I produced a series of art work that can be displayed across a wall. From the first picture until the last picture, a story is told about poverty. I was able to create three pictures that compliment each other to create the final product.The pictures are also in black and white volume. I choose to tell my story of poverty in America to show the urgency of the matter. I did this to show the effects on children who live in poverty and show the American struggle to make it. 

Story: I would like to make a story based on poverty within America. I would like to show the effects on children who live in poverty and show the American struggle to make it.  

Ophelia and Hamlet are in an intense argument after Ophelia rejects the continuous of her relationship with Hamlet. Ophelia returning Hamlet his love letters was her way of rejecting his love. Of course Hamlet doesn’t take this well at all. He is outraged by her actions in fact. Hamlet and Ophelia begin to lock horns. 

In the first couple sentences, Hamlet ultimately dismantles Ophelia’s ego when he says, “Get thee (to) a nunnery. Why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?” A nunnery means convent (used mockingly to refer to brothel). Brothel, is a house where men can visit prostitutes. So, he refers to Ophelia, who is his lover, as a prostitutes; a sinful woman. As a sinful woman, she shouldn’t born any child because then there will only be more sinners in the world. 

When you are directed towards the third sentence, Hamlet says that he is an “indifferent honest”. To be indifferent honest, you are reasonably virtuous, meaning good. But, he sounds a bit contradicting as he finishes the sentence. After all, Hamlet hasn’t been the complete angel in the story so far. For example, In Act 1, Scene 5, Hamlet is confronted by his father’s ghost. The ghost tells Hamlet that he was murdered by the new king of Denmark, Claudius. He then tries to connivence Hamlet to seek revenge for him by killing Claudius. If he won’t kill Claudius for him, at least kill Claudius for Denmark:

“Oh, horrible, oh, horrible, most horrible!

If thou hast nature in thee, bear it not.

Let not the royal bed of Denmark be

A couch for luxury and damnèd incest.

But howsoever thou pursuest this act,

Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive

Against thy mother aught. Leave her to heaven

And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge

To prick and sting her. Fare thee well at once.

The glowworm shows the matin to be near,

And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire.

Adieu, adieu, adieu. Remember me.“ (Lines 78-91) 

Hamlet’s mind is set upon this and he responses to the naughty sin by saying,

I have sworn ’t.” (Lines 111-112) 

Hamlet goes on in a more reassuring way when he says to Ophelia, “I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offenses at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in.” It also seems as if Hamlet is trying to speck himself into higher spirits. He says that everyone has their fair share of flaws, but as long as a person can shape them into something good, then they’ll be fine. 

I selected a young woman and a older man for my interviews. 

Curtis Lincoln (Older Man) decided to talk as I wrote down everything. 

Alisha (Me): What motivated you to come out and vote?

Mr. Lincoln: Because I want to see change done. I'm gonna' feel guilty if I wake up and Mitt is President. I ain't letting that happen. *chuckles*

Alisha (Me): What would you like to see changed in our political system?

Mr. Lincoln: Equality. Period.

Alisha (Me): Do you vote in every election? (How regularly do you vote?)

Mr. Lincoln: Yes, every year, since the age of 21 years old. I'm well over 40 years old now. The exact number is a secret! 

Alisha (Me): Do you know why we vote on Tuesday?

Mr. Lincoln: No.

Alisha (Me): It has a lot to do about Horses, farming and God. It was all established in the 1800's. But, let's hurry and move on. It's cold. 

Mr. Lincoln: Yes, thank you. 

Alisha (Me): Where have you encountered the highest amount of ad campaigning? Radio, TV, Print, internet, other.

Mr. Lincoln: TV and the radio. To work is the radio, from work is the radio and then when I get home, there is the TV. OBAMA, ROMNEY, & OBAMA. *chuckles*

Alisha (Me): Are you always sure of who you are going to vote for when you walk into the booth, or are you still deliberating?

Mr. Lincoln: I always know who I'm voting for. I took the time out already to do all of my hard thinking. But, this election, I think it was a very clear choice. 

Alisha (Me): What changes do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election?

Mr. Lincoln: I don't want to see any more violence. At least a decrease. I'm scared for my son, 14, to even go to school in the morning. Septa is crazy. So, I try to drive him when ever I can. But, gas prices...

Alisha (Me): What impact do you feel that your vote will have on the election?

Mr. Lincoln: Well how the government is today, probably none. But, I go out to vote and just pretend that my vote means the world. 

Interview with Ms. Gabby

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12720766/Memo.m4a

• With your blogpost, include your reflection related to:

  • What surprised you most about this information?
    That everything has a reason and you can tell according to historic events. 
  •  What seemed quite obvious about explaining this data set?
    The reasons why the number of immigrants increased and decreased. After a big historic event occurred, immigrants were either taken in or declined. An example, is when the Holocaust came to an end, the number of immigrants increased majorly. After wars, there was a decrease of acceptance. 
  • Looking at the overall trend and incorporating what you know about the US presently, predict and defend the immigration trend for the next two decades.
    I think in the next two decades, there will be a decrease in immigrants. I think there will be another war. But, a huge war that includes multiple countries, making it another World War. The US will be completely shut down for immigrants and make the process even harder. Plus, people's thoughts on America will change. 
  • Describe how you made a decision on how to visually represent the information.
    I thought of graphs and many pictures because visual is always the way to go on presentation with teenagers. Everyone likes pretty pictures. They will pay attention. 
  • What parts of group work were challenging?
    Nothing, because everyone stayed focus and communicated. We all communicated through emails and everyone stayed ontop of their assigned decades, which was excellent. 
  • What would you do differently if you had this project to do over?
  • Nothing really because I love the outcome of our project. To me, we did great as a team. Everyone did their best and we all agreed. There wasn't fighting or lateness. 
    
    (Project was emailed )