Final Brave New World Post

1. Why are the people in the end so violent if Mond claims that they all have "happiness"?

2. Do you think that John's suicide will actually impact the One State, will it prove his point?

3. Why does Orwell use violence to create equality, while Huxley provides "Soma" to his story if they were both trying to create a Utopian society?

"Communist Utopia" by Thomas Hornung

-What about this painting indicates communism?

The eyes indicate communism because they are constantly watching the man-never looking away, just like communist watch their citizens intently to make sure everything is equal and in order. The way the man is standing away in plain gray clothes also shows that he is trying to blend in or become an equal to everyone else.

-What is the artist's view of communism?

The artist has a negative view towards communism because the painting has no life. It is dull and monochromatic. He paints a scene with rough surroundings probably to portray communism as a sketchy thing.

-Explain the title. 

I think that the title is an oxymoron. I think the title is doing exactly what a title should do- portray the scene is is named after. In this sense, the title is showing what a communist utopia would look like.  

"Don't you want me?" by The Human League

1. What is the subject matter/
The song is about an relationship that is came to an end and the guy is upset that the girl wants to move on.

2. What is the difference in the 2 sides of the story?
The man said that girl would not be where she is today if it weren't for him. He is angry that she won't take him back so he kind of threatens her. The girl says that she just needed to move on and that she would have bettered her life with or without him.

3. With who do you side & why?
I side with the woman because the man seem a little controlling and it seems like the girl really could have improved her life without him.

"Rain on the Scarecrow" by John Mellencamp

1. This song is about a man losing his farm to the government. He was one of many who lost his land. The government is taking them and it is not right.

2. This song might address the problem of the government taking peoples' home; homes that had been in their family for a long time, and now these people do not know what to do.

3. Mellencamp chooses a scarecrow to symbolize farming and the defenseless farmer.

4. Mellencamp uses "blood" because it has a negative connotation and it resembles death, just like the farm is "dying" because it has lost all of its support.

5. Mellencamp is on the farmer's side because he presents the farmer sympathetically. He makes the farmer's friend Schepman look bad, while John (the farmer) is still nice to him. For example, Schepman says sorry and then John says, "I will say a prayer for you tonight."