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Girl on Wire: A discussion. Girl on Wire is a beautifully strung book threaded together with a sense of mystique and an underlying allegory. Starting off, in what seems like a somber, dystopian town, a girl is standing in a wire. Dark ominous clouds, now start to circle her as the girl knows she must begin. The story follows on as she faces her fears and crosses the wire, through character development and motivation. Analysis: As the story starts off, I felt a feeling of vagueness and something somewhat dreamy through the illustrations. The scenes seem cold, and bleak yet has a sense of innocence but also abhorrence. The wind is personified by it biting the girl and configuring a sense of animosity between them. She starts crossing the wire and, from what I can interpret is also the start of the complication. Halfway crossing the wire she stops, and collapses. The wind urges her on telling her that she is capable of doing it if she can. At this stage I feel that a lot is left hidden from the story and so at this point I don’t develop that much empathy for the character. It is also at this stage that I do not enjoy it as much as I did from the beginning, as now I only enjoy more of the art than the actual story line. Overall from beginning to end, on which the character reaches a heaven like place, I honestly did not enjoy the book itself rather the art. 6.5/10. Recommended for all ages