First Certificate Exam A- Citizenship Today
The Wall
Blanco Ferreira, Ana Clara
Graffiti
Should graffiti be illegal? Where should the writers do graffiti? Why do people do graffiti? Why do people consider graffiti to be art?
Graffiti, if done properly, can be used in many different ways. Graffiti is a pure form of expression that may have positive effects on people’s lives, for example: improving the areas with white walls in the city, and developing new communication methods.
Graffiti is an escape from everyday life and rules, for all street artists. It gives them the opportunity to express their thoughtsfreely. The ideas and feeling that they have can be shown through art.
Graffiti is also made by young people to demonstrate how they feel with some problems of the world, like politics, racism and discrimination. Graffiti is an important way of expression. When a terrible thing happens, graffiti writers demonstrate their feelings painting graffiti in order to show it to their neighbours.
The negative aspect of graffiti is that it is illegal. Many people say that it is an act of vandalism and that it should be punished, either by sending painters to prison, or by