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Wall.E 1. In a paragraph, describe the setting of Wall.E’s world in the first half hour of the movie. Is it a viable depiction of our planet’s future? Explain. I think Wall.E's world is not so great. Its horrifying! There's trash everywhere, the once beautiful earth is now repulsive. There was a mess everywhere, and I think Wall.E himself was having troubles getting around the junk. There was a huge mess. Its just so shocking that anything like that could happen. One second its a beautiful planet, next thing its a garbage place. I'm not sure if Wall.E would even like living there, but he doesn't seem to mind it. It may be very horrid, but its the only place Wall.E can call home. Even though its quite nasty around there, and how much junk is still piling up. And its actually nice of Wall.E to clean up the place, by grabbing the garbage and squaring it into a perfect square. Not everything there is a square, most of it is stuff like plants, rings, lighters, clothes, shoes, and other stuff that could be useful for Wall.E. I think the place is a very viable planet future. It looks so real, I mean these things **__can__** happen if we don't start to care now. Our future is in our hands, if we want to ruin it thats our fault. If its a mess, thats our fault as well. Half the world does not realize that all this trash we litter, will not always be burnt or thrown away. Sometime it will began to pile up, and things will look very nasty. Our planet will no longer be clean if people don't start caring. This is a message being sent to us, that we all need care. This isn't just on persons planet, its **everyones**. And everyone needs to care. So to me this looks like a very viable future. It can happen, you just never know though.

2. Make note of and describe some of the “artifacts” that Wall.E has collected. What is the significance/meaning of these objects as symbols? What do they tell us about the human race? Explain in a paragraph. (Use the following chart to collect notes as you view.) I think the most important symbols were the the video tape. Why? Because, Wall.E loved the tape. He had it with him of all time, he played the song over and over. Wall.E listened to it whenever he got a chance, and he got Eve's attention with the tape. The tape was not very important to other people, but it was more then important to Wall.E. He was very attached to the tape. It brought him a really warmth, loving feeling. And all Wall.E wanted was love. There was also the plant. It was the most major symbol. Wall.E found it while cleaning up. The moment Wall.E laid eyes on it, he couldn't believe how beautiful it was. Whatever it was, Wall.E had a urge to have it. So he took it home with him. The plant ending up helping everyone in space, come back to society. If Wall.E hadn't found it, and Eve hadn't taken it home with her to space, everyone would still be stuck in space. Living a very technology life, but yet quite boring. Wall.E had brought back everyone to earth, and everyone was thankful of that. Another symbol was the lighter. Wall.E had no idea what it could be. But when Eve lit it up, he was pretty star stuck. Amazed to see what it could do. I think these symbols tell us the our human race is not so advanced. These artifacts meant a lot to the people in Wall.E, but to us we don't really think their //that// important. Example could be the plant. Everyone would just think its a ordinary plant that grows with seeds in the dirt. But what about the people in Wall.E? Those people needed the plant, it was there only way to get back to earth and live a better life. Do us human ever think what will happen if earth is like that. All ruins, and everyone living in space. I'm sure that would be quite horrible. Living in space, while our planet is all in ruins. But I don't this has ever crossed anyones mind. It didn't cross mines either, until I watched this film.

4. What is the significance of the name “Buy and Large”? Explain in a few sentences. It was in earth, it runs axiom, and they own it. It shows children that Buy and Large is the big thing. Its their friend, and its the biggest progression. Everyone should Buy and Large. Thats what everyone is thought, and thats all everyone even knows in space. To buy and that to large.

5. Describe the lifestyle of the people who inhabit Axiom. Describe any similarities with these people’s lifestyle and the lifestyle of people on Earth today. What is the message to be learned from this comparison? Explain in a paragraph. Everyone in space was happy there, because they had everything. Food, and they don't even have to get up when they want to get something. The moving chair helps them move around. All the people have been egotistical about all the food they get. Its actually not that pleasant to live there. You can't do anything yourself, that makes you seem pretty dumb. And if you need a chair to move around, then you definitely are stupid. In space they also have some very new technologies, most which Wall.E hasn't seen at all. So it was all really new to him. Everything was clean and spotless, they were so pedantic when it come to being clean. It was all so perfect there. Like nothing could possibly get worser, or dirtier. In our earth we have really changed as well. Back then not many people had laptops, computers, ipods, and other technology. Which many people in the 50's or 70's haven't really seen. These are all new technology to them, but we today are used to them. We've used to them, were more closer to axiom then to the 50's. They have new technologies like we do today. I think the message is you can't always rely on stuff or things to help you get around this world.

6. What do the portraits of the Axiom captains tell us about humans over the time since they left Earth? I think the portraits of those captains are trying to tell us, that things have really **changed**. Ever since humans had left the earth, many of the captains had gotten really fat. All those captains were very large, and were very lazy. All they ever did was sit around doing nothing. They didn't even care about what the people wanted, neither what they wanted. All that matter to them was Buy and Large. What more could they ask for? They were sure they //had// __everything__. But they didn't. They didn't have anything like earth-like. Everything seemed very boring there. Who would want to sit around and get fat? That seems so unreal. I know for a fact I would never ever want to live their. I'd rather get up and work, then sit around sleep until noon and don't even care about anything after that.