ENGL 222 Lecture Notes - Stan Douglas, Carbon Footprint, Toxic Waste
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What is the history of vancouver: advertising vancouver. Wealth with a picture of a car; prosperous place. No real photos cartoon images, drawn representations. 1/3 water, 1/3 mountain, 1/3 land: using perspective / vista to engage closeness to waterways, closeness to mountains. Postcard with buildings around it making place habitable: vancouver is awesome - website. Stan douglas" photo of a restaged riot that happened between pot smokers and cops: facebook vancouver: then. Beggar"s garden is set in the dtes (skid row), more historical area of vancouver. Advertising is part of the plot of this story -> part of what sam does for douglas changes his advertising strategy. Rarely do negative influences inspire us to leave. Significance of the title: beggar"s garden: beggar"s garden symbolic for garden of eden, utopia; literally refers to sam"s garden that is no longer a functional garden, because anna has left him and she tended the garden.