I, Riya, am an art teacher, so I was inspired to take a concept I teach students (grayscale) and apply it to what we’re learning in AP Lit. I want to take the theme we learned in the “fire place” last week, about the world
not being black and white, and really put it to the test. I will be splitting the test into two sections based on Kohlberg’s Theory; one that is directly applied from the chart (I will call this societal norms), and one
that is determined based on experiences. I will hand each interviewed person a black square at the beg of the session. From there I will alternate between questions that determine their societal stance and categorize them
into one of Kohlberg’s age groups, and questions that determine the amount of life experience that they have had. For each question asked, for the chart the person will have an eye dropper and will have to drop a certain
amount of white paint into their black square, and brush it out-- eventually the more white they add they “greyer” their square will turn, showing how the world in fact is not black and white, we are just shades of grey.
I eventually plan to make one of these squares for myself and my group members, as well as the three main characters in Dorian Gray, and compare our level of grey to fictional character’s level of grey to interviewed people’s
level of grey. Interviewed personnel will be chosen based on different age, economic status, career, background, etc.
This picture is a compilation of painted squares that correspond to one person who participated in our survey, organized from youngest to oldest. The large number in the middle of each square indicates how many white drops
of paint were added to our control amount of 10 black drops. The small number in the upper left corner represents each participant's age. Altogether, this picture goes to show that no one is exactly black or white, but
rather we are all varying shades of gray.
The painter Basil Hallward and the aristocrat Lord Henry Wotton observe the picture of Dorian Gray. Dorian Gray – a handsome, narcissistic young man enthralled by Lord Henry's "new" hedonism. He indulges in every pleasure and virtually every 'sin', studying
its effect upon him, which eventually leads to his death. (Wikipedia)
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. (Wikipedia)