Waste Land Vik Munniz Analysis

A guy sees the sunrise in Brazil for the first time. The sun is peaking through mountains, bringing warm rays across his face. The sky glows as light stretches across Brazil; a crisp breeze passes, and a stench fills his nose. The mountains he is seeing are not real; they are simply trash from all over Brazil accumulated over the years. It is late 2011, and he is in Jardim Gramacho, Brazil. In the movie Waste Land, Vik Muniz, a famous painter, flew to Brazil to create a new piece of art in Jardim. While in Jardim Gramacho, he gained a friendship with a group of people called the pickers. The pickers are workers at Jardim Gramacho who picks up recyclable material from trash piles. The Pickers became a muse for his artwork. A portion of the proceeds …show more content…
Muniz’s position on his view changed as he spoke with many pickers, but one, in particular, changed his idea. Valter dos Santos has a discussion with Vik and explains that he is proud to be a picker, and with no education, he became the Vice President of the Association of Pickers of Jardim Gramacho. Muniz thought that the pickers would lazy thugs, but they actually know more about their jobs because of their passion for working at the dump. Muniz, in Waste Land discusses how they are not a part of the sociality, but the pickers have created an organization to be treated better by their society. Muniz portrayed the pickers as the criminals of Brazil, but shift to in actuality the pickers are the ones who are implementing the cleaner environment for everyone in Brazil. Santos states “I like introducing myself with my own voice.” (Walker). After Santos says speaks Vik smiles. Santos’ quote was to address from him the issues, his experiences first hand of the lack of recycling. Santos is proud to be a representation of the pickers. Muniz sees the pickers are now portrayed as citizens striving for a