Same Picture as Tuesdays Blog Post :)
Initial Impression: This picture says a thousand words about love, which is why I like it. Nothing is written on it; the only word in the picture is “BOND” written on a building in the background. But the way the man is holding the women so closely and passionately kissing her leaves the viewer speechless. Do the two people even know each other? Was this picture planned? The photo answers so many questions while it evokes twice as many.
Rhetorical Situation: This picture is in black and white, suggesting its timelessness. The two people kissing are front and center, the focus of the photo. I think the purpose of this picture is to provide others with sympathetic feelings towards the people who fought so bravely during WWII. It could also suggest that love can be found anywhere and at any time. The audience that this picture was created for would be the veterans of WWII. However, the picture is easy to relate to so it is now for everyone, not just the fighters of that time period. Everyone is smiling in the picture so the tone seams positive; perhaps love struck.
Analysis Model: Why are these two people kissing? They look like they come from two different worlds; what is bringing them together? I think they are in fact different, but they share to common joy of returning home from war with all of their limbs and a healthy heart still pumping. Maybe they were lovers before that had lost each other during the months of battle, but now they have returned and found each other. Though we don’t know for sure, these lovers seam to be meeting for the first time. They share a bond of war oppression and relief from finally returning home. To celebrate, they embrace with a passionate kiss that leaves the women breathless and the man heroic.
I. Thesis: Though we don’t know for sure, these lovers seam to be meeting for the first time. They share a bond of war oppression and relief from finally returning home.
II. Supporting Evidence #1:
o The way they are dressed tells us when this event took place.
o The women is in all white, dressed like a nurse
o The man is in all black, maybe navy blue, dressed as a sailor
III Supporting Evidence #2:
o Everyone around them is grinning, showing us the end of an era that will change the world
o The man on the left side of the picture, walking tall and proud
o The group of women behind the kissers, the women’s friends? They look one with smiles, perhaps some jealousy.
o The man on the right side of the picture. Why is he cut off? Who is he? The women’s real lover? Perhaps a friend of theirs?
IV Supporting Evidence #3:
o The passion that is shown is real, whether they know each other or not.
o The man pulls at the women’s dress.
o The women’s body is leaning at an angle that forms directly to the man’s.
o It looks like the man is doing the kissing; did the women want to be kissed? Is she fighting against him or melting in his embrace?
V. Conclusion:
o Whether the two people that are the focus of this picture are meeting for the first time or the 100th time, they show us true passion and provide hope for veterans and new generations of people alike.
Rachael,
ReplyDeleteYou have a good start to your analysis, but right now your thesis and supporting evidence could be clearer and more detailed. Your thesis statement seems a bit weak right now (because you begin with "though we don't know for sure," which is not very assertive). I suggest you re-work your thesis so that it is one assertive sentence. You don't give each supporting evidence section a clear focus (for instance, section one could be labeled: dress of the subjects in the photograph). Each piece of textual support could also use some deepening.
Your blog overall looks really great. You do a nice job with your posts.