Bee-Wigged by Cece Bell
Summary
Analysis
Comparing Bee-Wigged with El Deafo:
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The End
- Both El Deafo and Bee-Wigged are incredibly didactic and focused on inclusion.
- Both books utilized animal characters and 'The Fantastic" factor
- El Deafo was more in-depth and seemed to be geared to a higher audience then Bee-Wigged.
Illustrations
- Incredibly TCP
- Illustations are cartoon-like and bright
- Male Protagonist
- The Fantastic
- Good wins
- Didactic
- Low stakes
- The wig starts talking and it is discovered that the wig is actually a guinea pig
- "Wiglet" tells everyone how nice Jerry is and everyone cheers for Wiglet and Jerry
- Wiglet becomes Jerry's best friend
- Cartoon- like, no hard lines, almost childlike
- Bright, saturated colors
- Illustrations encompass entire page except for taking a screen shot into Jerry Bee's memories
- Memories seen in non-sequitur panels
- White space is played with every couple of pages
Summary
The Middle
- Jerry finds a wig on the ground and discovers that he looks like a boy when he wears it.
- Jerry goes to school and makes lots of friends.
- Jerry is asked to be the Grand Marshall of the school parade
- Jerry's wig falls off in the school parade and everyone is afraid of him again
Summary
The Beginning
- Follows Jerry the Bee who is described as "the most enormous bee anyone had ever seen (Bell,2008)."
- Jerry is introduced as being incredibly friendly and loved people.
- It was discovered that Jerry had a difficult time making friends.
Bell, Cece. Bee-wigged. Cambridge: Candlewick, 2008. Print.
Taylor Vest ENG 380 Fall 2015