When the wind blows
Raymond Briggs uses a variety of techniques to illuminate the themes in his graphic novel When the wind blows. Briggs uses different techniques like characterisation, point of view, and contrast. The themes throughout the novel to show the devastation of the nuclear war. In the novel Briggs uses the characterisation of protagonist James and Hilda to represent how ordinary people have blind trust in the government. The author also shows glorification of war by using different colours and images.
One of the themes that were used in the novel where glorification of war. the audiences point of view WAS when Jim was reflecting on all the old leaders. When he was reflecting on the old leaders it look up half of the page with the techniques of lines and the colour used in the imagery where dark and scary colour where used for the bad people and bright colours for the good guys. They also use soft and round lines on the imagery bubbles to show that he was reflecting on the past. Another example of glorification of war was when Jim and Hilda where reflecting on only the good times when they were in war. The colours that Briggs used where very bright and happy to show the positive feeling they had of war.
Another them used in the graphic novel is blind trust in their …show more content…
In the graphic novel the nuclear war was very destructive and the nuclear bomb took up 4 pages of the graphic novel because it obliterates all other images. The first 2 pages were made up of all white and the tips of the corners where bright pink and by the end of the forth page it starts to reveal Jim and Hilda in there shelter. We also see the physical effect that the nuclear bomb had on the charaters Jim and Hilda because at the strat of the novel they used bright and clear colours and by the end of the novel when the nuclear bomb went off they were made up of dirty
Raymond Briggs uses a variety of techniques to illuminate the themes in his graphic novel When the wind blows. Briggs uses different techniques like characterisation, point of view, and contrast. The themes throughout the novel to show the devastation of the nuclear war. In the novel Briggs uses the characterisation of protagonist James and Hilda to represent how ordinary people have blind trust in the government. The author also shows glorification of war by using different colours and images.
One of the themes that were used in the novel where glorification of war. the audiences point of view WAS when Jim was reflecting on all the old leaders. When he was reflecting on the old leaders it look up half of the page with the techniques of lines and the colour used in the imagery where dark and scary colour where used for the bad people and bright colours for the good guys. They also use soft and round lines on the imagery bubbles to show that he was reflecting on the past. Another example of glorification of war was when Jim and Hilda where reflecting on only the good times when they were in war. The colours that Briggs used where very bright and happy to show the positive feeling they had of war.
Another them used in the graphic novel is blind trust in their …show more content…
In the graphic novel the nuclear war was very destructive and the nuclear bomb took up 4 pages of the graphic novel because it obliterates all other images. The first 2 pages were made up of all white and the tips of the corners where bright pink and by the end of the forth page it starts to reveal Jim and Hilda in there shelter. We also see the physical effect that the nuclear bomb had on the charaters Jim and Hilda because at the strat of the novel they used bright and clear colours and by the end of the novel when the nuclear bomb went off they were made up of dirty