By Lauren White, Harper Minor, and Jordan Mason This infographic explores complacency in Ian McEwan in Saturday. First, we observed how complacency and proximity are closely correlated. Several times in the story, we saw how as a threat approached, characters took action to address the imminent threat. However, in other cases, when the threat was distant, …
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By Brooke Stepanek, Ben Smith, and Ethan Sinclair This infographic studies the theme of mortality in Ian McEwan’s Saturday. This theme is displayed through graphs from distant reading analyses about frequencies of specific terms such as “death” and “dead” in the book. Through the correlations between terms such as “dead” and “consciousness” as used through …
By Brooke Stepanek, Ben Smith, and Ethan Sinclair This infographic depicts loneliness and a lack of communications amongst the characters in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. The first panel focuses on the irony of the characters behaviors and feelings at a party. The nature of a party is to bring people together and yet it is …
By Yash Vaidya, Cassady Stewart, Zoë Szczesniak This infographic demonstrates the theme of conflict in ian McEwan’s, Saturday. More specifically, this infographic demonstrates the air of conflict present among the protesters, the conflict between Henry and Daisy, and the conflict wherever Baxter goes.This idea is represented in the infographic through various close readings and distant analyses. …
By: Naqiya Ujjainwala, Michael Griffin, and Jie Lyu Saturday Infographic Abstract This infographic explores how Ian McEwan’s novel Saturday exhibits the theme of clinical reasoning. The novel follows neurosurgeon Henry Perowne’s activities on Saturday, February 15th, 2003. The color scheme of the infographic is a cool gray with black and white to convey the practicality …
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By Jie Lyu, Michael Griffin, and Naqiya Ujjainwala This infographic discusses the theme isolation in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein from the perspective of the creature. Because of his unusual identity and terrifying appearance, he is abandoned by his creator, Victor, as well as other people in society. This isolation from humanity leads to his destructive path. The …
By Agnes McCarty, Josh Tukes, and Jack DeSalvo This infographic depicts the importance and presence of the news and media in London in 2003 in Ian McEwan’s novel Saturday. The novel follows Henry Perowne on Saturday, February 15, 2003, the day of the largest protest in London’s history. This protest was concerning the possible intervention …
