Thursday, January 13, 2011

The Caption on the above poster reads "Healthy Parents Have Healthy Children". On your post please do the following:
1. Describe what you see in the picture. Consider color, placement, people and objects, and composition. Everything that you see.


I see strong parents. There a four children that look very healthy. The family look very happy. It is really a ideal photo of a family that seem wealthy. Looking at the photo makes me see the children look really mature and proper, the little boy has a tie and the girls are wearing nice dresses. They seem to be that family everyone wishes to have.


2. Interpret: Guess about the creator is trying to express through the caption and images. Why is this message being conveyed?
I think the picture represents that happy and healthy families are what germany wants to show the world that the families live. Happy and healthy familys is what germany represents to also show that nation is strong. And Germans' believed that jewish people were unhappy and unhealthy people.

Evaluate: What is the intended purpose of this image? The intended audience? Does the image achieve its purpose?
The link between healthy, happy families are probebly for people to vote that the Nazi party is the right choice and if they take away the jews, (who were supposedly unhappy, unhealthy people) then Germany will be a good place where everyone is living perfect lives.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Response to Readings: "Anger and Humiliation", "Voices in the Dark"

After reading and annotating my the apers I chose two points that I found in the rules:

- German blood as a requirement for German citizenship. No Jew can be a memeber of the nation.

I find this very unfair because people dont have a choice in what their religion or culture is. Also it's not right that a jewish family had a life and it's all gone suddenly. What if the parents both have a great job, and the children are having very good education. Then randomly they are told to end everything imediatly and go with the soldiers. And all just because they are jewish...

- No ny non-German who entered Germany after August 2, 1914, shall leave immediately.

I dont think this is fair at all because if people have to be told how to, and where to live then it's just too difficult. Plus Hitler grew up with a lot of nationalities and getting annoyed of it is nonsence. I dont know how someone can become annoyed with having too many nationalities in a country.

If you had been on the train, do you think that you would have said or done anything? Have you or someone who know ever had a similar experience?

If i was in the same position as the man on the train. I would not just sit and listen to them talk about my culture but I would get up and defend myself. I have had a lot of experience with this kind of thing. And even when people say they are just joking, it's still very rude.