The Motorcycle Diaries

Every culture is divided up into a class system. In Latin America this class system began when the nations were discovered by Europe and slaves were brought in. The higher class were those who had the money and the knowledge to manipulate those that didn’t have any control. In order to be higher, there has to be a lower class. “The existence of a subordinate group, identifiable by race, provides a convenient scapegoat, a group others can feel superior to and release their frustrations on.” (Wilson, p.6) A good example of a class system in a film would be the “Titanic”, where the lower class wasn’t looked after, were placed in the bottom of the ship, and many of them died at the end, with no one to care if they existed or not. Though this was
Walter Salles directs “The Motorcycle Diaries” and uses lighting in a special way. When he shows seems of higher class people, the lighting is bright and makes it seem like the audience is welcomed to come in the picture. When he shoots scenes with the lower class, the screen is darker, and not very welcoming, yet causes emotions in the viewer to want to help. The film was shot in many different locations as Che Guevara traveled throughout South America. This also creates a commercial for the country to inspire the viewer to visit. Billie August, director of “House of Spirits” uses lighting differently. He focuses more on the characters than the scenes. When Clara is on the scene, the lighting is different, causing the viewer to feel sympathy for her throughout the whole film. When injustice happens, and the actors are looked upon as negative, the lighting is darker. Though the scenes are shot in the same places, between the city and the country, the director maintains that the actors bring about an emotion for the audience to understand their
Ernesto Guevara, also called Fuser, by his dear friend, shows a lot of compassion throughout the film. He didn’t like how people were treated as he traveled across the continent, so he wrote about it. Pedro Tercero Garcia and Che Guevara are similar in ways where they don’t want to just sit there and do nothing. They want to change their world for those around them. The difference between these two characters is that they both come from different classes. Although Ernesto Guevara wasn’t high class, he was studying to be a doctor and had a lot of knowledge and wisdom. He was also very honest. Pedro Tercero Garcia was also very honest, yet he was from the lowest class and suffered and experienced what it was to live this way. Both characters moved out of their comfort zone in order to help change things around them. They both succeeded in their own