How is Parks shaping our understanding of his subject?” What aspects of Ali’s character are emphasized by Parks’ photography? How does Parks follow —and subvert (authority)— conventional sports portraiture, and popular expectations of black men or fighters? Boxing is a very intense sport and can cause injuries. The physical impact of boxing on Ali is […]
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The Dress Promised Me Something the Doctors Couldn’t
It was about this girl who had an illness that the doctors were not able to identify or cure. They just had check-ups over and over again. It gave her no hope. She wasn’t sure if this was going to continue or if she was going to die the next day. The only thing that […]
CAT
First CAT Feedback keep it 3rd person and relatively formal — no “a bit” or “I’m going to” thesis statement —some kind of big idea to guide us through explain the effects of the author’s choices and how much of the meaning relies on cultural/contextual knowledge, etc.) make more reference to this image or text […]
Fashion photos
It attempts to convey a world, an atmosphere, character, maybe even values . . . Choose ONE of Parks fashion photographs and explain how he achieves one (or some) of these things (in your portfolio). colour + use of background and foreground The lady in the foreground is wearing a red coloured dress. This naturally […]
Gordon Parks’ photographs
Which do you think is more powerful: Kathryn Stockett’s novel or Gordon Parks’ photographs? I think Gordan Park’s (GP) photographs are a lot more powerful than Kathryn Stockett’s (KS) novel ” The Help”. Some background information on “The Help” is that the setting is in 1962, Mississipi, and was published in 2009. As she wasn’t […]
The Help finale
How far do u get to tell someone’s story? I would say that it depends on the situation. In this case, I think it’s alright for Skeeter to tell the whole story of the maids as there is no one else who will get to tell their stories. They don’t have the correct position to […]
Advertisements – “Don’t worry darling, you didn’t burn the beer!”
When you first look at the advertisement, you see a man comforting his wife and a big text which says: “Don’t worry darling, you didn’t burn the beer!” The man has just come home from work which means that the wife was left at home to do the cooking. The women’s role in society at […]
Ketchup
In this advertisement, they are promoting ketchup. The ketchup advertisement shows a woman opening ketchup and she looks shocked. The text says “You mean a woman can open it”. The colours used are green and red and they contrast each other. The green is shown through her dress and the logo of the ketchup. The […]
Little Red-Cap
Question: “Using the concepts of intertextuality, reader-response theory, and an appreciation of biographical and historical context, how can one be confident in their interpretation of Carol Ann Duffy’s poem?” Little Red-Cap. Sounds familiar? It’s very similar to a childhood story that you have probably heard of – The Little Red Riding Hood. We looked at […]
How does Cave communicate abstract ideas? – What is Love?
Question : How do you show love? According to Nick Cave, love is something to do with the “notion of being seen – the opposite of being invisible. The invisible, the unwitnessed, the unacknowledged, the isolated, the lonely — these are unloved.” That love is shown through actions. If no one sees it, it’s not […]