Shaun Tan Visual Analysis
Because suburbia can become a working town of its own, those that reside inside the bubble extended over suburbia can lose touch with the outside world. The man of the house is able to commute to the city and leave the confines of the picket fence. He does not feel as imprisoned in his home as his wife and children do. Children become the victims of suburbia because once they enter adulthood they know nothing other than the bubble they were raised under. Shaun Tan’s image supports the negative suburban myth that suburbia isolates the people living inside while also burdening to outsiders. Shaun tan created an image that shows two boys sitting along the edge of a colossal wall. This wall takes up almost the entire picture leaving
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The colors surrounding them in the background seem lacking and without life. The grass seems to be in the process of losing life from the brownish green color in all the visible lawns. The sun is the brightest part of the picture. The sunset is also creating a focal point on the wall and the boys. A sun setting tends to signify the end of something. This end could represent that of the connection with the rest of the world, or the boys’ adventurous childhoods. Suburbia seems to have a myth that for children it is the place where dreams die. In some cases that myth is true. Children, because they are stuck in a monotonous world, can begin to lack the ability to think differently than that of others. The children living there are not incapable of this, they just have never been given the opportunity to be different and chase their dreams. This sunset signifies an end, and the brightness of these colors show that it is an end to something large and important, like a life of individuality. The brightness of the color is very prominent in the middle of the photo, but it fades toward the bottom of the wall. The sun could also be setting on their chances of ever living beyond the wall. This wall is keeping them secluded and the darkening color toward the bottom shows that they might never be able to
The colors surrounding them in the background seem lacking and without life. The grass seems to be in the process of losing life from the brownish green color in all the visible lawns. The sun is the brightest part of the picture. The sunset is also creating a focal point on the wall and the boys. A sun setting tends to signify the end of something. This end could represent that of the connection with the rest of the world, or the boys’ adventurous childhoods. Suburbia seems to have a myth that for children it is the place where dreams die. In some cases that myth is true. Children, because they are stuck in a monotonous world, can begin to lack the ability to think differently than that of others. The children living there are not incapable of this, they just have never been given the opportunity to be different and chase their dreams. This sunset signifies an end, and the brightness of these colors show that it is an end to something large and important, like a life of individuality. The brightness of the color is very prominent in the middle of the photo, but it fades toward the bottom of the wall. The sun could also be setting on their chances of ever living beyond the wall. This wall is keeping them secluded and the darkening color toward the bottom shows that they might never be able to