March vol. 1-3 (6)

  March was an interesting read in a sense I sometimes find biographies to be not as engaging but I think the fact that it is put in a comic format engaged me in a sense it put the reader there in the moments of John Lewis' life, I also thought it was more impactful on how it was presented. Like in volume 1 when it starts with Lewis and people participating in the civil rights movement march across Edmund Pettus Bridge it such an impactful opening along with the imagery of the violence happening despite it being a peaceful protest. John Lewis is an inspiration but also he is just an overall nice normal guy, I feel like figures like him are beyond normal people because of the things they accomplished but in the end, he is a normal man but there is still so much respect for him. Throughout the volumes, I empathized with the struggles that happened and sometimes I felt so much rage and sorrow at the actions and violence people would do to those peaceful protestors and I know it happened but seeing makes it more real even if it is not actual photographs.


  March overall is inspiring and it is nice that this graphic novel was informative about an important time and an important figure. John Lewis is such an inspirational man I honestly wish I knew more about him I especially wished we learned about him in school. I found March to be inspirational in the sense that it represented that time in this country in a very real way but also humanizing, I thought the representation of the people and the events to be accurate and overall well done. I do not think it was done in an overdramatic way, I think everything was done just right. Graphic novels of this nature make me wish they provided reading material like this in school since I feel it is an engaging way for students to read about important subjects in history and also opens up variety for students who have trouble reading. 

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