What about this painting indicates Communism?
I think the artist was trying to use the red as one indicator, as red is associated with communism. Most of the colors in this painting are black, white or gray, the neutral colors, and there are patches of red within the painting. It is also very drab and drear, which I think is one way many people see what life under communism is like.
What if the artist's view of communism?
Not favorable at all. The artist sees communism as a drab world, where the only thing you have to do it to be watched. The scenery is depressing, while the only to colorful things are red and blue: the red (a symbol of communism_ is on the cracking wall that is falling apart, while there is blue in the iris of the floating eyes which are watching the single person walking down the street.
Explain the title.
The artist feels like this is the perfect world for sommunists: a dreary world where everyone is watched, constantly, and everything is non-colorful. This is, in effect, the idea that this is the world that communists would want.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
"Don't You Want Me?" by The Human League
What is the subject matter?
It's about a breakup after a very long relationship, as can be told when the woman says "[she] think[s] it's time [she] lived on her own." The man believes she owes him a bunch, while the woman feels like she does not owe him anything.
What is the difference in the two sides of the story?
The man feels as though he helped the woman out, and that he is the only reason why she is no longer just a waitress at a cocktail bar. The woman says that the only thing he said that was true was that she was working as a cocktail waitress, but she managed o get where she is on her own, and how it is time for her to move on, even though she still loves him.
With who do you side with and why?
I side with the woman, because the man sounds like he is controlled and she just wants to get away from him for a while. I feel like he is too controlling, or that he sounds like he is taking credit for what the woman has managed to accomplish over time.
It's about a breakup after a very long relationship, as can be told when the woman says "[she] think[s] it's time [she] lived on her own." The man believes she owes him a bunch, while the woman feels like she does not owe him anything.
What is the difference in the two sides of the story?
The man feels as though he helped the woman out, and that he is the only reason why she is no longer just a waitress at a cocktail bar. The woman says that the only thing he said that was true was that she was working as a cocktail waitress, but she managed o get where she is on her own, and how it is time for her to move on, even though she still loves him.
With who do you side with and why?
I side with the woman, because the man sounds like he is controlled and she just wants to get away from him for a while. I feel like he is too controlling, or that he sounds like he is taking credit for what the woman has managed to accomplish over time.
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