The Wall

1. The mother prays and cries for his son to return or surivive from war, while the child plays with the plane simulating the war. Both the kid and the woman have different perspectives from the reality. The mother sees the events like something terrible and dramatic, while the boy sees them as an entertainment.
2. We can infer that the boy's dad died in war, so he grew up alone. He sees himself reflected in the mirror dressed with his dad's uniform, representing what war left on him. Just a uniform, a piece of cloth, no paternal figure.
3. Those trains may be taking pigs or cows, headed to the slaughterhouse. Those masks are the same that the students use, making a comparison. The kids are risen as pigs so then they can be taken to the slaughterhouse. It doesn't matter who they are. They all grow up with a conservationist education. They are all just the same for the fate that awaits them.
4. I see that scene like an idea of hope that the kid has. He imagines himself joining a huge mass of students releasing the wrath that they have within them, fighting against the educational system imposed to them.
5. It portrays a strict, demanding and conservationist education, with lack of freedom to think in another way. Somekind of dictatorship.
6. War is also portrayed, with a lot of blood and caricatures of the great powers and empires struggling between them, and all the hammers marching like soldiers to their death. Loneliness is also portaied, shown and represented by the boy, who grown up alone and now is drowning in the consequiences of war.
7. I believe that the message that the song is trying to send is not the one being interpreted by some sectors of the students. "We don't need no education" is being used literally. It should inspire the students tu improve their education system, not to stop studying. However, the use that the "colored" students gave to the song, is totally acceptable and loyal, showing us that "Another brick in the wall" has more than one meaining. It can have a meaning per person.

Crónica Fotográfica: En la plaza la soledad desespera

En las materias de Literatura y Trabajo y Ciudadanía, trabajamos con las crónicas fotográficas. El jueves 21/05 concurrimos a la plaza Brown con la idea de fotografiar la naturaleza de sus alrededores. Terminamos cambiando nuestra perspectiva, y nos enfocamos en el concepto de “abandono” de la plaza. Entonces, para capturar esa idea, nos centramos en los bancos de la plaza.


Cuando terminamos, nos dimos cuenta de que nos desviamos de nuestra idea original, reemplazandola parcialmente por la de cómo la plaza se va deteriorando a medida que pasa el tiempo ante la falta de responsabilidad sobre de ella (sin perder el protagonismo de la soledad). El horario en el que fuimos favoreció a nuestras imágenes, a las 10:00 AM, no había mucha gente. Cada tanto pasaba una bicicleta, o la gente del municipio barriendo el piso, policías deambulando a los alrededores, dos personas que estaban en un banco sentados tomando mate.


Luego, al volver al colegio, seleccionamos las fotos que nos parecieron más apropiadas para reflejar este concepto y les pusimos un título a cada una de ellas. Estas imágenes fueron las siguientes:


“Olvido lejano”

“Tan cerca y tan lejos a la vez”

“La sombra del olvido”

“Más allá de lo que se ve”








“Olvido cercano”

Al finalizar de nombrarlas, pusimos un título general, que involucra a todas las imágenes juntas con el nombre de “En la plaza la soledad desespera”, teniendo como eje, como anteriormente dijimos, la plaza y la gente.