The way we fictionalize death is an extension of our thoughts on death. The attitude of death in our entertainment mediums reflect a snapshot in time of how out society and culture deals with death at that time, and the medium which can bring it to the mass market the fastest are comic books.

Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson is comprised of five introductory pieces, the autobiography itself, and a concluding interview. Each of these framing pieces contributes to the style and shape of the narrative in their own way, providing a solid structure and foundation around which the world of Carson’s re-imagining of Stesichoros’s story fragments take place.

Don McKay uses metaphor as a method of conveying description, tone and emotion to his reader. In his collection Camber, McKay uses metaphor to convey his meaning to the reader via pop-culture reference, cultural illusion, and symbolic imagery.