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Epileptic - A Graphic Novel by David B.

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"Epileptic" is a graphic novel written by David B. that took place in Europe, most of it in France between the 1960s-200s. In most of the novel, David who his real name is Pierre-François talked about the Algerian War and most of the other wars that he heard of from his parents and his grandparents. Algeria is an Arab country in the Maghreb region of North Africa on the Mediterranean coast where 90% of its land is desert and also one of France's longest-held overseas territories. In the story and according to David, “Algeria is a desert full of fortresses with legionnaires inside” (B 14). Pierre-François sees the country as a war territory that contains only empty landscapes filled with castles, soldiers and camels. The Algerian War or as they call it the Algerian War of Independence, was between an established French army and an irregular forces of the Algerian population who fought between 1954 and 1962. Issues between French and Algerians were built since France colonized Algeria, on how the French treated its land and its people. The first issue was on how the French colonial saw Algeria as a vast area of productive agricultural land that can be used as a place for the European settlers who came from Europe. These people were known as pied noirs, or “Black Feet” (Horne 51). They were situated along the coast and the main cities of Algeria. The Muslims of Algeria saw how the pied noirs were taking over their lands without giving them any of its profits and leaving them behind as the country is not theirs. These Settlers caused the native population to decline mainly because of diseases which the settlers brought into the country, and also the economic inequalities and unemployment among the Algerian Muslim population. Political control was another issue in Algeria. As a French territory, Algeria would quickly become a subject unto which the French policy was inconclusive, France managed to develop and separate French and

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