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The Arrival
Taken From http://www.shauntan.net/books/the-arrival.html
The Arrival is a migrant story told as a series of wordless images that might seem to come from a long forgotten time. A man leaves his wife and child in an impoverished town, seeking better prospects in an unknown country on the other side of a vast ocean. He eventually finds himself in a bewildering city of foreign customs, peculiar animals, curious floating objects and indecipherable languages. With nothing more than a suitcase and a handful of currency, the immigrant must find a place to live, food to eat and some kind of gainful employment. He is helped along the way by sympathetic strangers, each carrying their own unspoken history: stories of struggle and survival in a world of incomprehensible violence, upheaval and hope.
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1) What interests Shaun Tan about belonging particularly?
2) What is the 'problem' of belonging?
3) What is existentialism?
4) What was the inspiration for Shaun Tan's book?
5) What is the difference between a picture book and a graphic novel?
