The Optic Parable Analysis

In Alvarez Bravo’s photograph, “The Optic Parable,” connects three major themes that outline the foundation of the course and Garcia Marquez’s, A Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Depicted in the photograph, the reader's assigned meaning represents the multiple eyes that surround the store. From the photograph one can deduce that the store advertises products relating to eyes. However, one can interpret the store individually and take away something other may have not. The Identical idea many reader's illustrate stories in their in their own fashion. The sign itself advertises in Spanish, giving us a sign about the creator’s background. The community the creator originates from mostly houses Latinos, and he himself is possibly from a Latino background. This interpretation associates with the three lenses to apply with Latina/o authors. The importance of the author’s history gives the readers a sense of what the author was experiencing and how those experiences may influence their storytelling. The readers then can connect the content into real world situations. The lettering and the slogan on the sign, in Alvarez Bravo’s photograph, acts as a translation in Garcia Marquez’s work. Language as a form of oppression, in Garcia Marquez’s The Chronicle of a Death …show more content…
Though the letters on the sign are presented in a mirror like form and in Spanish, one can still understand the context of the store and the products it may consists of. In The Chronicle of a Death Foretold, symbols around the written language influence and guide the reader to a conclusion. For instance, Vicario brothers job entails them killing pigs. One can even say they are professionals at their jobs, showing no pity, guilt, or remorse towards the pigs. Since they are well at killing pigs, who isn't to say they would be well at killing a human? The way the brothers emotionlessly kill the pigs, similar to the way they slaughtered