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Asterios Polyp uses various techniques to tell a story using illustration and some dialogue. Most noticeably, color influences the comic’s storytelling immensely. His color palette changes throughout the comic to change the mood of each scene/frame. Color has a huge impact on storytelling because it can change how the reader perceives the emotion of each scene. Cold colors are used more often when the scene is giving off a dreary and or miserable sort of vibe. The artist also uses color to isolate the protagonist from other characters shown in the comic so that it shows how the protagonist feels separated from others. In addition to color, the cinematic composition also drastically effects the piece. To explain, some of the action scenes are at a dutch angle to emphasize the speed and drama in the events that are taking place. Polyp elaborates on the size of the protagonist by making him appear small in scale when the story takes a negative turn and makes him appear larger in scale wh...

      The time frame is during the day on the photographer's day off (Modern day). I believe the writer's attitude towards the woman if neutral at first but as the story progresses he portrays the woman in a different more negative light. For example, the phrasing "the product of a sharp observant eye" sounds almost sarcastic and or cynical. The text implies that photography requires patience and you have to have a well-trained eye as well as a thought-provoking subject to shoot. The repetition of the term "go-getters" functions as a contrast to the photographer but for the writer, he uses it to develop the story. The final sentence reveals the writer's negative opinions of the woman "photographer". The new idea that appears in the final sentence if that this woman is in the wrong for taking another person's picture without permission and she is also showing this random citizen in a negative light. Also, the writer discredits this woman...