Analysis Of Ernesto Che Guevara's Trash

Discovery involves complex paths, decisions, choices, and varying points of view; though the actual discovery is important, the path that is taken, the journey to make a discovery is what forms the impact and importance. In his diary, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara remarks on how much he had changed over the course of his trip without even realising it. While reflecting he notes what changed him in the journey and encourages the audience to notice the changes as well. The War of the Worlds, illustrates the impact a single decision can have, even if it may seem insignificant. The visual text, a cover for the novel ‘Trash’ conveys all the possibilities and decisions that could be made in the situation the audience may imagine. Through the texts, the importance …show more content…
This is conveyed through visual techniques, key techniques being; depth, focal points, and the use of lighting. The salient point of the image is the bright light positioned nearly at the centre of the image. In contrast, the second focus points are the children's silhouettes, and the title of the book, written in its namesake, which helps pinpoint the context of the text and the setting of the beginning of the journey or the discovery. However, it is more likely the beginning of the journey with the light hinting at a hopeful discovery. The second technique, lighting, contrasts the two examples as well as highlighting the potential outcome of the journey. The foreground is significantly darker than the background, shadowed by the light between the title and the seeming trash mound. Depth in the image is seen best in the lower right part of the image. The background gives the appearance of being distant, implying the difficulty of the journey in achieving the final goal, further solidified by the menacing silhouettes of the bird's. Furthermore, the setting of Trash seems to be a slum, possibly in a third-world country. The focus is the three children positioned by the light and it is unlikely that an emotional, spiritual, or mental change will shape their discovery. Thus, it appears that a physical journey must be taken to make the discovery and to shape what happens. Though the physical journey may …show more content…
In his speech to medical students, a child of my environment, Ernesto Guevara says … Guevara affirms the reason he made decisions and what helped shape them. In comparison The War of the Worlds, the protagonist leaves his friend, who contemplates the futility of fighting the Martians and drowns his sorrows in alcohol. The protagonist leaves … and as it turns out it was the best time to leave, had he stayed he may not have learnt of the Martians fate until much later. In Trash, a clear physical journey is needed, the lack of detail and colour in the foreground compared to the background, represents the goal that could only be achieved elsewhere. Physical journeys are part of discovery, and if no physical journeys were made, no discoveries would be made either.

Marcel Proust states that ‘the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes,’ however in relation to The Motorcycle Diaries, The War of the Worlds, and Trash; the statement can be interpreted as incorrect. All texts required a physical journey, a conscious decision or set path in order to make a discovery. All the texts displayed separate contexts and cultures, but the discovery and outcome were only begun and achieved by the physical