[Draft only] Unity Between Two

How do text and image work together to create character, conflict and the theme?

In the book Fox, Ron Brooks's illustrations and Margaret Wild's story work together to give a deeper meaning, creating a bigger story. A few of the pages are just illustrations without any text on it. Even then, you are still able to read the concept of that page. In one of the first activities we did, Ms. Gonnerman covered the text on a page where Magpie was perched on Dog's back with him looking at her while he was running to create the illusion for Magpie flying. All our inferences about the text on that page were about how Dog was Magpie's wings and Magpie, Dog's blind eye. This is the beginning of their friendship. The beginning of unity.

From the beginning of the story, it is easy to tell that Dog will befriend Magpie. It starts off with Magpie slumped in a dark cave, wanting to 'melt into the blackness.' The optimistic Dog tells her to keep her head up, pointing out that he is blind in one eye but Magpie argues with him saying that it feels worse not being able to fly. How would you feel if you weren't able to run?' This question leaves Dog in silence, but he asks her to hop onto his back anyway. He takes her to a lake in the forest where there's a shallow reflection of themselves, but going deeper into it, Magpie knows she's not the same person. She died from her old self, and she's not coming back. But she chooses to stay with Dog, which is a good idea because their friendship started to have some spark as the days passed by.

But the antagonist, Fox, comes into the picture and breaks their friendship. A kink in a chain. Both Dog and Magpie stay loyal to each other, keeping the unity there.... until betrayal strikes.