In my image collage, I chose to focus on Gogol’s criticism of early 1800s Russian society in The Nose. While many of the characters in the story are flawed, I chose to focus on the main character’s superficiality. By making … Continue reading
Daily Archives: October 27, 2013
Our Sound Sculpture depicts a typical week in the life of a career-oriented person or a student. In both cases, the Sunday woes occur (the crying sound) when one realizes that the weekend is coming to a close and the … Continue reading
The goal of our sound transformation was to embody the Alice’s changes from reality to dreams in the 1951 Disney movie “Alice in Wonderland.” In the beginning of the clip we hear Alice’s calm reality, however quickly after, she falls … Continue reading
The image I created reflects the theme of a societal hierarchy in The Nose. The image indirectly comments on this same theme, the theme of some being higher in status than others in society. First of all, the pyramid in … Continue reading
By: Hanna Yoo, Amy You, and Tina Shen As said in the title, we made a song that holds several transformations. The general summary of our work could be this: A man is suffering from a coma. While in … Continue reading
Nabil Ahmed Khatri, Kevin Parakattu, Evans Charles Augustin … Continue reading
Everyone has a secret. Major Kovalev from The Nose is no exception from this notion, regardless of his social status. Indeed, he struggles to hide his secret by covering his face with a handkerchief … Continue reading
After reading through my mood diary, I saw that a major theme that I had picked out after reading “The Nose” was the nature of Kovalev to make himself appear bigger than he actually was. My image of the character … Continue reading
My animation (click to play): Or click here The main focus of my animation is the idea of a social ladder in Kovaloff’s society along with the confusion and absurdity conveyed in Gogol’s story “The Nose.” My animation starts off … Continue reading
While reading Gogol’s “The Nose,” I couldn’t help but feel the same amount of incredulity and disbelief while reading Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis.” Not only does it apply the same amount of weirdness and abstract thoughts, they also both have … Continue reading