English Journal 10/25/12, "The Loss of Innocence"

Innocence is the lack of knowledge or lack of acknowledgement of evils in the world, whtever those are for you.

Loosing innocence is whereby one either gains knowledge or acknowedges the eveil, whether specific or broad.

I, honestly, have no idea about what symbolizes the loss of innocence or the loss of anything for that matter besides the obvious representation of the nakedness trying to be covered up by the woman on the right. After this point, I'm going to punt. The falling petals show the descent of the person from an innocent person to that of the world.

English Journal 10/22/12, "Don't You Want Me"

What's going on:
     A man basically made a woman's career, and loves her. He sees this as love. The woman, however, was going to do something with her life, and this guy happened to the vehicle, so she doesn't see this as love.

How is it possible to have such conflicting views on the same situation?
     Everyone has his or her own views, values, or other things the want to protect, including their ego.

English Journal 9/27/12, "Blackbird"

Symbols:

Blackbird = people struggling for civil rights in America

Broken Wing = wrong done to these people

Dead of Night = hope in darkness

English Post 9/26/12, "Shame"

The subject is the author's previous treatment of his love. The tone is a feeling of remorse. The author is regretting a past action or actions. In the refrain, the repetition and magnitude (boatloads) of shame demonstrates a regret of past actions.

English Post 9/6/12 "Semeadores"

S - Workers/ Farmers

N - The artist (Diego Rivera)

A - The people who don't work in the fields (middle, upper classes)

P - To portray workers working, perhaps who are working to hard, as one of them is bent double from the strain of his work

English Journal 9/5/12 "Good Old Desk"

Subject - His desk and its many good qualities

Narrator - Harry Nilsson; his only bias appears to be towards his desk

Audience - Anyone who will listen to his praise of his desk

Purpose - To laud an everyday object that's dependable


The Desk is a symbol for God (Good Old Desk)??
Originally, I thought it was a silly song that was just for fun, but now that I know about the symbolism, it makes a little more sense and is a great deal more meaningful.

English Journal 9/4/12

The Pinch of Poverty
(Painting)

Subject-
Poverty; affected families

Narrator-
(No narrator)
Bias; cares about poverty

Audience-
Middle to Upper classes which either ignore, glaze over, or don't know about poverty

Purpose-
To expose the world, specifically the wealthier parts of it, to poverty and its affects.


2 Artistic Choices:
-The brighter colors of the flowers and the baby wrap contrast sharply with the rest of the painting, which has much duller colors, which I think is used to draw attention to this presumably impoverished family, and how it should be noticed.
-The positioning of the girl in the foreground, who is stepping forward and away from the rest of the family, shows how much independence many children in poverty must show to support their family, further exposing the affects of poverty.