From the beginning our idea was to have a contrast between two sides. So we thought of ideas that would encompass that. Something that had two sides and was easy to split in half. Since our topic was literacy a book was the most ideal idea.

We came a long way from our initial ideas.

Which were:

1. An album cover. A face that was cut in half one side having a retro design, while the other was very punk and plain. We wanted to show that the punk side was plain because there was no literature and no imagination, while the retro side was very wonky and full of life.
2. Take a full body picture of people and arrange them side by side each with a different emotion that was connected to a part of literature. Each pose would encompass a genre.
3. Graffiti. We were looking at art that was drawn on the ground but was really realistic. It was almost like an illusion. So we wanted to make one like this but instead of a waterfall, it would be walking into a world of literature.
4. Another idea was to use silhouettes of people placed one one field. We had a few ideas of how to use the silhouettes . One idea was to arrange them on a plain field of grass, and organize them from left to right. From the left we would have some important literary figures you are taught in grade 9, and then grade 10 until you reach the end of the poster you would see important grade 12 literary figures like Hamlet, Amir from the Kite Runner and so on. The other idea was to use our friends in different poses trying to spark a love for reading.

Our idea was to have one half be a retro propaganda poster showing a historical figure, Marilyn Monroe, with tape across her face. This side would have a lot of symbols and pictures but no words.

The other side of the page was the complete opposite being complete words and typography.

We wanted to show that the books we are fed are previously picked to force a type of thinking. We are told to read come books because they have messages that other people want us to know.

We dont read books that we want to read. We are forced to read bother that others need us to read.

The words on the background were just the cherry on top to finish and polish the artwork up.

For the last time,

Subject: Weeds

Summary:
An American comedy/drama about a newly widowed mother of two, selling marijuana to make a living.

Significance:

This series, is spoof of the American Upper class showing their hypocrisy and making fun of the American suburbs and their lifestyle.

The main character is an excellent example of one of the housewives. Once the money making husband is dead, she does not want to get a job, instead she wants to make a lot of money really fact like every American. Thus she begins to sell weed. Throughout the series she gets caught and is placed in several life or death situations. Even though this happens she never gives up and still wants to make a quick buck.

Nonetheless this series is a play of the American lifestyle and how spoilt they are. The mentality is that if you are not in a huge house with a load of money and your wife is not working staying home with the kids, and you cant go to Cuba every year . You are a useless middle/lower class person.

A Showtime show about a lovable serial killer.

Dexter, is a serial killer. Why is this show famous? Last time I checked, murder is a crime that will put a man in jail for the rest of his life and in some places, die for his crime.

Dexter is one of my favorite shows, because it puts you in the make believe life of a real serial killer. Normally serial killers are known for being anal lonely freaks that are very anti-social. Dexter on the other hand, is a seemingly happy man that can fool just about anyone.

The reason why I like this show is because it deals with realistic problems a serial killer would have. For example:

The show deals with Dexter's constant struggle to maintain his secret life (murdering people) while keeping his family and friends unsuspecting of his acts.

On several occasions Dexter talks about the murdering process, and the reason why he doesn't feel guilt after. Dexter's foster father was a police officer that saw at a early age Dexter was addicted to killing other beings. His father taught him how to kill a man properly without getting caught and how to do it efficiently. Later on, he teaches him to kill guilty people. Criminals that are above the law and deserve to die.

This leads me to what I wanted to discuss. Whether people deserve to die. In this show, they lead to to believe that some people do deserve to die. People above the law that can afford the best lawyers to fight their case and let them loose with a fine or a few months imprisonment. These are rapists, murderers and evil people.

Dexter goes through an extensive research, which he calls "the hunt" where he decides whether or not this person deserves to live or die.

This show deals with some themes such as, how precious a human life is, can all play god, who deserves to live or die, and the question of morality.

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An HBO hit comedy about a movie star and his Entourage.

Vincent Chase is a guy that lived in Queens, NY. He grew up in a house where his father never made over $100,000. Yet now hes a hit Hollywood star living with his best friends growing up making $100,000 for one commercial.

Entourage. This show screams quality. It is THE BEST SHOW EVER. It deals with the themes of brotherhood, friendship and much more.

This show is basically a spoof of Mark Wahlberg's first few years in the Hollywood industry. The tests, trails, and problems Vince has to go through are created by Mark's first hand experience and stuff hes seen other actors experience.

The show shows us how even when you are filthy rich, you have to remember where you came from and you initial goals. Vince is a character with strong moral values and principals and whenever Hollywood forces him to break them, he always makes a stand.

The show also deals with the importance of friendship and why your friends are always the most important people in your life. Why its also good to have good friends.

Overall, I have seen 78+ episodes of Entourage. Not one of them was a filler or stupid episode where i felt myself saying afterwards, "what the hell did i just watch". In fact, after most episodes I felt so happy that I wished I had such loyal buddies. This show is defiantly worth everyones time and every penny if you choose to buy a whole box set.

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