Exploring the Text

1. What is your first impression of Joe Bolzano, whose picture begins the excerpt? How do you feel about him after you finish the excerpt? Does it match your first impression? Explain.

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   Exploring the Text: - What is your first impression of Joe Bolzano, whose picture begins the excerpt? How do you feel about him after you finish the excerpt? Does it match your first impression? Explain.
2. How does Bolzano characterize his father? What does he consider his father’s most important trait? How do the drawings build on that characterization?

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   Exploring the Text: - How does Bolzano characterize his father? What does he consider his father’s most important trait? How do the drawings build on that characterization?
3. What picture do the drawings of the funeral of Joe’s younger brother and the Walt Whitman Hotel paint of the Camden of the past?

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   Exploring the Text: - What picture do the drawings of the funeral of Joe’s younger brother and the Walt Whitman Hotel paint of the Camden of the past?
4. What is it that Bolzano thinks makes him a man? How does that differ from the idea of manhood in Camden today or in any other place that is plagued by poverty and gang warfare?

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   Exploring the Text: - What is it that Bolzano thinks makes him a man? How does that differ from the idea of manhood in Camden today or in any other place that is plagued by poverty and gang warfare?
5. In the introduction to Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, Chris Hedges writes:

   Joe Sacco and I set out…to take a look at the sacrifice zones, those areas in the country that have been offered up for exploitation in the name of profit, progress, and technological advancement. We wanted to show in words and drawings what life looks like when the marketplace rules without constraints, where human beings and the natural world are used and then discarded to maximize profit. We wanted to look at what the ideology of unfettered capitalism means for families, communities, workers, and the ecosystem.

   Why do you think they thought the combination of words and pictures would be effective in developing their argument? How has it helped them achieve the purpose stated above? Explain your answer.

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   Exploring the Text: - In the introduction to Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, Chris Hedges writes:Joe Sacco and I set out…to take a look at the sacrifice zones, those areas in the country that have been offered up for exploitation in the name of profit, progress, and technological advancement. We wanted to show in words and drawings what life looks like when the marketplace rules without constraints, where human beings and the natural world are used and then discarded to maximize profit. We wanted to look at what the ideology of unfettered capitalism means for families, communities, workers, and the ecosystem.Why do you think they thought the combination of words and pictures would be effective in developing their argument? How has it helped them achieve the purpose stated above? Explain your answer.