In her New Yorker cover for September 12, 2011, Ana Juan persuades the viewers to mourn the loss of the victims of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center. To persuade the minds of the viewer, Ana Juan creates a New York skyline, with the reflection of the Twin Towers in the water, rather than the buildings, in reference to the new memorial pools that were being built for the tenth anniversary of the attack, dark colors, and sharp lines. By creating this image of closure and reflection, Juan forces her readers to sense a loss in New York. She hopes that by connecting to those that view the cover in this way, they will commemorate the attack and the victims, on the tenth anniversary.
Write a Reflection about the way past and present are depicted in the drawing.
Juan perfectly brings together the past and the present in her drawing to create a better future. To represent the past, she shows the reflection of the Twin Towers that used to stand in the drawn out New York skyline. To represent the present, she creates a New York skyline where these two buildings are missing. To represent how these two components can look towards a brighter future, she places the buildings in the water to represent the memorial pool that was placed at Ground Zero a few months after this was published. Ana even said of her drawing “I have to brainstorm while grieving”. Even while she was reflecting on the past, as someone who witnessed the 9-11 attack first hand, she brainstorms how to commemorate the victims in the future.
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