Window By Jeannie Baker Analysis
Window by Jeannie Baker is a wordless picture book suitable for an audience of all ages. The illustrations are very detailed, hand drawn to perfection with pencils. Text is completely absent from the book, which therefor allows the reader to explore their thoughts and find their own conclusion.
Window touches base on theme of the effects of human development through a chronological order of elaborate drawings. As the title of the book suggests, the story is set through the eyes of looking through a bedroom window formatted across two pages, the window is kept as a continuum all throughout the story.
The beginning of the book is set in an unspoiled, rural area with a mother gazing out the window with a baby in her arms. The background consists …show more content…
The story is easy to read as it flows through every page with the continuum of the window, the overall underlying message is easily understood as dramatic progressive changes are presented in the background.
The format of the window is spread amongst two pages, and it remains to be the same bedroom window all throughout the story. That same window only changes to a different type of window on the last page accordingly to the story.
Towards the end of the story on page 13, some of the most prominent features on the page is the increase of cars, buildings, skyscrapers, an industrial factory producing emissions and a plane. In comparison from what it was earlier of the simplicity of nature, the whole view is bombarded with human changes. On this page, the colour orange completely dominates the illustration, primarily because it is the colour of the roofs and the number of houses have increased dramatically. It is also evident that the colour green has minimized because there is barely any grass or real trees …show more content…
Implying that the occupants of the house will be moving. This signals to the reader that it is very close to the end of the story which they’ve been following since the beginning of the book and the beginning of the protagonist’s life. Although what should be noted is that this is only the end of the chapter for the now-grown up baby boy, he continues another chapter of his life on the next page.
The life-like sketches drawn by pencil furthermore persuades the fact that this story is reality. With use of the same reoccurring window seal, the artist conveys the truth of development and change over time. The audience has the feeling of witnessing remarkable changes over the course of a couple of
Window touches base on theme of the effects of human development through a chronological order of elaborate drawings. As the title of the book suggests, the story is set through the eyes of looking through a bedroom window formatted across two pages, the window is kept as a continuum all throughout the story.
The beginning of the book is set in an unspoiled, rural area with a mother gazing out the window with a baby in her arms. The background consists …show more content…
The story is easy to read as it flows through every page with the continuum of the window, the overall underlying message is easily understood as dramatic progressive changes are presented in the background.
The format of the window is spread amongst two pages, and it remains to be the same bedroom window all throughout the story. That same window only changes to a different type of window on the last page accordingly to the story.
Towards the end of the story on page 13, some of the most prominent features on the page is the increase of cars, buildings, skyscrapers, an industrial factory producing emissions and a plane. In comparison from what it was earlier of the simplicity of nature, the whole view is bombarded with human changes. On this page, the colour orange completely dominates the illustration, primarily because it is the colour of the roofs and the number of houses have increased dramatically. It is also evident that the colour green has minimized because there is barely any grass or real trees …show more content…
Implying that the occupants of the house will be moving. This signals to the reader that it is very close to the end of the story which they’ve been following since the beginning of the book and the beginning of the protagonist’s life. Although what should be noted is that this is only the end of the chapter for the now-grown up baby boy, he continues another chapter of his life on the next page.
The life-like sketches drawn by pencil furthermore persuades the fact that this story is reality. With use of the same reoccurring window seal, the artist conveys the truth of development and change over time. The audience has the feeling of witnessing remarkable changes over the course of a couple of