Why do bad things happen to good people? If god is so powerful, why doesn't God prevent misfortune? All a test of fait? The questions that affect Jewish history the most throughout Judaism. Bothered by suffering and evil, Will Eisner's stories in the Contract with God Trilogy, really shows dark and tragic turns that any Jew can face. As Huston Smith put it, it was ultimately produced not only for the Jews, but all men that seek a passion for freedom. Will Eisner's powerful illustrations troughout the trilogy that included: A Contract With God, A life Force, and Dropsie Avenue. The messages resembled a theme of suffering from Jews that lived lives that have been affected ultimately by God or just very unlucky circumstances. Focused on Jewish
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When they discover each other’s true identities, she decides to laugh and he decides to rape her. Punching, screaming and rape are shown as ways the major way that these women get their (deserved?) comeuppance.
Whether Eisner is just fictionalizing his memories seems irrelevant in the midst of so many images of violence (often coupled with sex and nudity). It was shown with a theme of escape, a place where those who suffered might see this as more than just a vacation. A place to start over in life, how luck wasn't on their side from the beginning. Wearing a mask to show others how faithful you are. From having a fake career to just finding someone that connects with you.
Will Eisner illustrated not only a dark message for the women, but a lesson to show. Not only was there a test in place with a happy ending, it was an escape from their defeated, normal lives. One character can look ten different ways in one story and that occasionally makes the narrative hard to follow. Eisner’s drawings are the most evocative when his subjects are at rest. It is as if, in all the racket of a tenement world, he has managed to take a photograph that’s very stillness says volumes about the movement going on outside that split second. In a time where graphic novels and memoirs are becoming increasingly less ghettoized as an
When they discover each other’s true identities, she decides to laugh and he decides to rape her. Punching, screaming and rape are shown as ways the major way that these women get their (deserved?) comeuppance.
Whether Eisner is just fictionalizing his memories seems irrelevant in the midst of so many images of violence (often coupled with sex and nudity). It was shown with a theme of escape, a place where those who suffered might see this as more than just a vacation. A place to start over in life, how luck wasn't on their side from the beginning. Wearing a mask to show others how faithful you are. From having a fake career to just finding someone that connects with you.
Will Eisner illustrated not only a dark message for the women, but a lesson to show. Not only was there a test in place with a happy ending, it was an escape from their defeated, normal lives. One character can look ten different ways in one story and that occasionally makes the narrative hard to follow. Eisner’s drawings are the most evocative when his subjects are at rest. It is as if, in all the racket of a tenement world, he has managed to take a photograph that’s very stillness says volumes about the movement going on outside that split second. In a time where graphic novels and memoirs are becoming increasingly less ghettoized as an