Street Art

Some Qualities I noticed in the documentary was how different artists made their art differently. Some artists used stencils to show their art and others printed there art and just pasted it onto a wall.  For our art pieces we will use the Chris Jorden art style. we will make a coffee cup and pixelate the image and make each pixel represent how many coffee cups end up in a landfill every second. Its going to be epic.

Something that amazed me was the fact that the artists went through so much work and risked getting arrested, not only that, they they risked their lives. It amazed me to see how important it was to get their art out there and express themselves.

The decided that instead of having a boring art exhibit. They would post there art all over the city. Some artists wrote a note explaining what their art piece's message is. And others made there message made it a little bit harder to grasp. Like  Invader, all he did was post space invaders all over the city and it was hard to tell that he was saying that we are being invaded by technology.

Harrison Bergeron Political Cartoon

This political cartoon explains that if everyone is equal in every way it is painful and depressing, as shown on the left side. But this cartoon also shows that if everyone acts like their self then everyone will be happy.  This represents the book because in the story everyone must be equal and if something made a person different(like being tall), then the government would issue that person a handicap which that person must wear or the person would go to jail.

political cartoon

my definition: a political cartoon is a cartoon that shows a politic, like a senator portraying an action that he/she will do, what he/she is thinking, had already been done, what people think of them, or what they are expected to do.

their defintion:An editorial cartoon, also known as a political cartoon, is an illustration or comic strip containing a political or social message, that usually relates to current events or personalities.

its purpose is to either make fun of the politic, or to inform readers.

I think that Kafka chose to turn Gregor into a nasty cockroach because if he chose a cute animal it would not make the family's attempt to care for Gregor as interesting as it was. If Gregor was a cute butterfly i don't think his father would bombard him with rotting apples. Kafka knew that if he made Gregor an adorable, loving creature, then he would not be able to show how frustrating and scary it is for his family to care for him. If he did not make Gregor a nasty insect then that would not have tested the family's ability to care for Gregor. which would make a boring story. I also think the cockroach symbolizes how Gregor and possibly the author him self, thought about themselves. I think that he was trying to say that some people don't deserve to be human unless you live life. Instead of just waking up and going to work, and then go home and sleep, and then repeat that cycle for the rest of your life.

I think he chose the roach because no one cares about cockroaches. His sister was the only one that showed that she still cared about Gregor, but that feeling quickly faded. Nobody wanted anything to do with him. which is why he was treated like trash and was being imprisoned in a nasty room which was used to store all the useless crap that was around the house.

A way that the Samsa family benefit from each other is that Gregor, The main character, brings in all the money for the household and is also contributed to paying off his parents unspecified amount of debt. Even after all of the things Gregor does for the family, his father does not make him feel appreciated at all. The way his dad was waking him up the morning he discovered he was a bug was just rude, he didn't even bother to ask if anything was wrong. The only person who shows they really care about Gregor is his sister,Grete. Even when Gregor was a hideous, monstrous cockroach, she brought him food and milk and the fact that she gave Gregory milk.  "the milk, which otherwise is his favorite drink and which his sister had certainly placed for that reason". His sister knows what he likes and you can tell that they are very close, and his sister wants what is best for him, no matter what.

After thinking about how Gregor's family interacts and how my family behaves i have come up with a set of rules which, when followed will make a healthy family.

1.) Respect one another

2.) All family members help around the house

3.) Be concerned for one another

4.) Respect one another's property

5.) Look for ways to help each other and make their lives easier

Based on these rules the Samsa family has earned a D. The only two people that respect each other are the brother and sister, the two parents have not shown any respects to their kids whatsoever. The family also breaks the "helping around the house rule", all the father does is sat at home and be fat all day. the family failed the third rule because his father and mother did not even ask how Gregor was feeling the day his metamorphosis took place and then later his dad started hitting him with a newspaper and scurried him into his room like an animal(pun intended). The fourth rule wasn't really demonstrated in the book so i would raise/lower their grade for respecting each others property. The two people that follow rule 5 is Gregor and his sister. Gregor was going to help his sister by sending her to music school and Grete gives him food and makes him as comfortable as possible in the room he is staying in as a mutant.

metamorphisis

Q.What circumstances in Gregor's life might have caused him to feel dehumanized even before the metamorphosis took place? 


Gregory is so stressed out about work because he has to wake up at five every morning and the job its self is very stressful. As a salesman you have to travel a lot and it is hard to keep long lasting relationships with people. All of the money he earns goes directly to paying off his parents debt, which means he has no spending money for himself. Gregor's boss is ridiculously strict which was shown by the fact that  Gregor missed work once in five years and his boss flips out about it, which causes a stressful state for Gregor. Also Gregor complained about how is co-workers can gossip about him and he has no way to defend him self from their accusations. He also needs to pay off his parents debt which causes even more stress. All this stress makes him feel like a zombie and does whatever he is told to do.(zombie=dehumanized)


 Another set of things that make him feel dehumanized is his family. His father doesnt seem like he cares about Gregor very much. When he came to get Gregor out of his room he raised his voice at him instead of asking what was wrong because Gregor could have been sick. Then when Gregor turns into a bug his dad starts hitting him and making him go back into the room.