I Have Not Been Unhappy My Whole Life!

I liked how she used the word whole to during the illuminated text. She made the W disappear from the word whole, which meant the hole Bird had in his heart from his father’s death, mother’s loneliness, and his distance from Alma. I also liked the pictures since it flowed with the meaning of the quotes. One particular one that I liked was when Bird was standing at the Lemon stand and the quote about a man space is what he makes use of it appeared. Once that appeared, she made him walk around the trash. This helped me visualize the actions and cope with the overall feeling of the Illuminated Text. I thought she was trying to apply Birds efforts and pain into the text also. And that went well with the rain background.

I also liked the sudden mood change from Bird sadness, to his efforts, and lastly to his determination. I especially liked the quote when Bird said don’t worry about the flood because he’ll save them. To me it meant that he was focused, which the illustrations of the lemonade stand helped show also. Lastly, I thought that the word Life at the beginning of the Illuminated text told us what the text was going to be about. And since life is full of troubles and efforts it told us we’ll read and see about Bird troubles and efforts as well.