9th Hour "El Empleo" by Benjamin Thomas https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml Read Past the Surface en-us 2021-09-01 18:39:27 UTC 2021-09-01 19:45:43 UTC hello@padlet.com Why are there no bright colors https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725434 2021-09-01 19:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725434 Why did the writer choose to emphasize typically discrete noises? eric_haupt23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725482 2021-09-01 19:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725482 Why is there no cars? olivia_castro23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725640 2021-09-01 19:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725640 Why did the author choose to end where they did? sydney_fogel23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725729 2021-09-01 19:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725729 Why is every dressed the same nand_patel23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725743 2021-09-01 19:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725743 Why did the author choose to replace objects with people? gracejones23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725783 2021-09-01 19:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725783 Why is the video soundless, does it have to do with their emotion? sophia_gamboa23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725852 2021-09-01 19:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725852 What background do the writers have? Did their personal experiences influence this argument? nathan_szadowski23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725872 2021-09-01 19:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725872 why did the writer leave out music? isabelle_kattar23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725892 2021-09-01 19:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725892 Why did the writer not make everything a person? james_durcan23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725900 2021-09-01 19:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725900 Why was the man who stepped on the "doormat" not shown all the way? bree_hubacher23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725972 2021-09-01 19:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710725972 morgan_duffy23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710726050 I was wondering why all the movements seemed dragged out or exaggerated. ]]> 2021-09-01 19:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710726050 How did the author feel while making this? Why was this made? olivia_madalinski23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710726202 2021-09-01 19:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710726202 Why did the writer make the alarm clock look the way it did? eric_haupt23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710726248 2021-09-01 19:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710726248 Why did the author choose to leave the film in silence besides the small noises? paige_gadomski23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710726506 2021-09-01 19:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710726506 elliot_white23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710726539 why where jobs like holding up a lamp or mirror included along with jobs like taxi driver or elevator operator]]> 2021-09-01 19:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710726539 Why did the author choose to make the main character end his morning routine with a job like being a doormat? allison_burke23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710726788 2021-09-01 19:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710726788 why was the man a door mat alivia_colandrea23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710726817 2021-09-01 19:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710726817 Why was there no sad/solemn music to match the expressions of people's faces? brynn_schuch23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710726858 2021-09-01 19:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710726858 How does this compare to real life and how people are treated like objects? bree_hubacher23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710726952 2021-09-01 19:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710726952 Why did some people have to get up earlier than others? isabelle_kattar23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710727109 2021-09-01 19:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710727109 Why did the writer name it in Spanish? https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710727246 2021-09-01 19:28:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710727246 Why did some people have more tedious jobs than others? isabelle_kattar23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710727550 2021-09-01 19:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710727550 How long do there furniture people stay on shift for? Are they sentient or lobotomized? braedon_larsen23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710727558 2021-09-01 19:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710727558 Why is he a DOORMAT nand_patel23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710727573 2021-09-01 19:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710727573 What was the purpose of there being no objects in the video? olivia_madalinski23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710727729 2021-09-01 19:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710727729 Why did the writer make jobs for people that didn't need to be there? (people door for main building door, but inside the building there are normal doors) eric_haupt23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710727846 2021-09-01 19:29:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710727846 Why did the author make the characters move slowly and act drowsy? thomas_boulden23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710727880 2021-09-01 19:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710727880 why is the title in spanish alivia_colandrea23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710727951 2021-09-01 19:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710727951 Why were the people all dressed in the same types of clothing? katherine_svigelj23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728110 2021-09-01 19:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728110 How come the face of the man at the end was not shown? nathan_szadowski23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728149 2021-09-01 19:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728149 Why are some object replaced by people but others aren't? (ie: sliding doors were people, but hinged doors hadn't changed) jack_wood23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728167 2021-09-01 19:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728167 Why did it not include talking or language https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728188 2021-09-01 19:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728188 Why would the author not portray the characters as sad rather than emotionless/lifeless? paige_gadomski23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728194 2021-09-01 19:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728194 Why did the writer choose for none of the characters to talk? brynn_schuch23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728231 2021-09-01 19:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728231 Why did he eat in the morning? braedon_larsen23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728385 2021-09-01 19:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728385 Why did the writer chose to end the way they did? hannah_brookens23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728432 2021-09-01 19:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728432 Are there people who don't have jobs being an object? Like the person who stepped on the man, what's his job? moira_brand23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728445 2021-09-01 19:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728445 morgan_duffy23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728554 What did the going up and down the elevator mean? Was it any symbol of repetitiveness? ]]> 2021-09-01 19:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728554 Why didn't the writer make the protagonist the highest link? eric_haupt23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728682 2021-09-01 19:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728682 Is this a symbol for real life? bree_hubacher23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728750 2021-09-01 19:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728750 Why did the author not only have the main character use other people as objects, but then act as one himself? allison_burke23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728832 2021-09-01 19:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710728832 what is the author trying to represent?? isabelle_kattar23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729168 2021-09-01 19:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729168 Why did no character have eyes? paige_gadomski23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729192 2021-09-01 19:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729192 Why the art style? hunter_bartell23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729508 2021-09-01 19:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729508 How big is the chain of people serving people? Is there an infinite population in this society? eric_haupt23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729535 2021-09-01 19:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729535 Does anyone have normal jobs or is everyone just working to replace or augment what we have in our society? braedon_larsen23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729664 2021-09-01 19:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729664 Why was the ending scene a doormat? bree_hubacher23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729683 2021-09-01 19:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729683 What is their government like? olivia_castro23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729794 2021-09-01 19:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729794 Why did the man dress up just to be a door mat? moira_brand23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729817 2021-09-01 19:30:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729817 Why do the characters not communicate verbally in any way? thomas_boulden23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729926 2021-09-01 19:30:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729926 How is it decided who gets what job/ who is higher up? brynn_schuch23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729939 2021-09-01 19:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729939 Why did it start with the one guy but he ended doing his own job https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729978 2021-09-01 19:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710729978 Why did the writer choose to make the characters in their society seem miserable by the lack of sound and expression? allison_burke23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730005 2021-09-01 19:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730005 Why did the big boss guy have other people serve him the whole video, just to become a doormat? olivia_madalinski23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730025 2021-09-01 19:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730025 Is their an infinate loop of people waking up early for their boss? 🤔 nand_patel23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730065 2021-09-01 19:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730065 What's the minimum wage in this territory? james_durcan23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730079 2021-09-01 19:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730079 what does the boss stepping on the doormat represent? hannah_brookens23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730331 2021-09-01 19:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730331 Why were the character's heads so vertically stretched? eric_haupt23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730340 2021-09-01 19:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730340 Why did they use kids? Was it there own kids? https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730524 2021-09-01 19:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730524 why did the author replace certain objects with people? sophia_gamboa23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730557 2021-09-01 19:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730557 Where is this taking place? gracejones23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730615 2021-09-01 19:31:03 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730615 what does this say about the rest of the world? olivia_castro23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730638 2021-09-01 19:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730638 When does the chain of workers end? Is there a highest person? isabelle_kattar23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730733 2021-09-01 19:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730733 Why did he live alone? paige_gadomski23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730754 2021-09-01 19:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730754 Why did they choose for the main character to be a middle aged man? brynn_schuch23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730833 2021-09-01 19:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730833 Why did the alarm clock have brighter colors than anything else? braedon_larsen23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730891 2021-09-01 19:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710730891 Why is there so much repetition? katherine_svigelj23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710731106 2021-09-01 19:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710731106 How many different ways could this argument be interpreted? nathan_szadowski23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710731222 2021-09-01 19:31:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710731222 What kind of society do these people live in. who works for who? whos in charge? is this all to benefit one man? When do the people in the mans house go to their homes, do they have people who work in there house? if so do the people working in the workers house ALSO have people? Are there people who cant afford to have people in their house? are they paid? Whos behind all of this https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710731333 2021-09-01 19:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710731333 If everyone has the same boring routine, why are some characters bodies shaped differently or why is their health different? vincent_honer23 https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710731338 2021-09-01 19:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bthomas16/7qdyjrr6rgjv1yml/wish/1710731338