I Am Not Named After Jumanji - Midterm Project
I want you to picture an epic fantasy. Full of powers, complex relationships, death, survival, all of it. The build-up to every fight is so drawn out, by the time it happens, your heart rate exceeds 180 bpm and your fitness watch gives you a heart attack warning. The supporting characters all have un-ordinary names, representative of the un-ordinary nature of the plot itself, but it’s nothing compared to the depth of the main character’s name. “John.” When I first read this comic, I was undoubtedly flabbergasted and frankly disappointed with his name. With friends named Blyke and Seraphina, John stuck out. Now, in itself, there is nothing wrong with the name, but for nearly 400 chapters, I’ve wondered why the author would make the figurehead of the story so…ordinary. Why are characters named the way they are? What does it reveal about their identity? And most importantly, what does a name tell us about the character’s sto...