E: pg 54 w/o partner

Each ad is economically friendly. The saab car is "air-crafted" by jets and for ford suv is a hybrid.
The ad I choose is the ford with kermit the frog. I chose this ad mainly because I adore frogs. To make this ad better, I would show a recyling sign around the ford symbol. This ad is very good as is. I love how Kermit is saying "I guess it is easy being green". In fine print towards the bottom of the ad, it shows that this vehice get 36 mpg. In my personal opinion, that is great for an suv. The recycling signs would most deffinitley catch the audiences attention. Most people are into "going-green" and using less prroducts and recycling more often. If they saw an ad with a recycling sign on it, they are more likly to actually see what the ad is about.

Into/Thesis

The political struggles in Washington between the political partie are majorly effectin gthe economy.

The cartoons we chose are about the power struggles going on in Washington and throughout the US between the political parties. The power struggles are putting the economy under a great strain.

political cartoon 2

The key issue is that more people are loosing more things.
Everyone that has lost something is trying to get it back, but cant.
Current day United States. It first appeared in a newspaper. It is conservative, liberla, radical, and feminist. It shows the audience how much the world is loosing.
Joe Heller has been an editorial cartoonist at the Green Bay Press gazette since 1985. He only does political cartoons, nothing else.
The cartoons message is that more people are loosing mroe things. No irony.
This is a single frame cartoon.
Words and images are both used. It shows how many different things people are loosing. The words have more priority. This shows what all people are loosing now days.
The drawing is not realistic, but it is based on current day Americans.
This cartoon is more serious than comical. It shows whats happening to the world today.
A scene of people at the "lost and found" complaining about what they lost and trying to find it again. They are all from differant ages, genders, and ethnicities. No, they are just fictional characters in this cartoon. Its showing how everyone is loosing everything and the political parties only answer "theres no tax hikes".
It referes to whats happening to current day Americans. The symbolism is symbolizing everyday Americans which speaks to a broad audience.

political cartoon 1

The cartoon is addressing the fact that Obama is trying to make both the republicans and the democrats happy.
In the cartoon hes listening to both the "angel" and the "devil" to meet in the middle.
The fight between the political parties is the historical moment happening in this cartoon. The text first appeared in the news and is more liberal than conservative. It shows the audience that Obamas tryin to play peace keeper and is torn on which way to go.
The artist is an older man who normally produces cartoons about politics. He retired in 2007 from Colorado Springs gazette where he edited cartoons. He doesn't do any other writings.
The cartoons message about the issue is that he is trying to meet in the middle. There isn't any irony.
This is a series of sequential frames. He started by listening to the"devils" side and then switched to the "angels" side and finally met them both in the middle by saying "trying to find the middle ground grandma!"
Word and images are both used. The relationship between the two shows that hes trying to rationalize whether its stealing or sharing. The words have more oriority because it dispays why he is torn. This influences the cartoons overall persuasiveness because it appears that hes saying that Obama is trying to make both sides happy.
The choices of imagery and content the artist makes are kind of like a flashback to Obamas childhood. The drawings are not realistic and do not rely on caricatures. He includes allusions to the past by having Obama talk to his grandma in the cartoon.
The cartoon is primarily comic. It makes the issue more funny than serious.
Its about a person. He is a young boy. It represents Obama. He is nonfictional. It maked it look like hes had these decisions to make all his life.
The cartoon refers to Obama and he political party fight happening now. The symbolism in this cartoon is Obama making a decision on which side to please. It speaks to a broad audience.

9/20/11

Oh my, oh my. These poems are extremely different than the ones we have read in the first two weeks of class. First of all, the other poems were about feelings (mainly love and hate) but these poems seem to have hidden meanings to them. In Bob Hicoks poems, he doesnt flat out say what hes writing about, he wants to make you wonder what is going through HIS mind. In Hicoks poem "Fieldwork", he starts out comparing humans to beetles. Then he adventures off into talking about his friend that is returning from the Amazon. He basically explains what she did there and who she is, but then he ends his poem by saying "but how many get to touch and name and adore a fraction and flutter of life not even the jealous eyes of God have seen?". Therefore, in my personal opinion, I think this poem tells you to enjoy life while you can and take everything you can from it. Secondly, these poems are very unique. They're not your typical "roses are red, violets are blue." These groups of poems can be read like a paragraph, but understood like instructions in a forgien language. In Hicoks other poem "Sorting the Entanglements" it seems as if he is actually writing out his will, but there is hidden meaning to it that I still cannot see. I have thought that maybe after he says "In my will the basement goes to the spiders." he is actually writing the poem in a spiders point of view. Again, this poem still gets to me. Lastly, I believe these poems are based on life learned lessons and events. Dean Youngs poem "Selected Recent and New Errors" mentions all of his mess-ups and mistakes. He says "My errors are even bigger than that" reffering to the dictionary being confused of who it is. Then in Jennifer Knoxs poem "Chicken Bucket" it talks about a thirteen year old girl gettting high and having sex with three different guys in ONE DAY. But all she's worried about is the chicken bucket being okay. She's not the least bit worried about STD's of being pregnant, just the chicken bucket.
The poem I choose is "Selected Recent and New Errors" by Dean Young. All of his ongoing comparisons to mistakes and errors make this seem so real, especially when he says "You think that's a fucked-up, drawn-out metaphor, try this:" and then he mentions tequila and a dictionary. Towards the end of this poem, I feel as if he knows he made a bigger mistake in life and that he feels unknown. Young says "On mornings when I hope you forget my name, I walk through the high wet weeds that don't have names either." To me, this means he hopes the one person that ever realized that he existed now would just forget his name and let him be invisable again. The characteristics that best describe Young are messsed up, invisable, and suicidal. He thinks his mistakes and errors are bigger and more worse than anyone or anything elses. He wants to, again, be nameless like the high wet weeds. Also, he mention "life held together by the twisted silver baling wire", as if he has imagined hanging himself.

Chilton's Essay

The main idea of Chilton's essay is that the cartoon makes it look like the majority of illegal drugs such as cocaine, marijuana, and tobacco mainly come from outer third world countries like Mexico. The cartoonist  makes it seem as if only mexicans are being "killed" by the drug cartels when in reality, the entire world is. The thesis of this essay is that no matter what the circumstances are, the United States will basically always have a "wary outlook towards Mexico." Do I agree with Chilton's arguments? Well, in all honesty, no. I do agrre with how she sees the cartoon, but not how she sees drug life today. Drugs come from many many places other than "mexico". People today, right here in Chillicothe, Ohio grow their own weed in their backyards, woods, green houses, etc. It's everywhere. Someone else may see this cartoon as if drugs are killing mexicans. Chilton introduces this essay in a very formal way. She tries to grab your attention with putting an image in your head of how the United States looks at mexico. She even shows a cartoon to help you visualize what she is writing about. Each paragraph goes into more depth of what exactly shes talking about. She even uses history and her own interpretation of the cartoon to make her statement stronger. Chilton's seems very credible in the way that she uses her vocabulary. She makes sure to end with a very powerful line; "The cartoonist, and the world, must look elsewhere in an effort to truly begin to solve this international problem."

cartoon

hate hotel

"that's how hate works-it thrills you with it's deep heat."
I adore this line of the poem. It ties in with the litteral meaning. The litteral meaning of this poem is pure hate about everything, but hate starts from one tiny itty bitty tobject, and then explodes into one huge massive black hole.
"again and again I let hate get pregnant and give birth to hate which gets pregnant and gives birth again"
This line flat out says that hate grows. In the subtext, this person needs to go somewhere else to get their feelings out, thats why they go to a hotel. If they get their feelings out in their own home, other people may get involved, causing more hate. This applies to my life in many ways. When I'm angry, i normally drive somewhere really quiet so I can hear myself scream. My scream almost scares me, so I stop and realize how dumb it was to be mad to begin with.

Goldsteins essay

I think cartoons are safer. You can get your opinion out into the public world that way. Can they go over the line? I say no because everyone has a different "line". I do not think you can ever go over the line if you are open to everyone elses opinions, beliefs, views, etc. In my opinion, cartoons should never be censored. It is a form of art. You can express your feelings that way. Personally, I believe that if you think something needs censored, then you should not be looking at it all. When you censor something, it's just the same as changing someone elses work without their consent. Therefore, censoring is like plagarism.

9/8/11 homework

Alena DePugh

Hate Poem

The literal meaning of this poem is that Sheehan hates everything possible. It seems as if instead of being pessimistic, she is truly just jealous of everything around her. Personally when I read this poem, I pictured someone lying in their hospital bed hearing horrific news from their doctor or nurse.  After they heard the news, they just hated everything possible for no reason at all because they felt useless. This applies to my life because I have been in hospitals many times and it seems as if every time I go, I get worse news. Instead of looking on the downside, I try to be optimistic and make jokes out of it.

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