Graffiti is drawing or writing often found in a wall in public places. These drawings and writings are usually rude, humorous, or political. (1)____________________________. Graffiti provides a record of the past because people have written on walls for centuries. Cave drawings are the earliest examples we have of the art of graffiti.
Writing on walls is a way to comment on the world we live in. (2)_________________________, for example, have used graffiti to show their anger at the sex discrimination of many advertisements where women’s bodies are used to sell goods.
Yesterday’s graffiti can be today’s foreign attraction. When the Berlin wall ca me down in 1989, people found that it was covered with graffiti from all over the world. Graves of famous people, like rock-star Jim Morrison, (3)_______________________.
1.the word graffiti comes from an Italian word meaning scratch.
2.Women's liberation groups in Britain
3. are covered with written messages from songs.