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The items for this box were scavenged from a house with a teenager who refuses to give up old toys, 2 boys under the age of 10, and many pieces of technology, especially broken ones. The idea started after a friend made a noose for the blonde doll out of the tablet cord. Everything else was just fitting the rest in. The cell phone crushing Santa Claus came from the idea that most children only stop believing in him after their peers or someone else tell them that he isn't real. Cell phones encourage communication, so it was only logical. The printer cartridge crushing the ruler came as both are tools for putting art on paper. The other pieces came from trial and error in what displayed the toys in distress by way of technology. The idea for the change in script of the title came from wanting to have technology in the title, but also having only one key for each letter. This problem inspired the idea of having the rest written in cursive, as a young child eager to show off their new skills might. The changing point was decided as the word "Death" needed to be prominent while the word "of" is slightly less menacing and thought to belong with the innocence.
Music Statement
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The Death of Innocence
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The term death means the destruction or permanent ending of something. Innocence is defined as purity. Defined this way, the title of this project can mean the permanent end of the purity of childhood. Purity in correlation with childhood often evokes a sense of nostalgia in people. This means that the title is an end to the nostalgia of childhood. In this way, technology is permanently ending the nostalgia for childish items and is therefore often viewed as evil.
In this box, the centrepiece is a doll being hung by a tablet cord. This is symbolic for how children will now often play with a tablet over a doll. The tablet cord is killing the doll in order to take her place. This occurs in different variations throughout the box. The word "Death" is also spelled out in keyboard keys. This further illustrates how it is technology doing the killing.

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Music Statement
This music starts out with chimes representing a young child playing outdoors. This is slowly replaced with the sound of rain, something that may drive children to start using technology. As if it was a rainy day and their parents got annoyed and let the use the computer or tablet to keep them quiet. A sad piano melody soon starts. This represents the loss of the child's imagination and innocence that second. This picks up speed until a loud clap of thunder can be heard. This is the death blow to the child's innocence and the music fades to a single stringed instrument playing a repetitive tune with occasional piano keys, representing the loss of all imagination. The discordant piano shows that this happened before it should have.

The Death of Innocence The Death of Innocence is about how technology kills childhood. Children play with tablets, cellphones, and computers instead of dolls, paper and drawing tools, or other simple toys that require imagination. The signs of childhood disappear as they use the same pieces of technology as adults. The term death means the destruction or permanent ending of something. Innocence is defined as purity. Defined this way, the title of this project can mean the permanent end of the purity of childhood. Purity in correlation with childhood often evokes a sense of nostalgia in people. This means that the title is an end to the nostalgia of childhood. In this way, technology is permanently ending the nostalgia for childish items and is therefore often viewed as evil. In this box, the centrepiece is a doll being hung by a tablet cord. This is symbolic for how children will now often play with a tablet over a doll. The tablet cord is killing the doll in order to take her place. This occurs in different variations throughout the box. The word "Death" is also spelled out in keyboard keys. This further illustrates how it is technology doing the killing. The doll being trapped in the camera charging cord is still fighting to get out. This, much like the work of Sisyphus, is a useless endeavor as she will continue being trapped and having to fight as long as cameras, or dolls, are still around. The hero's journey is also referenced as it is the discovering of the unknown technology that kills the innocence. As long as the unknown technology remains unknown, the innocence may continue. However, once this unknown world is ventured into, the events of this story may unfold and the boon of new information kills the innocence. The items for this box were scavenged from a house with a teenager who refuses to give up old toys, 2 boys under the age of 10, and many pieces of technology, especially broken ones. The idea started after a friend made a noose for the blonde doll out of the tablet cord. Everything else was just fitting the rest in. The cell phone crushing Santa Claus came from the idea that most children only stop believing in him after their peers or someone else tell them that he isn't real. Cell phones encourage communication, so it was only logical. The printer cartridge crushing the ruler came as both are tools for putting art on paper. The other pieces came from trial and error in what displayed the toys in distress by way of technology. The idea for the change in script of the title came from wanting to have technology in the title, but also having only one key for each letter. This problem inspired the idea of having the rest written in cursive, as a young child eager to show off their new skills might. The changing point was decided as the word "Death" needed to be prominent while the word "of" is slightly less menacing and thought to belong with the innocence.

Metamorphosis Final In Depth Outline
I will be using a mixture of historicism and social commentary to analyze this essay.
Gregor Samsa is portrayed as a parasite in The Metamorphosis due to his attraction to his hosts, that are repulsed by him and the cyclical draining of life force. This has roots in Kafka's own life with his fear of doing the same to his family.

"Kafka's Life (1883-1924)." . The Kafka Project, 8 Jan. 2011. Web. 2 May 2014.
"Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. "
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"We've only harmed ourselves by believing it for so long."
Gregor's sister says this to her father about Gregor being Gregor. She says that he is not Gregor and that it's been harming the family. This illustrates the strain put on the family by Gregor's transformation.

I will be using a mixture of historicism and social commentary to analyze this essay.
Gregor Samsa is portrayed as a parasite in The Metamorphosis due to his attraction to his hosts, that are repulsed by him and the cyclical draining of life force. This has roots in Kafka's own life with his fear of doing the same to his family.
Kafka's The Metamorphosis is loosely based on his life, with the artist feeding off of the rest of his life and his tuberculosis forcing him to feed off of his father. Parasites tend to kill their hosts by feeding off of them, this then tends to kill the parasite itself as its source of food is gone. The prefix "para" can mean "incorrectly resembling something else as well as wrongfully or harmfully existing beside" (Barry, 46). This follows Gregor's life almost perfectly. The locked door holds large amounts of symbolism. Showing that he does not get along with his parents, is a separate entity, and finally that he is a monster that needs to be locked away. Gregor doesn't take his family's food away, but instead drains them psychically. Gregor has an erotic fantasy with his mother and sister. This will not be used in the essay. Gregor was the caretaker for his family, but became a draining parasite. Gregor's father battling with him represents Kafka's fear of a similar fate meeting him.
This article will be used in the argument of his psychically draining his family and the idea of Kafka's fear of facing a similar fate to the doomed Gregor.
The Kafka project provides a biography of Franz Kafka. I will be using the section on his tuberculosis and fears.
"Kafka's Life (1883-1924)." . The Kafka Project, 8 Jan. 2011. Web. 2 May 2014.
"Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. "
This quote shows that Gregor still cares about his father while his father rejects him. It states that Gregor was acting "humbly" which can mean acting inferior or modest. This illustrates that Gregor sees his father as above him and want to respect him. He also asks his father to help. This shows that he cares as it is hard to ask for help and even harder to ask for help from someone you find repulsive. However, Gregor's father rejects all of this and continues driving Gregor into the room through violent techniques. This shows that Gregor's father thinks Gregor is repulsive as he is treating him as if he was behaving badly or this is somehow in his control, which it is not.