An immigrant, who is from a needy country, leaves his wife and child in the country since he tries to find a better life in an unknown country, which is on the other side of the ocean. The only thing he takes is a suitcase and a little money. He faces lots of trouble which other immigrants always face, such as, struggle with another language, confusion with the new environment and culture, and difficulty finding a job. As time passes, things get better so he looks forward to his family is coming to stay with him.
The Arrival written by Shaun Tan is a graphic migration novel as a series of wordless images that might come from a long forgotten time. The book not only in sections but also is a linear-story that interrupted by flashbacks of other immigrants’ stories. The reader is a third party and watches the whole fictive story where no characters’ name appears. The main character drawn as an ordinary person, who is from a needy country, lives poor but happy with his wife and daughter. Although he wears old fashion clothes, they look clean and tidy.
The Arrival uses sepia toned drawn with reminiscence style. Different images size been drawn in this book, including, full page drawing, double page spread, and series of cameo representations. All drawings have film-like qualities, perspective creatures and some landscape images drawn with overhead angles or ground level angles. There is a double page spread drawing and a series of plants growing very reflective. The former describes the original country that the main character from, where numerous huge dark dragon tails through houses and streets can be seen and full of evil feeling. The later has 24 separate pictures describe a plant grow, from seed till it died over four seasons, which telling the reader time passed.
The Arrival written by Shaun Tan is a graphic migration novel as a series of wordless images that might come from a long forgotten time. The book not only in sections but also is a linear-story that interrupted by flashbacks of other immigrants’ stories. The reader is a third party and watches the whole fictive story where no characters’ name appears. The main character drawn as an ordinary person, who is from a needy country, lives poor but happy with his wife and daughter. Although he wears old fashion clothes, they look clean and tidy.
The Arrival uses sepia toned drawn with reminiscence style. Different images size been drawn in this book, including, full page drawing, double page spread, and series of cameo representations. All drawings have film-like qualities, perspective creatures and some landscape images drawn with overhead angles or ground level angles. There is a double page spread drawing and a series of plants growing very reflective. The former describes the original country that the main character from, where numerous huge dark dragon tails through houses and streets can be seen and full of evil feeling. The later has 24 separate pictures describe a plant grow, from seed till it died over four seasons, which telling the reader time passed.