Section C: Author's Intent Read the two communications by Helga and Sophia about Graffiti and answer the questions below. I'm simmering with anger as the school wall is cleaned and repainted for the fourth time to get rid of graffiti. Creativity is admirable but people should find ways to express themselves that do not inflict extra costs upon society Why do you spoil the reputation of young people by painting graffiti where it's forbidden? Professional artists do not hang their paintings in the streets, do they? Instead they seek funding and gain fame through legal exhibitions In my opinion buildings, fences and park benches are works of art in themselves. It's really pathetic to spoil this architecture with graffiti and what's more, the method destroys the ozone layer. Really, I can't understand why these criminal artists bother as their "artistic works" are just removed from sight over and over again. Helga There is no accounting for taste. Society is full of communication and advertising. Company logos, shop names. Large intrusive posters on the streets. Are they acceptable? Yes, mostly. Is graffiti acceptable? Some people say yes, some no. Who pays the price for graffiti? Who is ultimately paying the price for advertisements? Correct. The consumer. Have the people who put up billboards asked your permission? No. Should graffiti painters do so then? Isn't it all just a question of communication - your own name, the names of gangs and large works of art in the street? Think about the striped and chequered clothes that appeared in the stores a few years ago. And ski wear. The patterns and colours were stolen directly from the flowery concrete walls. It's quite amusing that these patterns and colours are accepted and admired but that graffiti in the same style is considered dreadful. Times are hard for art. esphia 11 The purpose of each of these letters is to (1 Point) present an opinion about graffiti. demonstrate the popularity of graffiti. tell people how much is spent removing graffiti. explain what graffiti is. 12 Why does Sophia refer to advertising? (1 Point) She's describing the graffiti. Because people put graffiti on them. To show us that advertising can be as invasive as graffiti. Because graffiti is advertising for a certain person or gang. 13 Which Letter writer's point of view do you agree with the most? Please note that this is a branching question so with the follow up questions you only need to answer question 14 or Question 15, but not both.
