Leon Spinks

Laughing Away the Tension: Humor’s Effect on Dissonance in Advertising We live in a digital age. Communication is becoming increasingly more prominent on electronic mediums. The average American prefers texting to face-to-face communication (Shropshire, 2015). With the increase of electronic communication, there is an increase in digital marketing and advertisements. According to an eMarketer Report, of the roughly $158 billion spent on advertising in the US in 2015, nearly $125 billion was…

One of the most influential, and recognized artist of the 20th century is Frida Kahlo. She displays her identity as a woman artist, a Mexican artist, and a politically involved artist in most of her art pieces. One constant theme, in Frida’s artworks is the theme of pain. Throughout her life, she was in constant pain, whether it be from after effects of the accident she had as a young adult, or emotional pain caused by her husband, Diego Rivera. The constant pain that she felt was evident in…

Throughout history, numerous men have tried to change their country. El Líder in Dreaming in Cuban and Vladimir Lenin both are some of these men. Both men were communist dictators for their countries, and they rose to power after leading a revolution. Through these revolutions they tried to do what they thought was the best for their country even if it was not. El Líder is a character in the novel Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina García. Within the novel, El Líder is a rather controversial figure…

Rationale Animal farm, written by George Orwell, portrays a story about a group of animals that rebel against human on the farm with the hope of being equal, free and happy. However, it turns out that new rules created by the pigs become a cruel tyranny of their own. In this assignment, I have chosen to write a diary entry as Snowball. Writing a dairy entry allows Snowball to express his thoughts and feelings toward Napoleon, and how he worries after Old Major is dead. I will use informal…

The story Animal Farm was made to mimic the Russian Revolution. The story has many different characters made up of different animals to represent the people of the Russian Revolution. There are major characters and minor characters, each character has their own part in the story. The minor characters in Animal Farm include Old major, the wise old pig, Mollie, the young mare that cares only for herself and her appearance, and Benjamin the smart stubborn donkey. By focusing on the minor characters…

In the novel, Animal Farm, by George Orwell, Napoleon is a fierce candidate with a determined mindset. His goals are short-term and pragmatic, and he uses a multitude of propaganda in order to influence the opinions of the animals. The specific propaganda techniques we have incorporated into the poster varies. We used name calling by stating, “Snowball’s regime is a fraud,” to attach a negative connotation to Snowball’s name in order to manipulate the animals into voting for Napoleon. We also…

After the death of Vladimir Lenin in the 1924, Joseph Stalin rose to power as the dictator of the Soviet Union and held power until his death in 1953. Through his policy, known as Stalinism, he industrialized and modernized Russia, boosting its economy to catch up with the other western powers. However, millions died during his dictatorship, including his own people through his creation of the first man-made famine ever and through his labor camps, known as Gulags (Joseph). One major aspect of…

The societies in his work are based on their corresponding government and authoritarian methods. In 1984, there is a motif of sheep which serves as a metaphor for society in that they follow anything the Party desires. Winston describes that Goldstein’s face “resembled the face of a sheep, and the voice, too, had a sheep-like quality.” (1984, 16) Having the face of sheep connotes that Goldstein is under the Party’s authoritative influence. Later in the novel, it is explained that there is no war…

Spirited Away uses the motif of food, which plays a crucial role in every transformation. The first transformation occurs when Chihiro’s parents devour the food they find in an empty park. Because the spirits perceived them as greedy consumers without appreciation, they transform the two consumers into pigs – a possible source of food themselves. The intemperate consumption of food resulted in a negative transformation, which began the plot for Chihiro to rescue her parents. The negative…

The animals in a farm named Manor Farm attempt to assert their Otherness in contrast to the oppressive human interference through a Rebellion. The word Rebellion appears with a capital ‘R’, as if the animals have almost found their harmony with deifying the act of Othering. The capitalized ‘Rebellion’ seems a raw simulation of the anthropocentric deity-figure that appears in grand narratives of the religious kind. The Rebellion of Manor Farm turns bloody and resembles in all its subtlety the…