Contract with GOD by Will Eisner

A Contract With GOD by Will Eisner was such a great read. The text did not overshadow any of the images; everything works seamlessly with one another. Truly a masterpiece and a great work in the graphic novel genre. Will Eisner's style of rendering and the use of text in the drawings are superb, they fuse with the drawing themselves and give the scene a more cohesive feel; which allows for a much more immersive experience. I want to say that one of the reasons why this is so easily read and immersive is because of the use of simplified characters. Scott McCloud explains this in his Understanding Comics book, even though I obviously wasn't around in the 30's Bronx town I was able to connect with the narrative through the characters and their storytelling. 
After the first "chapter" or story I began to realize that these stories were more or less a way of using real life events and turning them into fiction to teach people morals. I will admit I am not very good at deciphering messages out of text and it's quite hard for me to pick up on secret meanings to readings. The way I interpreted the graphic novel was such, the stories begin somewhat wholesome or at least they seem normal enough with no devious tones. Only after you're introduced to the characters and their situations does the story dive deeper into their background and reveals something not morally sound. For example in the first chapter we have was a man of faith who then challenges God because God "broke" their contract, he then falls from faith and only when its too late does he wants to repent. To me that read as a message of discipline, the man had a good life up until he challenged God and then afterwards he did have riches but he wasn't happy and only when his life was closing did he want to make a mends with God. But if he had stayed true to his contract with God it would have been different; I believe God was testing his faith and unfortunately the man broke. Mind you I'm not a very religious person and my relationship with faith is strange. I do believe there has to be something greater than humanity out there but I'm just not sure what has been shown to us is true divinity. I may be wrong but I still try to live my life with morals and discipline because I believe it’s what right. So the message I picked up from this novel is that every time something seemed immoral it was met with a just consequence. Which truth be told is a big factor on how I live my life. 
I honestly really enjoyed this work of art and it helped to remind me to stay disciplined and live a wholesome and humble life.