The poem that I have chosen for the project is The Pig by Roald Dahl. I chose this poem because of he following lines that were inside the poem and plan to capitalize on this section, segment:
He worked out sums inside his head,
There was no book he hadn’t read.
He knew what made an airplane fly,
He knew how engines worked and why.
He knew all this, but in the end
One question drove him round the bend:
He simply couldn’t puzzle out
What LIFE was really all about.
What was the reason for his birth?
Why was he placed upon this earth?
His giant brain went round and round.
Alas, no answer could be found.
What LIFE was really all about, that line in the poem really stuck out to me because I honestly can’t figure out what the purpose of life as a human being is. I plan visually present this poem through, maybe animation. Yeah, most likely animation. Animals, for example are raised to be butchered and become food for human beings through these massive grinders. I would show a pig going through the grinder and coming out as bacon, pork chops, etc. I would then show a cow going through the grinder coming out as steak, milk, etc. I’d probably throw a few more animals in there as well. I know, this may make me sound like a terrible person, but it is all in the name of showing the poem visually. Anyways, finally or in the middle of the visual, I would show a human going through the grinder. There is a jam in the machine as it does not know what humans are suppose to come out as. There are simply too many options: business men, painters, fashion designers, professors, etc etc. Actually, should the grinded human meat come out as a pie (Swenny Todd reference) Anyways, can it be that the point of Human life is knowledge? I’m still working on a thesis at the moment.
