A Story of Bravery: The 33 Chilean Miners

In the context of the current mediatised society, the media have become the platform where the encounter with the other increasingly takes place, and in particular, where the public becomes aware of circumstances of human suffering that are happening far away from their immediate locale (Thompson, 1995). Even though the media have expanded the field of view of the spectator, the mediated encounter with the distant sufferer is structured over an ‘abysmal gap’ (Bauman, 1993) between the scene of suffering and the safe reality of the spectator sheltered behind the screen. This paradox has raised a number of moral and ethical considerations. The question at the heart of the debate is to what extent the ‘new visibility’ of the other can in fact

Repeated miscommunications and an inability to have discourse resulted in fewer and fewer people willing to compromise. The tensions between the right and the left wing parties were getting to the point illustrated in the protest scene. The parties were no longer cooperating and listening to one another and were simply talking past one another. Once this occurred Allende was no longer able to get anything done, resulting in the democratic breakdown of Chile. Much like there was a breakdown between the two classes because they no longer listened to one another and were too focused on what they wanted and not what was best for the public good. We can learn a lot from this movie and also what happened in Chile at this time. We need to be able to know one another and understand where each of us is coming from. Without this we will only talk past one another and not listen to what we each of us is

It was a cloudy Sunday morning and I was about eight years old. I was too young to remember everything from my childhood but not too young to remember this experience that emotionally and mentally disturbed me. My mom and aunt thought it would be a good idea to go get donuts for breakfast. So, we proceeded down the street to our local donut shop in Carlsbad. The fact that it was Sunday made the waiting line twice as long so I stood there patiently while I staring out the window. I could hear my mom and my aunts’ conversation, as I stood right next to them. Because they were born and raised in Mexico, they knew little English and therefore, they communicated within each other in their preferred language, which was Spanish. Everything was going

In the year 1997 a young boy around six months crosses the border on the back of his mother along side his father. They trekked through the harsh environment to cross the border into the promised land to seek a better life for the young boy. Eighteen years later he would be challenged by the american education system to see if his parents sacrifice was worth it. Andres Guzman grew up in the quiet suburbs of a not so small town of La Mirada located between Norwalk and Buena Park and not too far from Los Angeles. After graduating from the originally named La Mirada High School Andres face the journey to get be accepted to a four year university. No four year would accept him though because he didn't apply himself in high school.

“ Our group was always united. When the spirits of one went down, the rest made sure to raise them” (Read 362). The survivors unified as a group to act as role models for each other. Alive, The Story of the Andes Survivors is all about the strength it took for the survivors to guide one another and to accomplish the mission to survive.

The most dangerous situations can produce strong bonds of trust. The five contestants in the reality TV show Historical Survivor experience danger and go through death defying situations, causing them to develop a team that deeply trusts one another. It is this trust that leads them through their perilous journey. In Surviving Antarctica, Andrea White shows that danger leads to trust through Robert’s development, Polly’s faith, and Steve’s sacrifice.

The process of discovery is often, a rigid and gruelling journey which leads an individual or group to formulate new perspectives as new truths are uncovered. Ivan O’Mahoney thorugh the T.V. mini-series Go Back To where You Came From utilises a myriad of film and narrative techniques to convey how the provocative and the transformative power of emotional and physical discoveries triggers an epiphany. Leading to the development of an individual’s ability to appreciate the complexity and severity of Australia’s asylum seeker crisis.

Current Event: According to The New York Times, On May 27, 2016 Argentina’s last dictator, and 14 other former military officials have been sentenced to prison for the disappearance of more than 100 people during the Operation Condor conspiracy to hunt down dissidents across South America. This all began in the 1970’s when six South American dictators started the Operation Condor and used their “secret police networks” to track down rivals who were across the borders. Many of the bodies of these victims have still not been found and the prosecutors continue to try and cover up the deaths today. The court sentenced the leader Reynaldo Bignone 20 years in prison and the other 14 received eight to 25 years. One of the many victims was Maria Claudia Irueta Goyena, who was the daughter-in-law of Argentine poet Juan Gelman. Maria was pregnant when she was kidnapped and held inside an auto shop for months before someone in the air force came and took her to Uruguay. After the birth of her daughter she went missing and then years later her daughter Macarena Gelman discovered her own identity. "Operation Condor affected my life, my family," Chilean Laura Elgueta told The Associated Press outside the court room. Her brother, Luis Elgueta, had taken refuge in Buenos Aires from Gen. Augusto Pinochet 's forces, only to be forcibly disappeared in Buenos Aires in 1976 as part of Operation Condor (The New York Times, 2016).

Throughout the 1980’s and 90’s, a significant amount of events and tragedies constantly arose among these 20-23 years. We know the stories of the events through internet research or by our history classes, but what we don’t know is the stories and the reactions of the people who were living through these years. Sitting down with my father and grandfather outside on a warm weekend, I got to know their reactions to these events. Most of the events that they remembered were the tragedies that happened during these 20 years, the government scandals or operations, but what they most fondly remembered was the new forms of entertainment that arose among the

On January 2, 2007, construction worker Wesley Autry and his too young daughters were standing on a New York City subway platform waiting for the train. Suddenly, a twenty-year-old student standing nearby suffered a siezure and tumbled onto the subway tracks. Autry saw the headlights of an approaching train and realized that the young man was about to be run over right in front of the children. Leapping onto the rails, Autry pulled the strugling student down into the shallow drainage ditch between the tracks and pined him their while one train and then another rumbled over them with about two inchs to spare. The next day, national and international headlines proclaimed Autry to be an “angle,” a “superman,” a “hero,” and “one in a million.”

A unique aspect of communities that live in the shadow of the Tungurahua volcano is the resilience they have to thrive under impending disaster. Most of these communities have adapted well to the risks posed by the volcano. To get a better understanding of why the people in this region of Ecuador have not moved on, we must review its history. This will be the first area of research for this paper followed by the evaluation of emergency services to the surrounding communities. A critical

The first task was to level the land to assemble the bridge. An infantry platoon of the Chilean Army was doing the safety of the work site. A large number of curious Haitians surrounded the place trying not to miss any detail of the work. Our stuff was widespread, impairing the smooth progress of work. Despite all this, we were all motivated and glad to help those people. We had a hard work long day. In the end of day, we were exhausted. Next morning everything would start again. The place we were was quite away from the city. Because of that, there was no internet signal available. We would be nearly 15 days without contact with our families. Looking to the bright side of it was the opportunity to spend time together exchanging

Three people died and nineteen are missing in the country of Chile as Storms in the Andes flooded the Maipo river creating landslides. These landslides also contaminated the drinking water with mud and rubble shutting down businesses and schools. This left four million people without drinking water. More than 60% of households in the capital of Chile were affected and had to rush to fill up buckets and pans with water provided by authorities. Scuffles started to occur as some shops and supermarkets ran out of bottled water to provide. Months of drought and deadly wildfires were an impact of the flooding. As of February 28th, water supplies have been restored in most of Chile’s capital Santiago.

Technology enables society to ostracize individuals, transforming them into spectacles for another. Media has become so enriched in our lives that it is “not just passive channels of information. They supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought” (Carr). The images depicted on screen will often influence the viewer’s perception. If the Hunger Games is represented and portrayed as an entertainment piece to be enjoyed, it is difficult for viewers to understand the inhumanity surrounding the premise and the victims. Society requires consistent excitement because “as people’s minds become attuned to the crazy quilt of Internet media, traditional media have to adapt to the audience’s new expectations” (Carr). Technology is obligated to consistently update and adapt in order to meet the audience’s expectations and abilities. The Gamemakers ensure that the Hunger Games provides sufficient entertainment for their viewers by including or constantly adding deathly obstacles for the Tributes. The more difficult it is to survive; the more excitement it builds for the viewers. It is evident that the “spectacle functions in [their] society almost purely as a commodity form, a product that can be endlessly invented and reinvented to create emotionally satisfying scenarios and performances” (Lim, Ming and Moufahim 539). The invention of smartphones allowed society to record and humiliate others almost instantaneously. With the click of a button, one is able to

and what is the significance of this connection for the Chilean population? Whilst this documentary discusses two very different subjects: