Art Spiegelman's Nature Vs. Nurture
Nature vs. Nurture by Art Spiegelman
I enjoy the work of Art Spiegelman. Spiegelman uses the playful medium of comic books in order to communicate his thoughts and feeling on more serious topics. He is the only person to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for a comic book.
In Nature vs. Nurture Spiegelman explores the issue of gender and how much influence a parent has, (nurture), over what is innate with a child. In this entry I will describe this comic strip and give my opinion of what Spiegelman's thoughts are on the subject of nature vs. nurture.
The comic strip features an academic looking father and his three or four-year-old daughter. The strip begins with the father watching his daughter play with her doll. The girl's speech bubble says, "Poor baby sleepy? Okay
mama gonna sing you a lullabye!" The father responds with, "C,mon, Nadja. You don't just want to play with toys that reinforce preconceived gender roles, do you, sweetie?" After his little speech......
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