Setting and Context
-Genre: young adult fiction
-Narrator and POV
-Tone and Mood
-Climax

2 Things The Novel Does Well?: 1.This novel knows how to capture the readers attention with the explicit detailing that it provides throughout the story. 2.It also knows how to combine both the story with the cartoon illustrations, its like they knew how to balance them both.

One Thing That I Can Steal From The Work?: How the emotion from the characters are expressed, its not too much but just enough to see how they are feeling giving a better understanding of whats going on.

TWO Recommendations For My Classmates: