The Underground War in Gaza by Joe Sacco - 1514 Words

In our American society, newspapers are very important they provide a lot of solid information of what is happening in national and international level. Newspapers are usually written to expose conflicts, peace, knowledge, lost, and other cultural media. These articles can be written in different forms such as of multiple paragraph, photos, and comics; such as the one that the New York Times newspaper releases from their journalist, Joe Sacco the author of the comic book â€Å"The Underground War in Gaza† on July 6, 2003. In his comic he exposes the conflicts between Israel and Palestine. Sacco then illustrates the attacks that are happening in Palestinian territories, where the Israeli army attempts to maintain control with the excuse of†¦show more content†¦Throughout Sacco’s comic he chooses to draw himself as part of the comic, in doing so he shows how his charter is the only one that has an actual communication with the upper level of the Israeli army, dem onstrating that Palestinians have no way of communication with the opposing side. In addition to Sacco strategies, the first perspective Sacco shows in his comic book is protection. Even when protection happens in both sides of conflict, Palestine is illustrated as a more protective community, since the invaders are located within their territories. He shows how protection is within the Palestinian and Israeli families and pride. Sacco adds that families began to leave their houses, in page 24, he presents, â€Å"his family was chased out by constant Israeli gunfire,† in this quote Sacco draws himself also in the frame next to Mr. T. a man who is looking after his family’s security. This man has to make a life decision of leaving their â€Å"secure home,† to find an actual secure place for his family. Sacco points out those guns are in the hands of Israeli army, but also in Palestinians hands. He chooses to not make the clear connection but the constant firing happens when there are two different parties attacking. This attack is seen as a pro tection for both countries lives. In the other hand Israelis are protecting their families that live in the other side of the borders; they don’t want their families to live through what is happening in Palestine for this same reasonShow MoreRelatedEssay on Joe Sacco880 Words   |  4 Pages Joe Sacco’s job isn’t to write funny cartoons that belong in the Sunday morning paper. His works also aren’t average articles packed with nothing but boring statistics. Sacco may be a journalist, but there’s much more to him than his notepad and pen; he’s a traveler, an artist, and someone who thinks making a difference in the world is important by putting people’s stories out there. According to his Wikipedia page, Sacco had a hard time finding a job with hard-hitting, attention-grabbing pieces