Q&A of Inspiring Graffiti by Lori Smith

1. When was this photo taken?

The photo was taken when Lori Smith went to college for a while.

2. Who took the photo?

Lori Smith

3. Where was this photo taken?

The picture was taken round the corner from Lori's halls of residence.

4. Why was this photo taken?

Lori found the graffiti inspiring.

5. Why is this photo meaningful for the writer?

Lori thought if every people have the liberal perspective toward the homosexual and accept their ways of life, the world would be a better world.

6. What is the story behind this photo?

During the college life, Lori found there are many people have a strong bias on the homosexual people, but he seems like the one who feels OK with being friends with them.  It is delightful to see someone having the same opinion with him and he wants to spread the conception with the global villagers.

7. Who are the characters in the story?

Lori Smith, his college peers and Derek Jarman who spray the meaningful graffiti.

8. Where is the setting?

Lori is experiencing his college life in an university in Manchester, U.K.  There, he met various kinds of people.  At this age he is dealing with different opinions from his peers, especially toward homosexual.

9. What are the series of Events? 

Lori just went to a university in Manchester.  When he was getting used to the lifestyle there, he constantly found a discrimination against the homosexual people.  However, he harbored a very different opinion in a predominant straight society.  Upon seeing the graffiti on the wall, he got a sense of support and took a picture to show his point of view.

10. What is the 'tension' generated in the story?

Lori felt nervous when he entered the university, it took him a while to adjust to the ways of life there.  However, he immediately found that the prejudice against the homosexual people were very strong there and he had a disagreement with them.  Nevertheless, he couldn't find a way t express his thinking.

11. What is the climax in the story?

When Lori found there is someone out there who has a more open-mined thinking toward the homosexual people creating the slogan to support the exit of the homosexual people, he decided to take the picture.

12. What is the resolution?

Accept the difference between people.

13. What is the message behind the story?

 Every people deserved the equal treatment.