Linguistic Intelligence – Emani Poirier
Interpersonal: The son defends his father despite the many beatings from his father’s drunken state. He does this because that’s his father no matter what. In his mind, his father needs saving, therefore demonstrating that the son truly loves him despite the abuse. This feeling of love is reciprocated by his father later on. During a moment of rest from his drunken state, the father apologizes to his son for his son’s upbringing. “Like he remembers he’s my pop.” He understands the lack of care he gave. He understands this. Which is why he can’t bare to look at his son when he offers his apology. But the son forgives him, because, again, that’s his father and he loves him. And when they share a moment of silence with one another, there’s a mutual understanding, a mutual feeling of love, that words need not be spoken that even someone as young as the boy can understand. This gives the boy a rekindled sense of hope, turning that fantasized idea of a father-son relationship into a possible reality.
Spatial : His imagination and ability to create a full complete and complex world is amazing. We can see him do the world building out of his creative mind with things he puts on himself. As an example, his batman bulletproof vest is simply his navy-blue shirt but the way he was able to describe it with detail shows us that he can easily visualize and manifest his thoughts. Another example is in the beginning of the text, he tells us that all he needs is a broom closet or a fire escape and suddenly it’s his Bat-cave. When it comes to world building, he gives us the setting and the mood of his imagination without struggle at all.
Linguistic Intelligence: A lot can be inferred about the narrator of the story with linguistic intelligence. His age, background, and environment can all be seen by looking at the language he uses throughout the text. He frequently adds words such as “like”, “freakin”, and “for real” to his sentences, pointing towards him being younger and more juvenile. For example, he says, “And I gots Bat-mobiles and Bat-a-rangs and freakin Bat-caves like for real”. He also refers to his “abuela”, demonstrating that he is Hispanic. With linguistic intelligence you can also pick up a lot of details about his life and social circumstances. For example, we find out that he is being beaten by his dad when he says, “nobody pulls out a belt and whips Batman for talking back”. We also find out that he wears, ”Danny’s hand-me-down jeans”, and that his brother has been fired do to cutbacks, “nobody fires Batman’s brother from the Eastern Taxi Company ‘cause they was making cutbacks, neither”, pointing towards him being from a poor family.
Musical: Matt Johnson is using his drums to put ambience while Jesse J. Perez is talking. He is also using his drums every time “Batman” is making a statement. He is able to put us in a whole new universe with all the sounds effect he does. I think that vocals are the best part of this act. Jesse Perez is really good of controlling his rhythm and tone. When he is “Batman” he uses a fast rhythm and a clear linear tone. As he does so, we know that he is confident. At the end, we begin to notice that his voice trembles. That lets us know that h is just a sad boy who wants his father to be there for him.
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