WallE+Response+-+Reiswig

__**March 24th**__ __**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.**__ The first half hour of Wall-E was all about the world that people all over have destroyed by littering and creating pollution. Wall-E is a robot who was invented to clean up the Earth. Although there is nothing left on earth except for trash and garbage Wall-E tries to make the best of it. Wall-E spends his days gathering left over scraps and pilling up garbage. One day another robot comes to Earth. Her name is Eva and she was sent to see if there is anything left on Earth alive. At first Wall-E is scared and doesn’t know what to expect. But after being around Eva they become friends. Unless we start to recycle and spend more of are time taking care of are planet, then one day it is going to look like the one in Wall-E. Even though it seems like the movie producer over exaggerated the amount on garbage on Earth, we have to remember that millions and billions of people live on earth and that adds up to a lot of garbage.

__**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.)**__

Some of the the artifacts that Wall-E has collected tell us something about our human race. One of the artifacts was a ring box. Though Wall-E is a robot when he found a ring and a ring box he thought that the boxes hinges were way cooler than the diamond ring. A simple technology that we take for granted everyday. One of Wall-E's favorite artifacts that he found was the movie. This movie would show future generations what we did, what we were like, and how we talked. The talking fish also keeps English alive, but if you didn't know anything about earth and the you found a talking fish you might think that all fish talked. The only natural thing that Wall-E found was a small plant. It was green and the only natural living thing left. This plant showed that life could still live on earth. This tells us that earth can recover and life can come back. The only things left that would tell other people about our human race were manufactured and plastic. Future generations would think that we sit around playing on rubric cubes, too lazy to get a spoon when we need a fork or vise versa so we use sporks. No art or books were reserved to tell about our life. These artifacts describe who we are and what people will know about us in the future.

__**March 25th**__ __**4. What is the significance of the name “Buy and Large”? Explain in a few sentences.**__ Buy and Large is a huge company running the Axiom and was all other the Earth before they left. I think that people were willing to buy more then they need and just waste things then try and save things and buy in little amounts. This isn't just in Wall-E's world, today Walmart is the same you can get a whole bunch of things for less then just buying one thing. This is effecting are environment and the amount of left over food and garbage we have in are land fills.

__**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.**__ The people living on the Axiom are completely oblivious to anything that it going on around them. Everyday is the same for them; they do absolutely nothing all day. When they play sports they don’t actually do anything active, they just watch the robots on the ship do it for them. And when they communicate they talk to a screen, well sitting in a chair. Most of them don’t even know they have a swimming pool on the ship, or a jogging track. I think that their life is different then our life today. Most people spend their days going to work or attending school. But we also do a lot of things like the people living on the Axiom. At school I learn by using are computers and when I get home I watch T.V. We have many similarities with the people living on the Axiom, but we also aren’t as uneducated about life as they are. I think the lesson of the movie for us humans to learn is that we need to take are Earth more seriously and all the things we use on a everyday basis. I think it also teaches us that the way we are treating are environment and the things we are making like plastic bags and plastic toys are really bad for are environment. And a thousand years from know all we are going to have left for people to remember us as is plastic garbage instead of temples or churches.

__**6. What do the portraits of the Axiom captains tell us about humans over the time since they left Earth? The portraits of all the different captains of the Axiom have changed.**__ Every time there is a different captain he is always bigger then the last. I believe this is because the robots are becoming more advanced and they are doing more things for the captain so they are needed less. The first captain was probably always keeping the ship on course and always on duty. But after they started making the robots be able to do more things the captains got heavier and heavier. The trip away from earth was only supposed to be 3 years long but, 700 years later they are still up in space. I think that the captains of the Axiom are beginning to be less and less excited to go back so they are doing less and less to help earth.