Cafeteria Commentary: The Lunchbox Moment
Cafeteria Commentary: The Reflection and Comic
Over the course of this class my main goal was to share the importance of diversity with the class and share little bits of myself through my blog. Every narrative and article I write is with the hopes that I get to reach my audience on a personal level. - I feel like it did both. I feel that the format helped get the point across in the form of visual medium, which would be beneficial to those who are visual learners. However, it did hinder me in the sense that I felt like I needed more panels to properly develop the plot of my story so that its easier to understand for the viewers. I found an article on the website "Eater" called "The Limits of the Lunchbox Moment" that discusses the "lunch box moments" of ethnic children in the cafeteria. The story i'm executing is one of a little boy eating carne guisada, beef stew, and is confronted by another student who thinks it's "gross". This is a challenge ethnic children often face when bringing cultural foods to school, we are ostracized for enjoying them and in turn we want to become more "normal"/"American." This leads us to question our identity, to want to be "American", and reject our culture entirely. I feel this is a shared experience amongst many immigrant children and children of immigrants. We are made fun of for enjoying the foods we find dearest to us and made to be ashamed. My graphic novel reflects the experiences of what many children go through when they bring food from home and being made fun of for enjoying it.
Link to article: https://rb.gy/kjhrv
Comic:
Aww I fell so bad for Aaron. I hope he realizes that Thomas is just a hater. I love the story overall.
ReplyDeleteI love how your comic strip described real world situations. I love how you reveal your intention in your reflection for your audience.-Tiph
ReplyDeleteHi Isa,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed how thoughtful your comic was as it portrayed a common occurrence for kids of differing background (Non- American) in an American school lunchroom. Though Aaron's appearance changes with 3/4 panels, I liked how you had the name under him. Your reflection was great, however, it did not clearly answer "What is a reading/writing assignment/class discussion that has broadened/deepened
your understanding of your ideas? Remember to cite it appropriately!"
Overall, good job!
- Lhianna
This was a really nice concised and precised way to enforce the idea of culture and identity. You did a really great job with subtly weaving it into your graphic novel. I fully understand where you were going with this and I think you did an excellent job with your comic strip as well. For your reflection, I agree with the statement of needing more panels because I was essentially in the same box as well feelng as though many won't understand the purpose or that my message wouldn't come across but as a viewer I can tell you that it did!- Jaleel Cardoso
ReplyDeleteFor starters,I really like how you connected your reflection to culture and identity. I also the comics details, I feel even if I wasn’t able to connect your reflection to the comic I would still be able, what the story was about. I also think it was good your included other platforms to further explain your point. I think your comic would be relatable to a lot of people, and overall you did a great job!! - Shaniyah
ReplyDeleteThis was a really relatable experience and it gives insight into the things we avoid in our day to day. Especially with lunch, I relate a lot. The times when people shame you for what you're eating lead you to feel a myriad of emotions like shame, or sadness. Thank yo for sharing your story
ReplyDelete- Totemi Adeyinka
DeleteYou did a great job using the graphic novel template to tell the story of Aaron and his lunch box movement. I think that your website has a great implicit theme and explicit connections all at the same time. We don't want lunchbox moments to happen which is why we need to learn more about each other's cultural foods, and if we do that institutional cafeterias will get better too! I was able to get all that from a few posts - Bless
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