I want to I want to start by saying this reading has left me if a state of shock that no reading has ever done. Many of us, if not all of us, have heard and learned about the unsettling stories of refugees’ struggles/treatment. However, the fact that this story is told through pictures and vivid images has been an eye-opening experience. The image itself allows adds to the powerful words. It’s one thing when you hear the stories, and it’s another thing to see them–putting the two together is just a masterpiece. A specific image that left me starstruck was right before chapter 4. At first, it starts like a ‘crunched up paper’ with the saying, ” there are hundreds of stories like this…” Initially, I thought the ‘crunched up paper’ signified the ending of the whole comic because it opened up with someone entering the detention center to experience and meet people my their drawing. The ‘crunched up paper’ was the magnified two images and showed ‘trapped’ like faces with the saying ” they are not in detention to be punished… not processed”. The image emphasized the term punished and illustrated trapness, which is also ironic because the meaning of detention/detained is to “keep (someone) from proceeding; hold back” (google definition). The image itself is a form of communication from the refugees. This image, along with others, left a lasting effect because I was able to absorb and synthesize what I saw rather than what I was reading. Visual was highly influential in this case and I will say this reading left a mark.