Honestly, I went through something very similar as a college student as well – a shift in my belief system. We get to see Craig’s perceptions and beliefs shift. I guess seeing the pain visually adds to the emotional experience.Īnd while I thought I would be turned off by the faith thing -faith is a very large theme in Blankets– I had assumed there but be preachiness, but actually the faith in Blankets was something I could personally relate to. First, for Craig being unable to protect his brother, Phil, from a bad experience. Oh, friends Blankets by Craig Thompson made me ache. Then we shift to Christmas breaks where Craig would go to church camp for a week and eventually fall for a girl named Raina. Portraits of bullying pepper the story and one feels for Craig who fits in nowhere. It opens with childhood and Craig sharing a bed with his little brother Phil where they pretend the bed is a ship on the high seas. Blankets by Craig Thompson is an autobiographical story about Thompson’s coming of age.
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