Turtles will give you salmonella. It has been proven. Do not touch them. Ever.
Anyway, The Ages of Sin pairs certain (non-deadly, as far as I can tell) sins with an illustrative metaphorical image and explanation. Something about this one spoke to me, maybe because I do think turtles are like walking buckets of disease, maybe because I like that the man seems to have a deep-seated vendetta against them, and maybe because this very scene has most likely been played out many a time, "'cause turtles is goooood eatin'. "
In other news, Seamus Heaney got my special treatment over at Literary Makeovers!!!
2 comments:
No wonder you made your mom pick up that dead turtle so you could have its shell.
I like that the author/illustrator chose a tortoise shell to represent the quality of being obdurate because, no matter how hard you bash into that thing with an enormous scimitar, it just won't break.
I would make the opposite page an illustration of Gallagher, about to hit a rabbit with an enormous hammer. I think that would really drive home the proper attitude one should take towards sin, because everyone knows you don't want to sit in the front row on rabbit night.
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