The famous flower child was photo taken on the day of October 21st 1967 at the anti-Vietnam war rally during a march on the Pentagon. The main audience for this image was American citizens. The flower child picture was taken to spur realization of this movement and enact change in stopping the horrors of the Vietnam war. The photo was taken as a seventeen year old teenager engaged in peaceful protest. The main message that this image was attempting to send to the citizens of America was that the anti-war protest would be demonstrated with peace. The tense and violent attitudes of the soldiers on the left is heavily juxtaposed with the peaceful yet confident attitude of the brave teenager. The juxtaposition of these two vastly differing attitudes sends a strong message to the citizens of America of what the anti-war protesters were fighting for. Thus the more drastic the scene for the anti-war efforts, the deeper the message of the anti-war efforts hit the people of America.
Jason Recht
I really like that you mentioned the contrasting attitudes on either side of the photo. I think that this is a really important point that you picked up. However, I think that you should expand the audience of the photo beyond American citizens to include members of Congress, and maybe even the global community. Congress, theoretically, might see the response and react accordingly to how their citizens were protesting to their rash reactions. The global community might've had a say in how the United States was handling its presence in Vietnam and might even be able to influence their foreign policies.
ReplyDeleteI think this post is really well-written, and it serves its purpose in the audience analysis. I really like the fact that you talked about the symbolism of the flower to mean peace and the juxtaposition between the soldiers and the teenager. The last sentence was particularly insightful with the idea that the more surprising and radical an image is, the more likely it is to truly impact people. The only thing I would say to change about the post is to add hyperlinks for events such as the march so that people can get the full context of the situation.
ReplyDelete-Angela Jacob