Family Power Dynamic Essay

When a single member of a family has a lot of power and influence over the rest of the family, a single member of that family may attempt to break away and gain their own power through determination and hard work. On page 1, the choice of moment in panels 5-9 introduces the power dynamic between me and my grandma, which would eventually evolve into a power struggle. Panel 3 shows a very early stage of the theme, where my grandma has convinced my mom that cross country might be a bad idea through choice of word. The choice of image in panel 4 shows that my mom is sad after listening to my grandma, which shows the power dynamic that my grandma holds since my mom knows that she can’t fight against my grandma, but disagrees with her anyway. In …show more content…
At this point, the panels still only show the power dynamic that my grandma has power over everyone else, rather than my power struggle with her, since I’m not fighting for it yet. Panel 9 uses choice of flow and choice of image to show that I am so miserable about the situation that the thoughts in my head are getting …show more content…
This shows the immense amount of power she holds amongst us; the members of the family. Also, there is no frame (which depicts choice of frame) for the last panel, which is used to show that my grandma’s powers go beyond my immediate family and reach out to my extended family as well. Choice of word is used here since my relatives are say “You’re right” and “Yeah” as if they truly agree with her, but in reality, she used her power to make them agree with her, showing that she holds a lot of power over them. Panels 2-4 on page 3 use choice of moment to show that by essentially training more, I have put my plan to prove my grandma wrong into action. Choice of frame and choice of word is also used since each panel gets bigger to show that my training gets more intense and real each time I train “harder”, “faster”, and