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From: Linnea Hendrickson <lhendr>
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 13:47:42 -0700
I don't have the book in front of me either, but if I remember rightly the spreads following the one where rabbit pulls the elephant into the picture from beyond the right edge show rabbit carrying the animals from right to left. I took this to mean that rabbit was going back to where he'd left the elephant.
Often reversal of action (movement from right to left rather than from left to right) signifies a return, or that something is in disorder. In Where the Wild Things Are, Max chases the dog from right to left
(emphasizing his disobedience)in the opening picture, and when he leaves the land of the wild things, he returns by sailing back the way he had come. There is also a change of direction (perhaps several) in the midst of the wild rumpus, which contributes to our feelings of uneasiness. I believe Perry Nodelman discusses this in Words about Pictures.
The underlying assumption is that left to right is normal: when the direction is reversed, it may mean something.
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 13:47:42 -0700
I don't have the book in front of me either, but if I remember rightly the spreads following the one where rabbit pulls the elephant into the picture from beyond the right edge show rabbit carrying the animals from right to left. I took this to mean that rabbit was going back to where he'd left the elephant.
Often reversal of action (movement from right to left rather than from left to right) signifies a return, or that something is in disorder. In Where the Wild Things Are, Max chases the dog from right to left
(emphasizing his disobedience)in the opening picture, and when he leaves the land of the wild things, he returns by sailing back the way he had come. There is also a change of direction (perhaps several) in the midst of the wild rumpus, which contributes to our feelings of uneasiness. I believe Perry Nodelman discusses this in Words about Pictures.
The underlying assumption is that left to right is normal: when the direction is reversed, it may mean something.
-- Linnea Linnea Hendrickson Albuquerque, NM Lhendr at unm.edu http://www.unm.edu/~lhendrReceived on Fri 07 Feb 2003 02:47:42 PM CST
