Janet's Interview

For this interview, I interviewed a parapro, my mom, and a freshman boy from my gym class. While I believed that many of these questions would derive many of the same opinions, I realized that there were many different thoughts on these topics. Regarding the first question about concerns, Buzz, the parapro believed that a main concern was the environment and staying ‘green.’ Steven, the freshman, generally believed that people are most concerned with themselves at their specific moment in time, such as how they will make it through to the next day, or how well they will be able to support their family and provide a stable future. My mom believed that a main concern of this time is jobs and financial situations in people’s lives. For the second question, I observed many similarities. The three interviewees agreed that new and upcoming technology is unique to this century. Steven also noted how keeping up with the latest trends is unique as well as architecture. For number three, I observed similarities as well. All three said the same answer basically. They explained how people look to the internet for answers, as well as intelligent individuals, such as parents. Number four was very interesting to me. My mom and Buzz explained how humans are different from animals because we are capable of feeling emotions such as worrying and anxiety. They also noted how we are capable of rationalizing situations unlike other animals. Steven, however, believed that animals are capable of emotions, that they just do not express it in the same way as humans do. He also went on to explain how humans feel the need to find answers and explanations to things such as economy and how things are made. Finally, for the last question, I observed similarities as well as differences. Buzz explained how people are looking for something new, unique, and different. My mom was on the same path as him when she explained how people are looking for accurate representations of something and something pleasing to the eye. Steven talked about the exactness of art, and how he considers this to be crucial to the reasoning as to why people would want to buy a piece of art. He also elaborated on how artists want to express themselves to the world. The three had different opinions on how art is different in this century. Buzz explained how the new innovative equipment accounts for the different type of art now a days. My mom believed that art hasn’t changed much, but has become more accepted in a variety of forms. Steven believed that art has simply become more extract and less sophisticated.

Wow, this was extremely interesting. I’m glad that I observed a variety of people because it definitely offered a variety of opinions for this project. I learned that most of these three people believed in the same concrete explanations of the 21^st century, such as the internet, but had many different opinions on more precise elements such as art. Buzz and my mom had many of the same opinions, but Steven was really able to offer many new points that I have never really thought about before. This signifies to me that age really does make difference on how one perceives the 21^st century. This gives me a good base on which to start the project because I know what factors of art are most appealing to certain kinds of people. These varieties of opinions will make it easy for me to accommodate my research to the specific needs of the people who make up today’s society. I’m looking forward to starting this project with this new knowledge of what satisfies different groups of people.