Visual Analysis Of Ultima Marcha

The image, "Ultima Marcha", is focusing on the people that are standing with Allende because they are opposing the regime of the totalitarian dictator, Pinochet. The foreground showcases a line of protesters raising a banner with words. Then, the background showcases a crowd that presumably are supporting the same cause. The caption, "Ultima Marcha ", perfectly explains the actions that is occurring in the image. The image is showcasing the last effort or march by the Allende supporters to protest the conservative side that did not want Allende in office. This picture "Ultima Marcha" is showcasing emotions of nationalism and patriotism because the Chilean people are coming together in order to support a common goal with the danger that they
The prisoners are the supporters of Allende, while the guards keeping them in the stadium are Pinochet’s supporters. In the foreground stands three guards with firearms. Then, in the background there is a crowd of people standing in the stands of a soccer stadium. Also, the caption of the relates to the scene in the picture because it is displaying guards enclosing people in the Chile national soccer stadium. The image evokes feelings of fear and sorrow because the Pinochet regime is closing in on fully controlling the entire Salvador Allende nation. The last supporters of Allende are prisoners of Pinochet and there is nothing that they can do. Without any support, the prisoners do not know what the guards will do with them. The firearms of the guards specifically evoke the feelings of fear because the supporters do not know how or for what they will use them for. Then, the separation of power between the peaceful supporters and violent radicals exhibit the feelings of sorrow because, in the end, they are all Chileans. The image itself is portraying the Pinochet regime enclosing the last Allende supporters in their makeshift prison, the National Chilean soccer stadium. Outside of the image, the Pinochet army is most likely rounding up more Allende supporters to drag them back to the stadium. Also, in other parts of the stadium, the guards are possibly beating the detainees and even killing them. The photo resembles the scene in the book with Jaime because the guards settle him in their own prison. In this scene, the guards beat Jaime and keep him as a prisoner, which similarly illustrates the photo with the Allende prisoners. In both scenes, socialist supporters are prisoners to the conservative radicals. The photograph, "Guards at the National Stadium", embodies various emotions of despair, which emits the central thesis that the thirst for power is