In Battling for Hearts and Minds Stern said, “To be young, to dream of something better, to oppose dictatorship: the mix was dangerous” (Stern 2006). The dream is the first step to get what you want. Every nation wants to fight to have a more decent life, and every youth generation wants to live better days than the older generations had before. The youth generations wants to fix everything now in order for the next generations not to face the same struggles as much, but rather have a life that gives them all the rights they need. Thus, it is obvious that the youth generations want to have more freedom than before. In this sense, in both the DREAMers and Chilean student movements, the youth protested to have better lives. These young generations experienced different feelings
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Although their generation was indeed corrupted by all the abuse and torture, events such as the murder of Carmen Gloria and others, inflicted a sense of fear, but at the same time the dream of something better. Many recent political movements that have emerged in Latin America have been supported in great majority by the youth. Tired of a corrupt and unjust system, younger generations have taken the streets in protest to raise their voice and hopefully achieve a much fair society.
The Chilean people seem to have two resilient emotional characteristics: passion and Catholicism. During the political movements that took place on the pope’s visit to Chile, these two factors led to the creation and success of the pobladores’ protests. As Goodwin describes in his article “ Why Emotions Matter”, it is important to analyze how emotions originate, spread, and finally lead to the decline of movements (Goodwin 2001). In the particular case of Chile, emotions fueled the fire of rage toward the government, which lead to martyrdom and other symbols being created in the
Although their generation was indeed corrupted by all the abuse and torture, events such as the murder of Carmen Gloria and others, inflicted a sense of fear, but at the same time the dream of something better. Many recent political movements that have emerged in Latin America have been supported in great majority by the youth. Tired of a corrupt and unjust system, younger generations have taken the streets in protest to raise their voice and hopefully achieve a much fair society.
The Chilean people seem to have two resilient emotional characteristics: passion and Catholicism. During the political movements that took place on the pope’s visit to Chile, these two factors led to the creation and success of the pobladores’ protests. As Goodwin describes in his article “ Why Emotions Matter”, it is important to analyze how emotions originate, spread, and finally lead to the decline of movements (Goodwin 2001). In the particular case of Chile, emotions fueled the fire of rage toward the government, which lead to martyrdom and other symbols being created in the