A Plot Summary of Where\'s Waldo by Martin Handford Essay

Since Waldo of Wheres Waldo? began his journey twenty five years ago, Waldo has ventured to all different countries, left Earth for space travel, and even defied physics going as far as a successful time travel journey, all in the attempts of evading the reader. To know where Waldo hides now, one must first define him. Waldo has been portrayed as a happy man always choosing a red and white striped sweater along with a pair of round glasses as his outfit for the day. But if examined closer, Waldo becomes more than just a game Waldo represents the loved ones we have lost and things we can never get back.While searching intently for Waldo, the reader quickly begins to fall for the shy mans strange charm, only wanting to find him more as the time passes by. Humans find this elusiveness attractive because if the readers can still hunt for something, then it remains obtainable in their mind. Searching for Waldo for the first time can seem hard but the reader still believes Waldo will appear. When hunting for Waldo initially, one may feel the grief similar to that of losing a loved one, falsely believing the loved one remains obtainable and always searching. After the denial, the reader feels anger and becomes obsessed. Anyone that has tried to find Waldo knows the frustration, the long battle before finally finding him. The determination to find Waldo remains, the reader cannot tear the book away no matter the amount of anger felt towards this fictional character. One may feel anger towards their self over the untimely loss and obsess over the past. Waldo resides in the next and final stage, acceptance. Waldo begins to appear in the moments that the searcher accepts he will not find Waldo. Once located, the reader moves onto (to) the next page and finds a new map to search for Waldo in. When the grief finally ends, the...

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