METRO ART TOUR

Estrada, Jennifer; Ogbuefi, Kortnee

AP English Language and Composition

March 22, 2012

METRO ART TOUR

As our class made our way down to the metro bus station, we began to see many pieces of artwork that told a story.  The artwork created by JoeSam, Hide-n-Seek, creates a welcoming feeling to the bus station located at Wilmington and Imperial. This artwork uses bright colors and intricate details to tell a story of the enjoyment of friendship. This artwork is considered art because not only is it visual alluring, but it has history. The creation of the piece involved over 1,000 kids from the local community to create the cut out pieces. Other pieces of artwork from the bus station told a story of history and struggle. On the side of a bus bench there is a piece of work that uses tile and dark colors such as brown and blue to tell the story of the local Compton/Watts community during the civil rights movement. These pieces of artwork express how with a community of people willing to work together for common good, positive outcomes will come about. 

Other pieces of artwork that expressed history was seen as our class made our way through the Hollywood bus station. Through the use of film reels, bright colors, tiles, and film equipment, the feeling of being in such a famous location was in the air. The bus station at

Hollywood boulevard had the setting of a movie theater. It had curtains, lights, and even palm trees to show the Hollywood extravagant life. The artwork that was made using expressed famous movie scenes from old classic films. Each piece of artwork told the history of Hollywood and what is has been known for throughout many years.

AUTHORS ARGUEMENT #2: THE LOST CITY OF Z

Precis

In David Grann's The Lost City of Z, (New York: Randomhouse, Inc., February 2009), he describe’s Fawcett's journey to the Amazon. 

Tone

excited yet direct

Vocabulary

Elude-to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.;

Rheumatism - any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness.

Staunchly- solid or substantial in construction

Relished- liking or enjoyment of the taste of something

Protuberances-Something, such as a bulge, knob, or swelling that protrudes

Pernicious- highly injurious or destructive: deadly

Rhetorical Strategies 

Allusion- “as the writer Candice Millard explained in The River of Doubt,…”(page 110)

Word defining-  “A tocandira- a poisonous ant that can cause vomiting and intense fever-…” (page 111)

Listing- “…on marine biology, physics, optics, and meteorology.” (page 125)

 Similie- “… and that like a mythic hero…” (page 123)

Telegraphic sentences- He escaped with sleds across the barren snow. The captain was able to rescue his party. Murray and his party were never seen again (pg.141)

Rhetorical Questions

1. Is Grann obsessed with doing what Fawcett couldn’t, finding the Lost City of Z?

2.  Why does Grann use more imagery through sight rather that feel?

3. how do you know when you are obsessed?

Quotation

“’Starvation sounds almost unbelievable in forest country, and yet it is only too likely to happen.’” –page 109

Authors arguement : The Lost city of Z by David Grann

1. Precis
2.  In David Grann’s novel The Lost City of Z (2009), he tells of the Britain explorer Percy Fawcett who searches for "The Lost City of Z". He begins by informing us on his journies into the amazon which gave him experience in the jungle and sparked an interest in him on the city of Z. He then explains to us Fawcett's childhood so that the reader can know more about his character and what made him the way he was. The author’s purpose in writing the novel, seems to be to display the limitless enthusiasm one can have on something so much that they would be willling to face death. He seems to have a general audience in mind because it more about the obsession than anything and anyone can become obsessed with anything.

2. vocabulary 
3. anthropologist:one who studies origins human in comparison with animals.
4. taint: a trace of something bad, offensive or harmful.
5. amok: a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder.
6. subterfuge:an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence.
7. impecunious: having little or no money; penniless; poor.
8. philandering: of a man to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.

3. Tone  The authors tone is descriptive and enthusiastic.

     4. rhetorical strategies

- monologue: " they were coming closer, and for the first time i asked myself 'what the hell am i doing here?'" (page 5)

-metonomy: "Before the Spanish Crown sent forces to stop him,...." (page 11)

-simile: "Fawcett, like many other Victorian explorers,..." (page 16)

 -Euphemism: “There were crusades against obscene literature and “masturbatory disease”,(pg.  40)

-enumeration: "and there were people: astrologers, peddlers, dhobis, jaggery sellers, goldsmiths, tom-tom beaters, and beggars." (page 42)

5. discussion questions

• when the authors speaks of tribes are they does he mean to make them appear savage-like?
• what is the authors purpose in using a vast amount of imagery?
• can obsesssion lead to death? 

 6. quotation

 "Still he didnt hesitate: 'Destiny intended me to go, so there could be no other answer?'"