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indelible

unforgettable

Holocaust

the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler

fable

a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.

graphic novel

a novel in comic-strip format

jacket

the outside cover of a book

to convey

to express a message, to reveal, to tell

diminutive

a very small form or shape of something, miniature

reductionist

a complex issue explained in its most basic terms

Pulitzer Prize

The prestigious awards given annually for excellence in American journalism, literature, and music.

opus

work, book

gravity

seriousness, depth

explicit

fully and clearly expressed; showing or talking about sex or violence in a very detailed way

to impact

to have an effect on something or somebody

to be taken with

to be attracted or charmed by something or someone

to cite

to mention, to say something in justification

profanity

the use of obscene language or swearwords

in the wake of

as a consequence of, directly following after

to decry

to voice your strong objections against something

to deem

to think, believe; to consider, judge to be

Auschwitz

a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in Poland during World War II

panel

A distinct segment of the comic, an illustration, that put forth an idea. It describes a moment of the story.

prior to

before

compelling

having a powerful and irresistible effect, interesting

exposure

experience of something, the state of having no protection from something harmful

in the guise of

under the cover of, under the pretence of

to contextualise

to place something in its context

rupture

the burst of a harmonious and peaceful situation

inappropriate

wrong, not proper, not done

to conjure

to call (an image) to mind

headwind

opposing movement, opposition

I-Thou relationship

a relationship where a subject treats the other equally. Its about seeing the uniqueness of each individual and listening carefully.

to sanitize

to make something more acceptable by removing less pleasant aspects

to blurt out

to say something without thinking, to say something abruptly

marginalized

a person or group treated as insignificant, pushed outside of society

genocide

organized killing of an entire people

othering

the process whereby an individual or groups of people attribute negative characteristics to other individuals or groups of people that set them apart as representing that which is opposite to them

to resonate

to be recognised and accepted