Carefully look at the painting That Gentleman applying the Analyzing Images routine we have used in the past.
Step 1:
Of a person looking away from viewer
Dark surroundings
Mysterious
Looks sad
Step 2:
I see shoes on a table scissors hanging on the wall
Person sitting down facing away
The person is African American
Step 3:
What is the object on the right side of the painting?
When was this painted?
Step 5:
I think that the piece is trying to say that black people have to endure hardships and work a lot
I also think that the one light spot on the man symbolizes how he is there but no one really sees him.
Connect this to the quote in the book
What are you bearing witness to? Think about your novel. Can you make any predictions about ways …show more content…
We are bearing witness to one specific moment of his life. As Mr. Wyeth describes, we are looking at a man whose “voice is gentle, his wit is keen, and his wisdom enormous.” The author later goes on to describe this man as a quiet unsung hero. As someone quiet, you bear witness to many things because you go most of the time unnoticed. This image connects to my novel because Quinn bears witness to one specific moment of the beating of Rashad in front of the convenience store. This is one of the many examples Quinn and Rashad both ‘peeking’ into moments of each other’s lives whether they know it or not situated throughout the book. Another example of this could be when Rashad sees an unknown person wearing a T-shirt that has “I’M MARCHING,” written on the front, “and then the back said ARE YOU?” (Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, 277). Without knowing that earlier in the book Quinn had written that on his shirt, the reader would not be able to connect that unknown person as being Quinn. I also think that the symbolism that I had highlighted in the analyzing images question connects greatly with the novel because Rashad had described a moment exactly like I had explained. He was describing how cops were helpful in some instances, but not in other times. He described the reason why they were not helpful as: “Like, they see us. But they don’t really see us” (Reynolds and Kiely,
Step 1:
Of a person looking away from viewer
Dark surroundings
Mysterious
Looks sad
Step 2:
I see shoes on a table scissors hanging on the wall
Person sitting down facing away
The person is African American
Step 3:
What is the object on the right side of the painting?
When was this painted?
Step 5:
I think that the piece is trying to say that black people have to endure hardships and work a lot
I also think that the one light spot on the man symbolizes how he is there but no one really sees him.
Connect this to the quote in the book
What are you bearing witness to? Think about your novel. Can you make any predictions about ways …show more content…
We are bearing witness to one specific moment of his life. As Mr. Wyeth describes, we are looking at a man whose “voice is gentle, his wit is keen, and his wisdom enormous.” The author later goes on to describe this man as a quiet unsung hero. As someone quiet, you bear witness to many things because you go most of the time unnoticed. This image connects to my novel because Quinn bears witness to one specific moment of the beating of Rashad in front of the convenience store. This is one of the many examples Quinn and Rashad both ‘peeking’ into moments of each other’s lives whether they know it or not situated throughout the book. Another example of this could be when Rashad sees an unknown person wearing a T-shirt that has “I’M MARCHING,” written on the front, “and then the back said ARE YOU?” (Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, 277). Without knowing that earlier in the book Quinn had written that on his shirt, the reader would not be able to connect that unknown person as being Quinn. I also think that the symbolism that I had highlighted in the analyzing images question connects greatly with the novel because Rashad had described a moment exactly like I had explained. He was describing how cops were helpful in some instances, but not in other times. He described the reason why they were not helpful as: “Like, they see us. But they don’t really see us” (Reynolds and Kiely,