ABC Analysis

Danny feels powerless when his cousin Chin-Kee visits him and embarrasses him at school. Danny goes to the gymnasium in order to be alone and get away from Chin-Kee. In panel 1 on page 125, the author draws Danny sitting on the gym floor. The author makes the mats behind Danny bigger than him. In this scene, the author shows us that Danny feels small. When the author does this in order to show us that Danny feels helpless because of the situation he is in. Instead of using dialogue the author uses perspective. When the author does this we as readers understand more throughly how Danny is feeling in the scene. Also, we understand that Danny is feeling alone. In panel one the artist uses very dull colors in the scene. The reader now understands the mood of the scene now. When the author does this it makes the reader feels how Danny feels. When we see dull and sorrowful colors it makes us feel those feelings. In panel 1 it also uses shading in the scene. In the panel it shows shadows all around Danny as he sits alone in the gym. The shading reveals that Danny is alone and feels lonesome. What the author is doing is enhancing the feeling of loneliness in the scene. It shows that the gym is empty, that Danny’s the only one in the room. When the author does this it reveals an internal conflict in Danny’s life. His internal conflict is that he feels helpless and alone in the scene. Danny feels powerless and alone during this time in his life.