Let's Just Do Both.

If I had to combine the two possible topics, into one extraordinary essay, I guess I would talk about comics or graphic novels.
I took a class, my Junior year of High School, called Visual Lit. and we had to read Maus, a graphic novel about the Holocaust. I really liked the way texts were combined with the pictures to create a story.
So for the essay, I believe I would write about Graphic Novels as a genre. I would talk about how the conventions would have to include an interesting topic that would allow readers to engage in the Comic or Graphic Novel. It would need pictures that would create a visual that allows readers to understand the small amount of text. Of course, it would need some text (although, there was that time when Marvel did the no text comic) that would allow the reader to understand the picture.
The text and pictures come together in a way that allows readers of all different ages (depending on the type of graphic novel. Some are for adults only, and some are for kids) to get into the story. With comics and Graphic Novels, there is usually a plot or a punch line that can be inferred when seeing the two combined together.

This image is from http://postsecret.blogspot.com/. As you can see there is a picture of a crib, and the secret next to it (in case it's too small) is "My baby is a product of a PARTY."


This doesn't surprise me. It happens all the time, and to so many people I know. When I first saw it, it was like I expected this to be someones secret. However, the woman who sent this in seems like she regrets her choice a little bit. However, I still like it a lot. It's a secret than many people can relate to and the choice of words are very nice. I like how the crib is shown and not the baby because then it would seem way more personal than it actually is. Also, the words do not describe the image. They do not say "this is a crib." The words that are used make you imagine more, which is interesting.

I'm not sure what genre this is. It's not a cartoon, but it's not only a photograph either. I'm not sure what I would consider it.

Balance

I believe this picture represents balance. When you look at it, you can see the trees and branches right away. The top branch seems to sweep over and form the top of the page. Then on both sides there are equal amount of branches and trees making this photograph very equal on both sides.