Editing

The most noticeably present form of editing in the book which would also be seen as part of the art style was Miriam’s use of color or the lack of it. In We Are On Our Own for small parts the book switches from the past to the present and that is when the color difference is shown. When Miriam is talking about the past hardships she has her illustrations in simply black and white to show the bleakness of that time and to try to give off that feeling even at a glance while when she fast forwards to her time when she is showing her life after these hardships when everything is peaceful and good she illustrates the images with colors. This contrasts with the black and white of the past to emphasize that while the past was horrible and sad the present was peaceful and happy.

Below is an image example from the book to help show what I was talking about with contrasting colors relating to contrasting times/emotions

https://www.drawnandquarterly.com/sites/default/files/styles/creation-gallery/public/images/creations/gallery/We%20Are%20On%20Our%20Own/ON_OUR_OWN-05_1.jpg?itok=Mm-JIpMx

Below this is a link to a book that talks about other books written about the Holocaust that mentions Miriam and We Are On Our Own

https://books.google.ca/books?id=yCg8S0d6-vMC&pg=PA167&lpg=PA167&dq=we+are+on+our+own+a+memoir+by+miriam+katin+writing+style&source=bl&ots=sHrdc8Rfg_&sig=szZuFzhAW7jQRYSeHxe_8CNb1Kg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwicvo_akIfTAhVq64MKHfbtC-wQ6AEIUjAJ#v=onepage&q&f=false