Preacher Questions

These are a series of questions asked within the class to the comic "Preacher"


Were there any prominent symbols in what we read and how were they used?

Well there were a lot of symbols of the theme of God with the depiction of Genesis and how they were incorporated into the story. Genesis was used as a being from heaven coming down to Earth to process a soul and it soon processes Jesse and destroys the church. Jesse later states that the voices that he hears in his head are similar to the voices of God commanding him to give voice to the lords teachings, kind of fits since he's a preacher. You could say his killing people in the church was him killing all of the sinners for their actions and them not being excepted like Noah's ark.

Is there a aspect of the story in which you were able to make a personal connection, what was the nature of the connection?

I'm not sure that I felt a personal connection with the elements presented in the story since I didn't really go through all of the "edgy" matters that happened like running away from enforcers or the truth behind people. I guess I could say it was based on when everyone went to church. While in the comic people only went to church just to see Jesse make a fool of himself in front of everyone like he did in the bar the night before but for me it was different. My mother usually goes to church when we visit her home town and when she does she usually see's people who were in gangs or how sold drugs or even those that had babies from different men and they went to church acting all mighty and worshiped despite their past actions. They would tell others about their change even though others have been going to church longer. It's like the two rapist who went to church acting like going there would make their actions forgivable. It was disgusting and hilarious to see people go through that metamorphosis like there were always little angles. That's the only real connection I felt.

If you were to adapt this story to another medium, what changes would you make and why?

While generally most people would go for a movie, I would try to go into the video game genre. I would make it be a objective based game while caring elements from the video game "Heavy Rain" where the cutscenes were more interactive and environmental. I would have to remove the word nigger and fag and replace them with other forms of dialogue that gets the point across of them referring to African Americans and a cigarette. I would also make the violence not that impactful but still have the effect of brutality in the slaughter of the cops and people in church. I feel a video game effect is more interactive than just viewing a movie and you could get away with more crazy effects while keeping the tone the same or at least similar to the comic.