Assesment on Despair

The Crow is a story about Despair. All the actions that Eric does through out the story helps the reader see how Eric is in despair. Eric used to be a very happy guy that had everything together, and was in love with his soon to be bride Shelly. One day Eric's car broke down in the middle of the road and while he was busy trying to fix it, a couple of guys came and started causing trouble. Eric denied them when they asked for help and for some reason things went from bad to worse. The guys ended up shooting Eric in the head and killing him on the spot ... or so they thought, they also killed Shelly too. Eric wasn't really dead he actually saw all the guys that killed his Shelly. From that moment on Eric started to plan and get revenge and he went into despair.

Eric got a cat named Gabriel and used to talk to him when ever he was home. In Scene five of The Crow, Gabriel is playing with a Christmas ornament and Eric takes it from Gabriel's paw and starts speaking about his last Christmas with Shelly. He tells Gabriel to go away because he makes him smile a lot and Eric isn't used to smiling anymore because most of his life has turned into tragedy. He then lays down on the couch and remembers walking into his house and seeing Shelly and exchanging gifts with her. He also remembers how he couldn't stop smileing for second and then it was all gone again once they christmas ornament fell to the ground and shattered. Another scene in scene five was when Eric was sitting down in his empty living room and began to think back to a particular day when he came home and was just staring at Shelly and Shelly asked him " what's wrong?" and Eric looked at her and told her how much he loves and adores her and how he would never let anything bad happen to her. After remembering this he gets angry and sad and pulls out a knife and slits his wrist in a couple of diffrent ways. Eric lets his blood drip and acts as if this is a way to let go of a memory that is long far gone.

Despair

The crow is a book about despair. For example Eric is in despair, he has no hope of getting his future wife shelly back and that kills him emotionally. No matter what he does in the end he has lost all hope in being happy also because his happines was shelly and she was taken from him. Eric trys to deal with his despair by trying to get revenge but at the end of the day he sits and crys because he has lost hope in life and love.

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Eric and the bird continue the long tradition of the raven bird. The raven represents bad news and when ever people see this black bird they fear for the worst. In some cultures the raven represents death. For example in the crow the raven speaaking to Eric at first watches all the evil, sick, twisted things that Eric does in order to get  revenge. Also in some traditions the raven is looked upon as a good bird that helps other. In some scenes of the crow actually tries to speak to Eric and convince him out of doing some things. In addition the raven helps Eric when ever he needs it and it talks to him. The raven is also looked upon as a trickster that tricks you to get what he wants. In the novel The crow the raven tricks Eric into remembering things that make him be at peace. In addition the artwork thats so dark and gloomy helps us know that something bad is happening.

The irony of the crow

The author showing both masks to show Eric’s character is an example of comedy and tragedy. For example it shows comedy because the author is most likely trying to show how sweet revenge can be. Like in one of the strips where he cuts one of the guys and licks the blood off the knife and smiles. Also it shows how the crow finds his revenge to be funny and enjoys hurting those that hurt him. In addition it is also tragedy because of how he came to be the crow. He got hurt by a bunch of guys that destroyed his life and hurt his soon to be bride. The author probably used two masks to show the mixed feelings Eric has and the irony of how he became the crow.

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Hi I'm Mayra and I rather read then write. So far Graphic novels is a interesting class Frances is pretty funny and Chris is just Chris -,- . I'm excited to start reading all these types of comic books because their easier to read then normal books. This blog posts are gonna be interesting I guess so lets see how this goes. I've never even read a comic book to be honest, but so far it's been okay and I enjoy it more then writing an essay.

My favorite Comic book series is Bones because its funny seeing those little funny white things get into trouble. Also it's an interesting series because they always have different adventures. My favorite character in Bones is Smiley Bone because he is so funny and kind.