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https://www.dropbox.com/s/y9p3bq5h33e631v/PBL%20VIDEO.mp4?dl=0

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Final Collage

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I’m showing the social discrimination towards Chinese in America and how people are only reacting based upon fears rather than rationally thinking through what would be a smarter solution. Also, I will either tear up the page in the half or make a contrast between those two leaders. Meanwhile, the part that I'm concerned is the edges (borders)at the edge, because it is hard to represent how the direct separation between countries and how the Chinese workers in the US is currently experiencing physical harm from Americans who has fear in contacting the virus.

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I chose to make the lower body more like a robe-like shape, but instead of using clothing, I used 6 different images blended together from WW1 and WW2 magazines. It's supposed to show how 'war and industrialism' is the 'foundation' of the nationalist party.

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I like the overall feeling of my collage, but I feel like it might be too messy and people will probably have a hard time knowing what to focus on. I'll come up with more ideas for the composition, but I am pretty satisfied with the images, especially the hands which are supposed to represent societal pressure.

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I will be changing the "crown" because it doesn't look very visually consistent with the other parts of the collage. I do like the idea of using darker reds/browns so I will be experiencing with those colors in addition to other materials such as yarn. I'm coming up with ways I can add on to the huge side profile to show Lord Capulet's aggressiveness when his "offer" was rejected by Juliet.

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Meanwhile, the US is also facing a severe economic crisis because of the coronavirus outbreak. The closure of certain factories has caused a problem with Trump’s re-election program. “The energy market impacts of the coronavirus will likely doom the $50 billion...that Trump was banking on as one of the few positive outcomes of his 18-month trade war with China, which resulted in slower growth in both economies” (Keith Johnson, Foreign Policy). Currently, Trump is undergoing societal pressure because of the declining economy. He has made rash decisions such as stopping Chinese people from coming to the US and has intentionally raised prices of some domestic Chinese companies in America. Although the physical harm caused by this action has not been felt yet, the raising of prices and shutting down borders will most definitely lead to an economic crisis within China, causing many people to be physically harmed due to lack of financial resources. In the context of the coronavirus outbreak, Americans in power react to an excessive and exaggerated degree when confronted with the fear of contracting the virus, mainly shown through their social stigma.

The coronavirus is starting to become a larger threat to US citizens as more cases appear in the country. Several conservative extremists in the media, such as influential radio host Rush Limbaugh, have continuously spread misinformation regarding the COVID-19 issue.

Limbaugh said at the start of his rant, “It looks like the coronavirus is being weaponized as yet another element to bring down Donald Trump” (Rush Limbaugh, Yahoo News). Limbaugh attempts to distribute false information due to the societal pressure brought by the concerned members of the public. This demonstrates how Limbaugh, a person with the power to persuade thousands of unknowledgeable people, reacted to an excessive and extreme degree by intentionally accusing China of weaponizing the coronavirus. This led to widespread discrimination of Asians across the country, resulting in physical violence and abuse, showing how his intentional actions caused severe consequences.

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Includes the thesis, evidence, and analysis for each subject (Scroll down)

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In the context of Asian History, both Chiang Kai-Shek and Mao Zedong reacted to societal pressure by deliberately killing hundreds of innocent people and letting their soldiers harass harmless civilians.

After the completion of the Northern Expedition, the alliance between the Nationalist Party of the KMT and the Communist Party of the CCP was short-lived. As Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek saw the rapid growth of the Communist Party and the threat of overtaking his party, it “intensified his determination to destroy the Communists, whom he regarded as the main obstacle to his exercising complete power” (Lynch 49). This quote shows that Chiang was under political and societal pressure as the rival party grew, causing him to act extremely. The quote also expresses Chiang’s fear of being overtaken by the Communists, leading to his unnecessarily rash actions in the Shanghai Massacre. The aftermath of this event left many people fleeing for their lives, showing the monumental impact the Shanghai Massacre had on its surroundings.

The 100 flowers campaign prompted many intellectuals to speak out and criticize the CCP. However, Mao made a severe misjudgment by commencing this movement because “…he underestimated the volume and bitterness of the criticism, and the Party’s ability to withstand them.” This quote suggests how Mao confronted an unknown of overwhelmingly large amounts of censure from the public, mainly out of fear. He reacted to this unknown by intentionally purging the opposers, arresting them and sending many intellectuals into forced labor and re-education camps. This outrageous campaign shows Mao’s extreme rashness and impulsiveness when faced with societal pressure that threatens his political position.

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Here I added a group of protesters for civil rights during the segregation era in the US. This represents the unknown as it shows how racism is all based upon the fear of an unknown. Racist people in America segregated Color people from white Americans because of how they were different from them and so therefore treated them unfairly which connects to the Thesis. A angry man is shown yelling at another man which is simply there to show aggression and hatred towards another. The boy behind the barbed wire shows a Jewish boy who was put into concentration camps by the Nazis as the Nazis blamed Jewish people for their nations troubles. The combination of these images show the unknowns that many of us face and how we react towards it with hate and aggression.

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For my collage on PBL thesis "When people are confronted with societal pressure which threatens to take away one’s position, people with power react with extreme and rash decisions, often resulting in the physical harming of people around them. " I will represent using images of how humans react to the unknown. To do this I will use people showing angry, hateful, stressful expressions towards an unknown conflict.

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In the context of Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet reacts to the societal pressure of having a

married daughter and threatens to disown Juliet if she does not marry Paris, which results in the

death of Romeo and Juliet.

In Act 3 Scene 4, Lord Capulet receives word of the death of Tybalt, and he scrambles to make plans for Juliet. He explains to Paris, "Acquaint her here of my son Paris' love; And bid her, mark you me, on Wednesday next" (3.4.16-17). This quote shows Capulet's irrational and impetuous decision to have Juliet marry Paris, out of fear of having an unmarried daughter, due to the societal norms of the time. As a result, Capulet plans a hurried, spur-of-the-moment marriage that Juliet herself never agreed to, preventing Juliet from pursuing her true love. As a consequence, Capulet's actions create an indissoluble conflict between Juliet and Capulet, ultimately leading to Juliet physically harming herself due to the anguish he has caused.

In Act 3 Scene 5, Lord Capulet informs Juliet that the arranged marriage for Juliet and Paris will take place in 2 days. Juliet then shares that she refuses to marry anyone but Romeo, which prompts Lord Capulet to furiously shout, “An you be mine, I’ll give you to my friend.

An you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets” (3.5.192-193). This quote shows how Capulet reacts to this unknown by berating and insulting his very own daughter, due to the societal pressure he is under to find his daughter a husband. Capulet has never experienced this feeling of disobedience and rejection, causing him to react impulsively and harshly.

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When people are confronted with societal pressure which threatens to take away one’s position, people with power react with extreme and rash decisions, often resulting in the physical harming of people around them.

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I wanted to keep the background as simple as possible, but with some accents and marks along the border. This is because I received feedback from my previous project that my background was too complicated, and looking at a lot of the 'good collage' photos, the backgrounds were quite simple.

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Collage Update #1

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Collage Update #1

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Collage Update #1

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My collage is showing how the Americans react with an excessive and exaggerated degree when confronted with the fear of contracting the virus. My collage shows a clear separation between the color red and orange. The red is portraying how America is being infected from the virus. Also, it is telling us that people are being discriminated by showing how there are no interactions between the red and orange. It is showing how after Trump realized the decline of the economy, it is showing the rash decisions has made of raising prices of domestic companies and stopping the Chinese people to come to their lands. Furthermore, I would draw a clear border around the edge of the red paper in order to show how America blocked its borders against China.

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In the center of my collage, i will add a humanoid type figure, except I'll make it look like it's an industrial 'juggernaut' to show that the person is in a position of power. The bright red background symbolizes the Communist party in the 1920s growing stronger and stronger, and the main focus of the collage will be on Chiang Kai Shek and the Nationalists. My thoughts are that the 'juggernaut' could have a motion of crushing something, as a means of expressing excessive force and rash decisions, maybe crushing and crumpling a yellow Star, to symbolize the betrayal of the Communists in the Shanghai Massacre.

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Collage Update #1