Show And Tell By Scott Mccloud Summary

The Visualize Animal Humans are amazing beings, because we have consciousness, intelligence and most importantly, the eyes that can see colors. Scientific explanation of this, is because of the evolution. Being able to see colors allowed human to look for edible fruits and survive better in this cruelty world. In the present time, hunting and looking for fruits are no longer necessary for humans to survive, so being able to see colors still benefit us in a different way. During ours early childhood, we learned through images, but as we grow up, less and less images can be seen in the textbook. In the work of Scott McCloud--Show and Tell, he demonstrates the images are important for us to learn better and images are able to convey ideas better.

They couldn’t see, the only thing that they can do is by touching and listen to people’s descriptions. It is hard for them to portray what an elephant looks like. Therefore, images are necessary for learning. According to McCloud’s work “show and tell” page 745 “In comics at its best, words and pictures are like partners in a dance and each one takes turns leading.” This indicates that images and words do not have conflict when putting both together. In contrast, they will provide a more clearly understanding of a new knowledge. In the article Lost literacy: how graphic novels can recover visual literacy in the literacy classroom, the author Gillenwater indicates student will

Showing people “something” is more likely to convince them. This is one of the reason that people always use gesture while communicating. Especially, the people who participate in any kind of elections. They use various of gestures to grab attention and give their speeches. This can be seen in the Show and Tell where McCloud portrayed himself with different kind of postures and gestures. His gestures and postures give the audience a sense of credible because he seems confident with his point. His gestures also help him to make the whole work runs on smoothly. One of the gesture can be seen in the page 750 where McCloud crosses his arms. McCloud’s crossing arms makes the readers pause and think about what he had said. In another word, images can provoke the emotion of the audiences and leave strong impression in audiences’