The Crow is Despair

Despair means loss of hope, someone or something that causes hopelessness. The graphic novel, The Crow is an exact example of the word despair. The crow is about a man that loses his wife to some thugs when his car broke down. First they shoot him in the head but he dint die, and then they try to rape his wife, but instead they cut her head off. After the death of his wife his heart was torn in to pieces. He felt mad because he promised her nothing would ever happen to her. He wanted revenge for the murder of his wife by killing all the guys that were there that night. Eric felt lonely and hopeless without his wife in his life.

 Some examples of the book were it shows despair is when Eric see's a white horse running free in the wild, but then at some point the horse is running and doesn’t notice there is barbwire and gets tangled and hurt. Eric cry’s like he’s lost something that’s valuable to him and it’s his happiness. Eric felt hopeless and tangled in his heart that he lost that one person that made him feel happy. Eric lays down in the couch thinking about his wife, and all the happy times he’s had with her. This is a moment of despair for Eric because he sleeps in the couch all alone.  When he has a big bed in his room but doesn’t go there because it reminds him of her. He stares into the ceiling just wondering how things could’ve been different if she was still alive.

Another example is when Eric holds his head, grinding his teeth, eyes griming closed and all he hears is “why are you doing this to yourself?”. This scenario is dark and a moment of despair where Eric wants to stop thinking about everything. He hates remembering everything that had happened in the past because it makes him even more frustrated, and makes him feel lonely. He knows he’s only hurting himself by thinking about his dead wife.Eric sits down near the window also looking out, with his arms crossed across his legs, the mood is dark colored in his house the only thing giving light inside is the light from the outside coming in through the window. Giving a sensation that he wants to be alone. This is also a scene of despair because Eric looks sad, and hopeless, just wondering about something looking out.  The house also looks like a mess, the little tree he has next to him is dead with nothing on it, almost a sign of he doesn’t care about anything no more.