Reflection on "The Three Pigs" by David Wiesner

 

To be honest I loved this book. It Impacted me in a way that "Tristam Shandy" did the first time i read it; I was captivated and I felt refreshed. It's definitely a soulful experience to have a piece of literature do that. From the moment that the first pig became more animated I was so fixated on the new details of this childrens novel. I feel like this is such a powerful way to captivate the reader. By going outside of the norm in a visual book I feel like this book surpases so manycultural  boundaries that are set on books.

 

I loved the way that the story literally floats into other childhood stories that I grew up with. What an ingenious way to be intertaxual...(that was supposed to be read ironically). I love that the characters create their own path and we ,the reader, are just along for the ride. I would have to say my favourite part of the entire story would have to be on the final page where the one pig is putting up the letters that he has chosen to end the book with. By writting "And they lived happily ever aft[er]" the pig is exentuating his own thoughts while going with the classic finish to a childhood book. I loved as well that this version of the book does not emphasize the age or size of the pigs like the original "Three Little Pigs". I feel like this adds to the magic of this book and how creative it is. 

 

I really did love this book and I am very excited to see where reflection two brings us...