Algiers (Algeria)

First off I wanted to find out exactly Where the book was placed. I had read though the book not having a clear idea of exactly where it was or what kind of culture it was in.

Finding out it was boading the meditoraian coast helped give me some idea of what the sea would be like. Also gave a good insite into where the two cultures came from to make the gangs. 

the town seems to have a mixture of both new and old buildings. The modern buildings seem to be westernised buildings where as the older ones seem to be Arabic in appearance. It might help to find out the history of how Algiers has built up over the years. There seems to to more strong contrasts in rich and poor divides. The wealthy seem very well off and the poor seem very poor. This is a generational that can offend be cast over African countries. 

After looking more into the city I found that it is the capital of Algeria, which was probably more obvious than I noticed with a similar name. It is highly populated with over 3,000,000 people living in it. The city is split into a high end and low end as I thought. Most of the rich live in the modern end of the city, which is located along the coastline. The poorer less modern are is behind the skyscrapers from the sea.
It started off as a outpost due to it useful location in the Mediterranean sea. This was the main reason for its progress. It was involved heavily in the war of Algeria. But that was not till after the writing of the outsider. It also got its independence from France (1962) shortly after the publication of the book. So the book was written when France was still occupying it. The Story seems to also play on this long drawn out fight Algiers has with France.

initial thoughts

After reading though the book I went back to the brief and read over it to get a clear idea of what I needed to do here. Looking back over it, I think the biggest decisions in this project will not be about how I'm going to illustrate this but which parts I'm going to illustrate. Picking the write parts to illustrate I believe will be key this the success of this project. So before I decide on which parts I want to do I feel I should fill in some gaps left for me in the book.