Street Art

The thing that I noticed the most in the documentary is that the artist's style really matched the message that they were trying to tell. So Space Invader used an 8-bit style to symbolize that we're being invaded by technology. The other artists used stencils and repetition to show that they can make an icon. For our art piece we're going to use the style of Chris Jordan, and we're trying to show the same message as him. We're trying to show that all of this waste is so monumental, that it's eventually going to create something else. We're trying to show this message through a lot of Styrofoam making three elephants.

The thing that really amazed me about these artist's work is that even though there is a lot of risk with what they do, they do it anyway to express their creativity. For them there may not be anything else that they can turn to, or it's the only way that they can think to express their creativity. It's really awesome that they go through so much risk just to express themselves. The other thing that really amazed me about these artists is that they are really a community. Space Invader will work with Banksy, and so on. It's very cool to see that these artists are more organized than other's would think.

These artists choose to go to street art so they can convey their message in a more public way. Shepard Faery used street art so he could convey the message of "OBEY". He wouldn't haven't been able to get it to the public status that it has if it was stuck in an art exhibit. He had to use repetition and using the same stencil to make it seem organized and a like a "thing", so it would catch on. Space Invader had to put his art on the street and all over to make it have an invasion feel. Every artist has a way that they want to show their art, but I think that street artists are the most creative.

Harrison Berguron Political Cartoon

The cartoon I made is an image showing what the constitution used to stand for, and what it became in 2081. It shows how citizens get freedom of religion, press, property, and person. The Diana Moon Glampers wrote the 212th Amendment. She wrote this is the same constitution which was made bring freedom, liberty and justice that our fore fathers strode for. All of this happened in a country which strives for individuality. The message that I was trying to show was that things can go away from their original purpose.

I was also trying to show the irony of what was happening. Diana Moon Glampers was trying to bring peace and enforce what our country stands for. But what happens instead of equality between Americans becomes a tyranny. What people really wanted originally came against them in a terrible way.

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Political Cartoon

A political cartoon is a way that cartoon artists comment on current events, like the way the government works. Political cartoons can range from rants on British Petroleum, to commenting on the choice to keep soldiers in Iraq. It's almost like an editorial, but in a drawn form. They also will contain a certain point of view, or a message that the author wants to send.

It's purpose is to allow authors to express their opinions. It also makes it easy to laugh at maybe stressful or usually scary topics.

The Metamorphosis Blog 3

I think that there are several reasons that the author chose to make Gregor in the form of a giant insect. One of the reasons is that of course, giant insects can be seen as gross and appalling. Kafka knew that by making the protagonist into a generally enjoyable kind of creature, he would really be showing the amount of trouble that the family is going through trying to care for him. It really tested them, to the point where they ended up giving up the idea of trying to care for him, calling him a monster. I think that this really reflects on how Kafka views family life.

The other reason that I think that Kafka chose to make Gregor into a giant insect is something that we really talked about in the first blog, about how Gregor could have compared himself to an insect. How he was always working, with no fun or play, and was always working for his parents, exactly like an insect.

I can't quite say for sure why Franz Kafka choose to make a beetle or roach for the giant insect. I would like to say that he did that because those are usually the most disguisting kind of insects around. When we see them, we just want to get away from them and even kill them. As the author, I think he really just wanted to build off of that concept. The Samsa family reacted how we usually do, with apalled faces, and even fainting. That's how they reacted to the "changed" Gregor. I only say "changed" in quotations because really the only thing that changed about him was his actual appearance. We the readers saw that even though he in his mind was thinking the same way. The only reason for the family members to react strangely was his appearance. While there may be several reasons for him to choose to make him into a beetle, I believe that he really did it to show that even though people may look different, they are the same.

Metamorphosis Blog 2

The first way that really benefits his family is a very obvious part of the plot. He provides for them in many ways. Things like advice for his sister, and the main one, helping his parents pay off an unspecified debt. If he wasn't able to do that for his family, they surely would have fallen apart. Even though he does so much to help his family, his dad doesn't appreciate him in the slightest. The way the he tried to get Gregor out of bed on the day of his metamorphosis wasn't quite polite. "...and already his father was knocking on one side door, weakly but with his fist.'Gregor, Gregor.' " His father doesn't quite appreciate what Gregor does for them. We can see throughout the novella that his sister is quite kind. This kind of implies that she recognizes how much he does for her and the family. Even after Gregor had been transformed into a giant, hideous bug, she still recognized that she had to take care of him, and make sure that he didn't starve, and that he was as comfortable as he could be. "... the milk, which otherwise is his favorite drink and which his sister had certainly placed for that reason, ..." She obviously is very close to her brother and she knows what he really likes. She is also so close to her brother that she wants the best for him, no matter what the conditions.

From how we see Gregor and his family interact, as well as having families ourselves, we can think of a couple rules of how a good family should interact.

1. Keep a good, respective relationship with your other family members.
2. Have good boundaries, and respect others'.
3. Help out other family members, do favors and other things like that.
4. Spend time with your family.
5. Know your family members well.

If we were to actually grade Gregor and his family on how well they follow these rules, I would have to give them a grade some where around a C. While some of the family members took the time to get to know each other pretty well, and they do spend time together, the way that Gregor's father treats his son is just completely disrespectful. And through what we can see through the novella, Gregor doesn't think his family will respect his boundaries, and locks his door. We might see later in the book, however, the way the family interacts differently, in a better way.

"The Metamorphosis" Blog One

Before the actual metamorphosis actually took place in the book, there was parts of Gregor's life that would cause him to actually feel that he had been transformed into a worker bug. His life had been transformed into a bug's life. The stereotypical life of a bug includes them being born, and working for their parents and getting them food and other supplies, like a bee bringing honey for the mother bee. This is actually a lot like the life the Gregor has been born into. His parents have an unnamed debt to the Chief of the salesman agency, so Gregor has to work for his parents to pay off their debt. Like a mindless insect, he works day in and day out. Like his Mom said in the book, he doesn't ever go out in the night and socialize, he just sits down and reads the paper, and then rests. His life is based upon working, and doesn't include any kind of fun, just like a worker ant or some other kind of bug.


I think that before the actual metamorphosis, he might have actually wanted something to happen, like the metamorphosis. Some kind of insane thing that would forever change things, and would allow him to just escape his hum-drum life. He knows that he has fallen into a rut of a life, and I think that he really wants to escape that. After wanting to be able to escape this life of his for so long, I think that he kind of started to think of his life like a dream. After thinking of it like a dream, he just became the bug in his own mind, no longer human. It goes to the idea to be careful of what you wish for, because it might just make you into something that, in the big picture, you don't want to be.