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Essay / Daytriper by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ma - 856
People rarely read the back covers of books, because they are usually filled with words of praise or mini-reviews that add nothing to the story. However, in the book Daytripper by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ma, the importance of the back cover is significant, because it asks a simple question: what are the most important days of your life? In this life we are given many things to read, whether from friends and family, as well as from school. Daytripper was a good choice to include on the University of North Florida English department's required reading list. This was a great choice because the graphic style and presentation add value that other literary works do not. Alongside the artistic style, the complex use of narrative tools, such as Bras' symbolic death, gives the book a unique presence. The presence of color in our world is a marvel that most of us appreciate. Daytripper is a rare flower, even by comic book standards; that's because they use colorist Dave Stewart. What Stewart adds to the Daytripper experience is the realism of life. Color is how most people go about their day and one of the most colorful countries in the world is Brazil. The bright, vibrant colors of Brazil are subtly captured by Stewart. The bright blue of the waters off Salvador (Moon and Ma 40-42) adds to the richness of Bras's experiences with Olinda since the color blue symbolizes freedom and new beginnings. The freedom of blue is mixed with great use of orange, especially in the many scenes where Bras can be seen at dusk. Orange (Moon and Ma 36) is linked to energy without aggression. This energy is easily seen in Bras, he is calm, cool and collected but has this vibrant energy around him like his father did middle of paper......e because she too is changing. At first, Bras feels like his father doesn't care about him (Moon and Ma 13) since he forgot his birthday. However, this changes at the end of his life when he receives a letter from his father (Moon and Ma 242) in which his father expresses his love to his son and what it means to be a father. These evolving relationships are the latest in an exquisite set of features that make this book a wonderful addition to the English department. The English department would be foolish not to add this to their required readings because of its unlikely combination of art and storytelling. The masterful use of color to engage the reader while adding meaning is beautiful. The unique plot elements make it enjoyable and insightful. These two elements help to make the question more interesting: what are the most important days of your life?