Prompt 3

As I look at two paintings, they have different technique of expression which makes different argument. I’m going to analysis these two paintings by several elements of visual rhetoric. First, when we look at the picture, its structure, which is arrangement of subjects, is very important. Let’s look at first painting. What is in the middle of the painting? Europeans are in the middle and Native American is in the corner of the painting. Moreover there is a tree in the corner which makes shadow. This shadow makes dark to Native American’s bodies. So I think this picture is more focused on European’s bodies and make their bodies superior than Native American’s. On the other hand, second painting’s structure is totally opposite. In the painting, Native American is in the middle. Even though European’s body is not in the corner, they are just next to Native American’s body. And there is no shadow on Native American’s bodies. Their naked bodies also make them much brighter. It means that this painting is more focused on Native American. It point out that the owner of the land is Native American. Second, we can look at the color. Both painting have similar subjects and background. But first painting is relatively darker than second one. Also, first one is less reality than second one. This makes second painting more serious and precision. Lastly, let’s consider about the text. There is some text in the first painting which we can’t ignore it. This makes viewers to understand the painting easily than the one without the text.

Prompt 2

The ‘New World Body’ was described by European travelers. The new bodies are almost naked. In contrast, European wore clothes from hat to their shoes. The new bodies also decorated with special ornament and they have their own Stanford of beauty. These are the big things which show that new bodies are different from travelers. So authors can think that the New World Body is different but still they are in upper side then the new bodies. They can think that they are normal and the new bodies are strange. Naked body shows that they are easily exposed to diseases. This means the new body is weak and uncivilized.
There should be one body which seems like the leader of the new bodies. To distinguish him from other bodies there should be special ornamentation or something like that then others. (In fact, there was no special ornamentation expect a black stick.) Because travelers think that the body with special ornamentation represents the power. In this way, the body is what they can represents their power.
The New World Body is gendered. They think women should be more pure than men. They also think the beauty of women is important. But it was hard to find the beauty they expected. Finally they think that there is no standard or rule for beauty. The new body is not beautiful by traveler’s point but it is beautiful in other point.
The bodies on the map are different from my definition of the bodies. Even though they are almost naked, they look healthier than I described. They have some clothes and tools which doesn’t make them look weak or uncivilized.

First prompt

The Body is really important to my environment. It affects every single thing in my lives. It’s one of the significant ways to show myself to many other people. I can express my personality, condition and even feelings. On the other hand, I can assume somebody’s personality, condition and feelings by looking at his body. This can be done by his clothes, ornaments, gestures and especially face expressions. There are some concepts about each element of the body. For example, let’s assume that there is a woman in clean and nice suits with a big smile on her face. Then, I can predict that she is having or had a really important and happy day. In this way, I can guess many things just by looking at the body. I meet and see many bodies everyday life. I encounter the bodies which are almost student; I can assume that by looking at their clothes, bags and faces. These bodies make argument as personal and corporate identity. Each body has their own properties and this can tell a person from any other people. So it makes argument as a personal identity. Also, I can classify bodies by my own criteria, such as race, age, gender and so on. This means the body can make argument as a corporate identity.
Let’s talk about the student body which I encounter everyday. I think the bodies are not something we forget about in higher education. The body is still important to express yourself. There would be many other ways to express yourself but I think the body is most effective way to do it. Therefore, it remains important in our society by expressing yourselves.