In-class Reflection
In this activity, we divided into three different groups. Based on our topics, we chose different scenes in the book. From reading this book, we get a lot of meaningful topics and themes.
1. I think Aaron’s group performed it with lively and vivid movement. Their topic is police. They didn’t put it as a straightforward monologue; rather, they show it as a short clip from their interpretation. After they read the book, they form their monologues as a scene, making it more interesting. Although it's short, we can get the meaning of different reactions from different polices. White cops might have a strong aversion toward African Americans, yet black cops can produce a more friendly and sympathetic emotions. In the performances, Grace is a white cop, having antipathy toward Aaron, the African American. In the beginning, Aaron exclaimed:"Stop running from the cops, they won't chase you because they won't hit you."Even though he praised about the cops, Grace still arrest him for no reason. However, Yun was the black cop. When he glanced this situation, he let the man run from the chaotic scene. Therefore, this kind of performance enable us to understand the overall themes, the perspectives from different cops might change the things. I really like their interpretations because there is not that much speaking, emotions can do the same.
2. In Nan's group, they used traditional verbatim format; they used interviews from each monologue to show their emotions. Their group is about race. As a result, they chose something in the beginning part which contains a lot information about different race. They gave a lot of details (different emotions and behaviors) in showing Africans and Jewishs. For example, In Josh's performance, he illustrates the special personalities in African American by smirking, connecting words to the audience. It exposes the life of African Americans. I think he picked a great monologue because it totally showed the living habits of African Americans. Yet, I still feel the pharse" bad boy" is really funny. In Nan's performance, she performed the Jewish woman who is talking about a black boy helping her to turn off the radio. This small detail focus on not every Jewish is smart and she might also want to get help from other people. She displayed this through her hesitations.
3. In my group, we created a form of dialogue between me and Joey. I represented the Jewish side, and Joey represented the black Americans. We selected three different monologues, combining together as one performance. Our group's topic is violence. Actually, we utilized violences during the performance: I was pointing at Joey's chest, Joey was grabing me. Moreover, in our words and emotions, we showed aggressive attitudes. Firstly, I lowered my voice, but when the thing gets to the climax, I started to yell and blame Joey. Also, I mentioned the African Americans were beating the driver so that he couldn't lift up the car. When I get to that part, my anger reached the top. My interpretation of violence is not only from the words of beating, but also from the emotions of each character. Joey then jumped out by opposing my idea. He was angry that he thinks the driver was drunk already at that time. Due to I was the one who speaks first, his angryness reach to the top at once. Afterward, David breaks into us as a final resolution or as the peacemaker. He doesn't want us to keep arguing, hating and having violence between the two different race. And all of these can come together.
1. I think Aaron’s group performed it with lively and vivid movement. Their topic is police. They didn’t put it as a straightforward monologue; rather, they show it as a short clip from their interpretation. After they read the book, they form their monologues as a scene, making it more interesting. Although it's short, we can get the meaning of different reactions from different polices. White cops might have a strong aversion toward African Americans, yet black cops can produce a more friendly and sympathetic emotions. In the performances, Grace is a white cop, having antipathy toward Aaron, the African American. In the beginning, Aaron exclaimed:"Stop running from the cops, they won't chase you because they won't hit you."Even though he praised about the cops, Grace still arrest him for no reason. However, Yun was the black cop. When he glanced this situation, he let the man run from the chaotic scene. Therefore, this kind of performance enable us to understand the overall themes, the perspectives from different cops might change the things. I really like their interpretations because there is not that much speaking, emotions can do the same.
2. In Nan's group, they used traditional verbatim format; they used interviews from each monologue to show their emotions. Their group is about race. As a result, they chose something in the beginning part which contains a lot information about different race. They gave a lot of details (different emotions and behaviors) in showing Africans and Jewishs. For example, In Josh's performance, he illustrates the special personalities in African American by smirking, connecting words to the audience. It exposes the life of African Americans. I think he picked a great monologue because it totally showed the living habits of African Americans. Yet, I still feel the pharse" bad boy" is really funny. In Nan's performance, she performed the Jewish woman who is talking about a black boy helping her to turn off the radio. This small detail focus on not every Jewish is smart and she might also want to get help from other people. She displayed this through her hesitations.
3. In my group, we created a form of dialogue between me and Joey. I represented the Jewish side, and Joey represented the black Americans. We selected three different monologues, combining together as one performance. Our group's topic is violence. Actually, we utilized violences during the performance: I was pointing at Joey's chest, Joey was grabing me. Moreover, in our words and emotions, we showed aggressive attitudes. Firstly, I lowered my voice, but when the thing gets to the climax, I started to yell and blame Joey. Also, I mentioned the African Americans were beating the driver so that he couldn't lift up the car. When I get to that part, my anger reached the top. My interpretation of violence is not only from the words of beating, but also from the emotions of each character. Joey then jumped out by opposing my idea. He was angry that he thinks the driver was drunk already at that time. Due to I was the one who speaks first, his angryness reach to the top at once. Afterward, David breaks into us as a final resolution or as the peacemaker. He doesn't want us to keep arguing, hating and having violence between the two different race. And all of these can come together.
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