Midterm 1. Explain how Scott McCloud?s Idea of ?amplification through simplification? described in chapter 2 of Understanding Comics, works in Allie Brosh?s Hyperbole and a Half. Note: ? write a three to five paragraph response and use examples from the book. ? Understanding Comics is a book by Scott McCloud and Hyperbole and a Half is a book by Allie Brosh.2. Write a response to the end of Watchmen. Do the ends justify the means? Who would you say is the villain in this story? Do you believe that the shocking acts of the final two chapters i.e. chapter 11 and 12 will bring about world peace?Note: ? write a three to five paragraph response and use examples from the book. ? Watchmen is a book by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. 3. ?It was Kovacs who said, ?mother? then, muffled under latex. It was Kovacs who closed his eyes. It was Rorschach who opened them again.? Explain the quote and write a paragraph. Your answer should tell who said it, the author and title of the work it appeared in, the context, and why it is significant or important. What does it tell us about the speaker or the text itself. Note: the quote ?It was Kovacs who said, ?mother? then, muffled under latex. It was Kovacs who closed his eyes. It was Rorschach who opened them again.? Is taken from the book Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Kindly use the book to answer it.4. ?A live body and a dead body contain the same number of particles. Structurally, there?s no discernible difference.? Explain the quote and write a paragraph. Your answer should tell who said it, the author and title of the work it appeared in, the context, and why it is significant or important. What does it tell us about the speaker or the text itself. Note: the quote ?A live body and a dead body contain the same number of particles. Structurally, there?s no discernible difference.? Is taken from the book Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Kindly use the book to answer it.5. ?And right now I should be talking to her?begging her to forgive me for?for the baby in her stomach and the way that I?m thinking about Essen?that?s right, call her Essen?forget how she felt?how her body and her lips felt?Barbara?I should talk to her. I shouldn?t be thinking?not about Sgt. Essen?and not about Batman. He?s a criminal. I?m a cop. It?s that simple. But?but I?m a copy in a city where the mayor and the commissioner of police use cops as hired killer?he saved that old woman. He saved that cat. He even paid for that suit. The hunk of metal in my hands has never felt heavier.? Explain the quote and write a paragraph. Your answer should tell who said it, the author and title of the work it appeared in, the context, and why it is significant or important. What does it tell us about the speaker or the text itself.Note: the quote ?And right now I should be talking to her?begging her to forgive me for?for the baby in her stomach and the way that I?m thinking about Essen?that?s right, call her Essen?forget how she felt?how her body and her lips felt?Barbara?I should talk to her. I shouldn?t be thinking?not about Sgt. Essen?and not about Batman. He?s a criminal. I?m a cop. It?s that simple. But?but I?m a copy in a city where the mayor and the commissioner of police use cops as hired killer?he saved that old woman. He saved that cat. He even paid for that suit. The hunk of metal in my hands has never felt heavier.? Is taken from the book Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli. Kindly use the book to answer it.6. Explain the literary terms Allusion, Metaphor, Foil character and Anti Hero in your own words and explain how these terms are used in the books Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud, Hyberpole and a half by Allie Brosh, Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli and Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Important Information: ? Answer question 1 and 2 in three pages ? Answer question 3, 4 and 5 in two pages ? Answer question 6 in one page.