Man Who Walked Between The Towers
By: Mordicai Gerstein
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein tells the true story Philippe Petit. Petit is a young man, working as a street performer, who rides unicycles, juggles balls and fiery torches, and most of all, loves to walk and dance on a rope. After walking around in New York City, he looks at two of the tallest buildings and notices the space between them. With the help of a few friends, he decides to sneak into the building at night and walk between the towers.
After examining the book, I noticed several types of lines. The pictures mainly consisted of diagonal or straight lines. These lines can help the reader depict the direction the object is moving or which way the object will move. In the middle of the book, Philippe and his friends sneak onto the roof of the two towers at midnight. Once they reach the top of the tower, they tie a thin and strong line to an arrow and shoot it across to the other tower. However, the line misses the roof and lands on a ledge fifteen feet below. The diagonal line helps us depict which way the rope went.