3.3

Zachary Chandre
9/21/2008
8:00a.m.
English 101 3.3

I actually had to read this text 4 times because I did just not understand it, but as I kept on reading it I began to feel myself getting more and more involved in the reading. It was kind of like a movie that you really like that you watch repeatedly and every time you watch it you pick up on something new.
Kruger used very strong, very intelligent words and comments for example she said “You are Getting what You Paid for”, and “We will no longer be seen and not heard”. By using this strong word choice she was able to really express her views and opinions without the audience placing judgment on her because of poor word choice. A good vocabulary makes a person come across as a rather intelligent individual. The way that everything was said made it very clear that she was a proud feminist and wanted other people to think about what she was saying when she made a picture that was of a little girl poking a little boy in the arm who was flexing his muscles and it said “We don’t need another hero”.
Her word choice is very strong and persuasive, “Our Time is Your Money”, it makes you really sit back and think. For example when you look at commercials and advertisements, look at how they are very male orientated and how women are usually used as sex symbols and mothers and males are perceived to be strong, independent, and wealthy. For example, if you look at a Ford truck commercial you will see a truck driving through a construction scene with men welding and lifting metal with the slogan being “built Ford tough” (said in a very low/deep masculine voice) this is meant to show you that a Ford truck is built as tough enough for a male construction worker, and when you see a minivan commercial you will see a mother loading six kids into the van with all of their school bags, dropping them off and then coming home with thirty bags of groceries. This is showing that women are “supposed” to be the stay at home moms with the minivan that has more cargo room than any other vehicle on the market.
In the comic Common Scents by Lynda Barry I liked how reading it was sort of interactive. It made you sit back and think about all the weird things in your house and how your friend’s house smelled to you, how grandma’s house smells etc. I also like how it was put into a comic instead of the general size 12 Times New Roman, this really gave it character.” This was another way that someone got their point across by using visuals. We live in a visual world everywhere you look you see imagery, whether it’s representing a company or a person’s views, it’s sort of a global language. Not only did Kruger use visuals but in her museum she also used auditory involvement. She did this because today’s world is an audio visual world. People are more likely to respond to a video or picture or a noise than they are to an essay or book. It may be because of people’s tight time frames or just laziness but it was a very smart choice on her part. She doesn’t really assume that I know anything about her art and that is why she makes her points very clear. Also once she makes her point clear she tells us about her museum which seems like a sensory overload, and explains the pictures and sounds to give us a visual of the people’s reactions to her views.