Graphic violence

For this paper I chose to do my final critique on Ilike Merey’s graphic novel, A + E 4Ever. As I was reading this graphic novel, and others like it one question always comes to mind. How does the way that authors of graphic novels represent their illustration help complement the text, and how does the author depict time? I will argue that illustrations help to enhance the story that is being told because using visuals along with text helps the reader not only read what's going on, which allows…

In today's society advertisements are always around us, whether it be on a t.v, a billboard, or even a magazine. All ads have a purpose and a message they want to get across to a certain group of people, but how they get that message across differs for every ad. For example, the Nike ad targets athletic young adult to middle age men by appealing to masculinity and competitiveness, while the Reebok ad appeals to young to middle age women by appealing to body image, and comfort. The Nike ad…

Billboard advertisements are seen regularly in everyday life. They come in many different shapes and sizes, and occupy those huge boards either side of the freeway. This McDonalds billboard advertisement uses many different persuasive techniques in order to sell their intended product. In this case, the product being advertised is the Mc happy meal. The billboard uses specific colours, and directs the product towards a large demographic. The billboard appeals to the emotion of hunger as well as…

Strategies of triumphant Advertisements: An Annotated Bibliography This annotated bibliography is mainly about the effect of advertisements on person and strategies of triumphant advertisements. Nowadays, we are almost overwhelmed by thousands of advertisements and it’s nearly a common situation that companies spend tens of thousands of dollars purchasing a time to display their products’ advertisements. This out of ordinary situation prompts my curiosity: Why are these companies so sure that…

Could the World be filled with “Superhumans”? Upon hearing the word “superhuman” my mind immediately conjures up a being with inhuman like qualities and superpowers- typically, I imagine the comic book mutants from X-Men. With modern technology and advancements in genetics, the idea of a superhuman is becoming more and more plausible, although do not expect to see Magneto causing chaos in the street anytime soon. A superhuman can be defined as a human with heightened intelligence and physical…

conveyed by this ad was interpreted as gang rape. The ad shows a woman held to the ground by a half-naked male while being surrounded and watched by several other males. In addition to the models’ costumes, their postures further added onto the idea of violence. The models were positioned in a certain manner. The female model was lifted her pelvic area upwards and towards the male model that is holding her to the ground. In the image, while the male model is holding onto her hand forcefully, she…

Photoshop is the biggest weapon of mass destruction of the egos and self-esteem of women and men all over the world. Dolly, Cosmo, Playboy, Vanity Fair even explicit magazines. We’ve all picked one of these up and some point. Many of these magazines involve models, male or female, and these kinds of magazines are poisoning our minds. If we think about it, most of us want to be gorgeous, glamorous, hot and sexy. And why is this? Because everywhere we look, there is flawlessness in…

The general consensus among lexicographers is that word typology is etymologically derived from the Greek word typos or tupos (in plural tupoi), the archaic meaning of the word is blow. In course of semantic change tupos acquired the meaning of visible impression created by pressure of a blow, as a seal on wax or a die on metal or a copy, pattern, image, and example of something. The general significance of the term was form, probably a hollow form. or mold . Later diachronic development saw…

My choice as a gendered toy for both girl and boy was Marvel action figures. For the boy, I chose to write about the Marvel Spider-Man and in particular Marvel’s Lasher. The packaging black and white with the name “Marvels Lasher” displayed a crossed a red banner with white lettering. These colors, representing power and blood work to further the male mindset of superiority. Lasher, utterly inhuman in appearance, made of green sludge with white eyes and possessing superhuman abilities that help…

1 Communication changes us in many ways, it helps us resolve conflict, state our opinion, and it helps with our mental health. The way it helps us resolve conflict is by allowing us to openly talk about the issues we have with whoever/whatever is causing the conflict to occur, this allows us to find a way to resolve the issue and move forward. By stating our opinion, we can give others ideas on a task at hand, or just being openly creative. The way it helps with out mental health is it lets us…