Boogie was born Vladimir Milivojevich in Belgrade, the capital of what was then Yugoslavia and now Serbia. Boogie began photographing the civil war that ravaged his country in the 1990s, which has influenced his body of work. His style is dark and reflects subject matters that he typically shoots such as city degradation, protests and portraits of “skinheads”. Boogie is famous for his street photography and currently lives in Brooklyn but travels the world for his photography. He has had multiple solo exhibitions in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Milan, Istanbul and Los Angeles. The composition of the dangling dead rat of this photograph is repulsive and reflects the harshness of inner-city life. The use of black and white photography, rule of thirds, centered focus and straightforward angles focus forces the viewer to confront the rat head on. The rat is framed by the metal crosswalk sign with advertisements on the left and what appears to be an old factory building that has been converted into businesses on the right. This photo appears to have been taken during an overcast day and heavily utilizes the relationship between the rat in the foreground and cityscape in the background. I …show more content…
The Sammy the Bull graffiti next to the rat is symbolic in nature if one is familiar with the story of Salvatore Gravano. Gravano (known as Sammy the Bull) was a former underboss of the Gambino crime family. He is infamous for being an FBI informant that helped bring down John Gotti, a famous and powerful mobster. Gravano’s informant relationship with the FBI was considered by many mob families as cowardly and an act of disloyalty, therefore using the term “a rat” to describe Gravano. Knowing this information makes the photo more humorous, disturbing and dark due to its connotations with mob
“Can these bones live?” (2008) by Theodore A. Harris is a three-part collage piece that overlaps the elements of historical photographs, symbols, text and ink, each in very detailed and powerful arrangements. While the individual composition of all three parts provides its own message, Harris uses repeated motifs to create a unified conversation about political corruption and social issues within the United States. When comparing the three parts of Harris’s work, the center image stands out as one of the more powerful statements and unique compositions.
The map then changes to show rats coming from the same area the Jews did and how they spread with them. Comparing Jews to rats implies they both bring parasites and diseases to where ever they go as well as destroying everything man made in their
The reader gets a Better understanding of Rats feelings. O'Brien also states, “Then he did an odd thing. He leaned in and put his head against my shoulder and almost hugged me. Coming from Rat Riley, that was something new.” (181) With this information we get an understanding that his behavior is unusual for Rat Riley.
Additionally, rodents work quietly and quickly. They also work very much so to the disadvantage of other people or animals. In the middle ages, rats were also carriers of the Black Plague. The reader gathers that Nurse Ratched infects the patients, orderlies, and staff with her impulsive desire for power and control. Another example of manipulation from Nurse Ratched is in chapter 3 when Chief states,
The rats were one of the main reasons for an unhealthy factory. Rats carried germs and diseases, however workers had to deal with that. They were exposed to being contaminated. “There was no place for men to wash their hands before they ate their dinner, and so they
In order to get rid of the rats they used rat poison and when they would get the meat there was dead rats in there as well their poison and they would drag the meat on the ground
Rat shot it in the nose. He bent forward and whispered something, as if talking to a pet, then he shot it in the throat” (49). Rat went absolutely ballistic and took his anger out on a baby animal. He handled his guilt with violence.
rat!’ He leans forward and spits those words at An Lu” (211). The violence the Lu family faces makes them in an uncomfortable, trapped and not safe position as they are living in a toxic environment but cannot go back
But like the sign, this characteristic has weathered away. Petry writes that the sign has a “dark red stain like blood” (55). The metaphor, comparing the stain to blood, is used to give further insight to the occupants and the state of the residence. The metaphor suggests a violent mentality, and a dangerous living space. The sign as a symbol thematically ties into skewed perception.
The passage explains how the meat productions were handling their meat at very low sanitation levels (Doc.D). These meat companies were letting rats
Rat Kiley’s immaturity is made evident his choice of “military equipment”- comic books, brandy, and M&M’s - but his behavior as well. His treatment of the baby buffalo epitomizes his frank downfall. He did not aim to kill, just “to hurt” (Page 75). He felt a need to separate himself from the graveness of war, choosing the buffalo as his outlet for his own pain. His inability to deal with own his emotions made him headstrong and naive, wa becoming but a game.
The page begins with a text box that is relatively big in comparison to the other text boxes. In it, the reader gets Vladke’s voice over which narrates his story; this therefore sets the scene. Below this is the first panel where the cat is placed in the foreground while the mice occupy the scene’s mid-ground, positioning it to seem much
More than a century ago, the horror fiction writer H.P. Lovecraft uttered: “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown” (BrainyQuote). One can infer that the late writer was portraying the idea that individuals, are pushed to find knowledge in order to conquer their fears however, the true terror that dwells within everyone is the outcome when no knowledge has been acquired. The idea of Room 101 in Nineteen Eighty-Four represents a concept of a dystopian existence where an individual’s subconscious meets the physical reality of suppression and horror. Throughout history, dating back to the 1300’s, rats have been looked down upon as they were the main carriers of the
The Lord of Flies by William Golding has many symbols of evil, one of which is the sow’s head. William Golding uses the image of the sow’s head as a figure to lead the reader to understand the parallel of human evil and the evil that Satan represents in the bible. The sow’s head, represents savagery, innate evil in human beings, and a Satan figure. The image of it is a major symbol to move the reader along in the battle between civilization and savagery.
On the night of the Masquerade Ball, eight men died due to the unfortunate events that lead Mr. Hop Frog to insanity. Mr. Hop Frog, of a small demeanor whom was crippled and was declared to have dwarfism, was a forced gift to His Majesty along with a lady, Trippetta. They were both abused and mistreated which lead Mr. Hop Frog to the insanity that he was at when His Majesty and his council died. His Majesty acted with many of the seven deadly sins, including: Pride, Gluttony, and Greed. His Majesty was very Prideful in thinking that he had the right to mistreat Mr. Hop Frog the way that he did.