Can Comics Really Be Considered Literature?

                The topic came up in class today that if comic books can be really considered a piece of literature; at first my mind went straight to thinking negatively of this topic. I thought "How can couple words on a page and a book mostly filled with pictures be considered literature?" but as the class went on I realized through the presentation that there is way more that goes into comic books then I thought.When the breakdown was on the board about the comics and what was in  importance my thoughts on the topic has changed. I thought that due to my lack of experience with comic books, I wouldn't know the specifics about comic books and their way of them being written can have indeed have  logic.                
                  What I've realized most about the breakdown of the presentation today was that there was a lot of questions that came up about the author perspective on things and how as the reader was suppose to "read between the lines".  The differences of how the frames are lined up and were organized differently that meant something than in what the author was trying to deliver. Some things in the illustrations we as the readers should identify so we can ask ourselves what is the author's purpose of making certain things this way and why. Furthermore, I've learn to not to be so negative when it comes to topics that I am ignorant of.

Remembered Rapture

            On Thursday September 11, 2014, the topic of discussion was from a chapter of the book  Remembered Rapture . The chapter's title was "Class of Politics Writing", my view of this chapter was that it was a expression of the author and how she feels towards her community. She was frustrated and she felt like new voices needed to be heard. She hated the fact of people in her social class weren't stepping up the plate and making their opinions matter in what world they we're living in. While analyzing this text, I made some connections to what's happening today as, even though this text was written in 1999, we still have some of those same issues to deal with today.  I feel like we need to stand up and have our voices heard about whats going on with the "war" between civilians and the police force. The abuse the police officers are able to get away with are starting to become scary and ridiculous. The police force is a sense of security, and we shouldn't be afraid of our protection. Most parents are worried about their children everyday and those parents shouldn't have to worry about the ones protecting them, are the ones that are actually hurting them.  We also need to rise up and have our voices heard. The police force must know their boundaries towards their interactions with the civilians.