Venezuela Rising

Venezuela Rising. In this short film many conflicts are being shown. The number one conflicts are that minorities have no say in what the government does. Nobody cares about what they say. Also, everyday goods are being over priced so that only the rich can afford them. The idea of isolation and loss are portrayed throughout this film. Isolation because the minorities and the kids who are protesting have no control over what the government is doing to them and they can not control whats going on. The idea of loss is portrayed because protesters are being killed left and right and families are devastated by the loss of their loved ones. people are losing themselves as well because they have nothing to look forward to. Their "president" (I emphasized president because the election was rigged and hes doing a horrible job) is not doing much to help the poor nor does he care. His motorcycle gang (Collectivos) is taking everyone out without a care in the world. As long as he reigns on top he does not care about what goes on around him which is horrible. The president should try to make living a little easier for everyone but that's not the case, things are more difficult and people are fighting to stay above water. Sorry for jumping around but, back to the idea of isolation. The general population is being isolated from everything. they have nothing to look forward to because it is all gone. They have been isolated from the country in a way because nobody pays them attention. The Collectivos are just hired by the government and if they were in the same position as the other they would see what they are doing is so wrong. Honestly the President of Venezuela should get a taste of his own medicine and see how it feels. such a beautiful country going to waste.

Hero's Journey

While reading the Bunker Diary Linus takes on the Hero's Journey. In the beginning Linus sees an old man who portrays to be blind and helpless. He needs help trying to load things in his van but his arm is supposedly broken and he can't lift anything.The old man just simply lures him into getting into the back of his truck and that is when the old man strikes Linus. Now, he is captured. This is where Linus reaches part two. The road of trials. Linus tries to make escape plans to get out of this basement or wherever he is because he is not sure. Him and all  the other people who have been captured put their minds together to try to figure something out. Linus is the only one who tries to go through with any plan no one really believes in Linus's plan to escape. The only person Linus really has that is willing to help him is Jenny. She's 9 years old and wants to escape as well. After about a month in this basement they are finally getting full fledged meals and are starting to look like themselves again after only eating about a slice of bread. The older people that are down there with him look up to him for his bravery and him trying to escape. Linus never returned home. He stayed in the bunker until he and everybody else died. the only thing is Linus was the last to die due to starvation. He tried everything to stay alive but the man who captured him stopped sending food down and stopped acknowledging him and left him to die by his lonesome. Therefore Linus did not complete the Hero's Journey but he did try to stay alive and complete it by fighting all the way to the very end.