Gestures

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Areas of gestures

It can be divided into three parts ,upper ,middle and lower .

Upper, up the shoulder, represents positive emotions, e.g. idea, hope, magnificence and infuriation.

Middle ,from shoulder to waist, figures peace thoughts.

Lower ,the rest part, show negative means ,e.g. ignorance, hatred, disapproval and disappointment.

V sign

• The V sign is a hand gesture in which the first and second fingers are raised and parted, while the remaining fingers are clenched, palm facing outwards. Originally considered a "Victory" sign , it also is used to mean "Peace", a meaning that became popular in the United States during the peace movement of the 1960s.

Winston Churchill and the victory sign

• Winston Churchill used a V sign in both versions to symbolize "V for Victory" during World War II.

• Early in the war, he used palm in (sometimes with a cigar between the fingers).

• Later in the war ,he used palm out.It is thought that the aristocratic Churchill made the change after it was explained to him what it signified to the other classes in Britain.

• He developed the idea from a BBC campaign.

U.S. President Richard Nixon used it to signal victory, an act which became one of his best-known trademarks. He also used it on his departure from public office following his resignation in 1974.

• A similar sign was used in protests against the Vietnam War and by the counterculture as a sign of peace, including the sense of not war. Because the hippies of the day often flashed this sign while vocalizing "Peace", it became popularly known as the peace sign. Originally, however, its symbolic meaning was love; signing "love" and saying "peace" was a hippie anthem and mutual greeting.

Current usage The gesture has varying meanings depending on thecontext or culture

Victory – the original meaning, sometimes using both hands, or upraised arms

Peace or Friend – used by peace groups, counter-culture, from Chicago to Tiananmen Square, V behind head for a photo "solid friend".

The number 2 – used in noisy settings, as in a restaurant.

"Time out" – used in children's games.

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Made by Maggie

1 July 2007