La Fuerza De La Palabras Analysis

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There is an indigenous girl who is expressing her culture through her clothing and dance. She is being judged and told to stop by a group of silhouetted tourists. Behind her there is a train passing by, on top of the train are a mixed group of complete strangers making a journey to America. Showing support to the girl is a boy who represent their community, the boy is handing her an umbrella to help her from the rain of oil being poured on her by Chevron, also known as Texaco. Riding the train there is another young boy, however he is not on top of the train, he is inside an open car. That car is filled with books and he is reading one them. In the distance there are people standing on a rock, they are throwing their chains over representing how as a community they are now free. Our mural tells how even when someone is going through a rough patch in their life, their Latin American community will be there to support and lend a helping hand. …show more content…
He began collecting books from the trash almost 20 years ago and created a library for all the children in his poverty-stricken community. He calls his library “La Fuerza de la Palabras”, meaning “the strength of words”. He recalls how his mother read him stories every night, despite being unable to keep him in school. Jose therefore refers to books as the “community salvation”. This shows the idea of how the community gets together and help each other out when something is needed. In the mural, we incorporated a train car with books in it to represent what Jose did for the

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