Postsecret Analysis

Pregnant: This postcard gives the viewer a very sad feeling. There is a picture of a couple cutting their wedding cake and at the bottom of the card it says “I’m not really pregnant.” This makes the viewer assume that perhaps she had told him that she was pregnant so that he would marry her. Both of the faces are crossed out in the picture because maybe she did not want people to recognize her or maybe she did not want people to be able to put a face to a person who is so deceptive. She may have crossed the faces out because she was happy that day and now she feels guilt so she is erasing the happiness.

I didn’t vote but I told everyone I did: This postcard is very bright giving the feeling that the person who made it was not really sad when they made it. The colors used are red and blue which are patriotic colors and maybe the person feels as though they did not fulfill their duties as a citizen to vote. The person who made this card is a dishonest person because they told everyone that they had voted when they really hadn’t.

Here: This postcard has a happy vibe to it because it is a pretty picture of Chicago and then the whole tone of the card changes when you look in the lower left-hand corner which says “I fucked you wife here.” This turns the card into something about deception, rather than sharing a picture of a fun vacation, it becomes sharing a deep dark secret. It is not something that one would expect when they first look at the postcard. The black small black type on the bottom left hand corner makes the message straight forward and is not in fancy or fun writing to make the message less serious.

Thanksgiving pic: The picture on the postcard is of a turkey and the words around the picture read “We’re only coming out of guilt.” First you believe that it is just a Thanksgiving postcard but then you read the text and it totally changes the mood of the card. Perhaps the person who made this is going to Thanksgiving dinner because they felt bad for the person who was making it, or perhaps the person made them feel guilty for not wanting to come. The text is in black on a white background to make it straight forward because what they have to say is not something that is happy news.