The feel of the piece is happy and upbeat. The instruments and tempo give the song this feel. For example, the tempo is fast and upbeat, which gives a happy feel. Also, the variety of instruments also gives it the happy feel. The bass contributes an intresting sound but it makes the song more upbeat and intresting, which makes it seem happy.

Semeadores

The subject of the painting Semeadores is enslaved people. The occasion is when there were slaves in Mexico, which was around the 1950's. The audience is those enslaved and the people against it. The purpose is to show the struggle of enslaved people. The tone is sympathetic. The theme of this painting is that slavery is a sad thing and unreasonable. You can tell the artist is most likely against slavery because he shows the workers struggling. Yes it is related to the theme because he is against enslaving people and the theme is slavery is wrong.

Creative Process

Wilco's process to creating a song is making a making the song and then destructing it, meaning editing it and changing it up. My creative process for writing is simple and kind of similar to Wilco's process for song writing. I write whatever comes to my mind about the subject with few notes then I go back and add things and oragnize it to enhance my final piece.

Nostalgia

To me, nostalgia is remembering something in a positve light. When I heard the first song, I thought of poodle skirts. In second grade, a group of us did a dance to that song in the talent show and wore poodle skirts. The other songs just made me think of people dancing in a 50s scene. Images of my dance recitals pop into my head when I think of my childhood. Whenever I hear tap shoes or smell the wood smell of hardwood floors, I think back to my childhood and perfomring in my dance recitals.

Poverty

I think a major contributing factor to poverty is lack of jobs. As we all know, the economy went through a very rough patch. Lots of people lost their jobs, this made a lot of people fall below the poverty line. A lot of people have not recouped from this, leaving them in poverty. I think the artist potrays poverty in a positive light because the family does look depressed, but there is some hope. His message is that poverty is a very sad depressing thing but there is hope and you can overcome it if you try. One technique the artist used was color. Everything is dull and dark colored except the bright colors in the flowers that the girl is selling, showing hope. Another technique is the use on arrangement. It shows the family is depressed but there is hope because the daughter is trying to sell the flowers.

First Reading Response- Poverty

In the article "Live Free and Starve," the author says that with this new passing of the anit-child-labor law, they should offer a new life to the newly released children. In the article he states "A bill like the one we've just passed is of no use unless it goes hand in hand with programs that will offer a new life to these newly released children." I agree with the author. In the article "The Singer Solution to World Poverty," the author thinks that people should give some of their money to children in need. He says that "an American household with an income of $50,000, spends $30,00 annually on necessities." He says a family should try to donate $20,000 to help the worlds poor. I agree people should donate money to the poor but not almost half of their income. This could cause them to become impovered. I have somewhat of a bias because I see how losing income affects families.

Round and Round

My musical facts about the soung Round and Round influence my opinion because I tend to like songs that have a variety of tempos in them. It keeps me intrested in the song. This song, in my opinion, changes tempos a lot. The correlation between my opinion and what I picked out is positive. I like songs that have fast tempos, and I picked that out. I do have a bias, I tend to not like slow tempo songs or boring dull temp songs. So if this song had a boring or dull tempo, I probably wouldn't like it.