1. What parts of the image do you see?

1^st image: I see a blonde hair woman, tears streaming down a sad woman’s face, a thought bubble, a man in his suit and tie, and a yellow background

2^nd image: I see a blonde hair blue eyed woman, tears streaming down a sad woman’s face, a thought bubble, words, and a bed or sofa

3^rd image: I see a blonde hair blue eyed woman, a window, a thought bubble, staircase, and words

2. How do those parts interact with each other?

1^st: Since the man is in the thought bubble, the woman is obviously crying while thinking about him.

2^nd: The woman is lying on a bed or sofa crying and thinking about something.

3^rd: The woman is sitting beside a window that gazes at the nighttime city thinking about a man.

3. Is this image telling a story?

1^st: Yes the woman probably thinking about a loved one she’s lost or broke up with

2^nd: Yes the woman is crying and thinking about how things should’ve been.

3^rd: Yes the woman is wondering about where a man is at, probably a loved one

4. Which parts of this image are characters in the story?

1^st:  The women is character of the story but the man can also be an important character since he’s the cause of the woman’s tears.

2^nd: The women is obviously the subject or character of the story

3^rd: Just like the previous images, the woman is also the character of the story

5. Which parts of this image are crucial for the setting of the story?

1^st: Not really a setting except a yellow background but it could probably mean she’s in a brightly lit room.

2^nd: There’s not really much of a setting except for the couch/bed the woman is lying on

3^rd: The window, night sky and skyscrapers create the background of the picture

6. Which parts of this images are crucial for the plot?

1^st: The crucial element is the women and the man in the thought bubble because it shows that thinking about the man make her cry.

2^nd: The crucial element is the women and the words in the thought bubble because it shows us that she’s crying and regretting something.

3^rd: The crucial element is the women and the words in the thought bubble because it shows us that she’s thinking about someone and wondering where he’s at.

7. How do these parts interact?

1^st: Shows that woman is thinking about a man she loves that has broken her heart

2^nd: Shows that a women is lying in bed crying over a relationship probably that should’ve began another way.

3^rd: Shows that its late at night woman is probably waiting for her man to come back hoe but he hasn’t come back yet so she’s worried.

8. What parts of this image are “root” or “stem” parts and which parts feel like “affixes”? Why?

1^st: The root of the image is the woman, the man in the bubble and the tears b/c they are crucial to the plot of the image. The affixes would be the colors, the tiny dots on the characters faces and the bold outlines.

2^nd: The woman and her tears are the roots of the image because she’s the main character of the picture and the tears help show the emotion she’s feeling. The words inside her thought bubble is also the stem because it shows us what she’s thinking about that caused her to cry. The affixes would be the bed she’s laying on, the colors and the bold outlines.

3^rd: The roots of the image is the woman and the words inside her thought bubble because it shows us that she’s thinking and concerned over someone. The windows, the buildings and the night sky are also the stem because they make up the background and setting of the image. Without it we won’t know that the woman is up late waiting for someone. The affixes would be the staircase, bold outlines, Ben-Day dots and colors because they kind of hold the hold image and brings it together.

9. Of the affixes, can you say which are “inflectional” (they only exist to hold the grammar together) and which parts are “derivational” (they add some important information to the meaning, or change the kind of meaning of a given part)?

1^st: I think the bold outlines and the Ben-Day dots on the characters faces are derivational. Without them, we’d not be able to see what the image is about because those are what basically make up the picture. The color of the picture however, is inflectional. Without colors, we will still be able to make out the important parts of the image such as the crying woman and the man in the thought bubble. The coloring just adds to the image but doesn’t affect the plot of the image.

2^nd: The bold outlines on the picture are derivational because without them, we wouldn’t be able to make out what’s actually in the picture. For example without these black lines we probably won’t be able to tell that’s a woman’s face we’re seeing. Colors again is inflectional it’s just there to tell there to give the audience some extra details such as the woman has blonde hair and blue eyes but those are just minor details not crucial to the plot. The object the woman is laying on also is inflectional, it’s not really part of the background or anything and is just there to give the audience some extra details about the image. Without these inflectional affixes we will still be able to see what the woman is crying about.

3^rd: The staircase would be inflectional because it doesn’t really do much to the image doesn’t tell us much about the story of the picture except the woman has a 2 story house. The bold outline, ben-day dots and colors however are what gives meaning to the picture and brings out the plot. The bold outlines and Ben-Day dots are derivational because they’re basically what forms the entire picture, without it we won’t be able to get a clear idea of what the picture is. The colors in this picture unlike the previous pictures are also an important part because the dark blue background outside the window lets us know its nighttime which is crucial for the plot.

10. Find what patterns repeat across the three images you’ve chosen.

All three images revolve around a sad women concerned about romance. In two of them the women are even crying over love. I assume they’re probably the same woman because they all have the same colored hair and in two of the images we can see that both woman have the same colored eyes. They’re probably also troubled for the same reasons by the same man. Another similarity is that the women are always thinking about something, hence the thought bubble. The art style of these images looks like what we’d see in comic books but there are no dialogues at all in these three pictures. The message these images are trying to send out is probably that women think too much and are always troubled by romance because they revolve their lives around men too much. Lastly the artist of these images tend to use the same colors to create these images. He mainly uses colors like yellow, red, blue and white which helps make the images pop out at people even more.