7/5/2023 0 Comments Wonderstruck by brian selznick![]() ![]() The drawings leave no room for misinterpretation.ĭespite their differences, both children are on a similar journey with similar challenges. Rose’s story is told through incredibly impressive and expressive pencil drawings done by the author. Ben’s story is told through the written word. The way Brian Selznick achieves this is like nothing I’ve ever seen. Two twelve year olds in different cities, fifty years apart. ![]() To be unable to communicate is to be isolated, even in a room full of people.Įnter the two main characters in Brian Selznick’s Wonderstruck, Rose in 1927’s Hoboken, New Jersey, and Ben in 1977’s Gunflint, Michigan. Humans have a great need and desire to communicate with one another and have, therefore, created many ways to do so. There’s also Morse Code, Braille, semaphores, hieroglyphics, and many others. How do people communicate? Through a specific language, either written or spoken using an alphabet or gestures, like American Sign Language. Then there is the subject of communication. Two of our deepest longings in life, whether we acknowledge them or not, is (1) to be connected to someone or something in a world where it is too easy to feel adrift and (2) to be heard and validated through some means of communication. ![]() We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. ![]()
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