Fell Part I Fell Analysis

Warren Ellis’s grim short story graphic novel Fell, Part 5, introduces us to an accused shooter Michael Connah, and a Detective Fell. The main story of Connah revolves around him being unable to find love and using hatred to destroy the lives of those he envies. The significance of the use of guns in Fell is substantial, carrying various key points in the story. Connahs use of weaponry to end the lives of those he believes are unduly rejecting him, and his final turning point. Turning the gun around and pointing it at himself. Guns are used as a medium into each characters emotional state. Throughout the story they are used to signify power, dominance, control, and how each character used the weapon and its meaning to achieve (or ultimately fail at achieving) their goal through the narrative. It is Connah’s gun violence that leads to him being detained and questioned, and it is Connah’s loathing towards couples, and his poor grip on control over his own actions that leads to such events. His access to firearms allowed his polluted thoughts to cause harm to others. His weaponry allowed him to force the dark parts of his mind into reality. Connah has gone mad with the idea of being in control. “And you sit up there in your corner apartment and you watch. All the unhappy couples walking under you, up there in your dominant

On the final panels of page 10, Fell is given an opportunity to take out a firearm of his own and take out Connah, but Fell doesn’t take the opportunity. Even after Fell has achieved full control of the situation, and is shown to feel an urge to end Connah’s life, he doesn’t take it. Warren Ellis once again carefully sets up and demonstrates his characters personalities through the use of guns. Fell’s response to, and use of guns in comparison to Connah is used to examine in contrast their distinctive personalities. More specifically, how they react to the gain and loss of