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5. Victor Jara constantly sung about united people. He sung about a lot of struggles Chileans face living in Chile. For Example in one of his songs “ I Remember Amanda” he sings about a girl name Amanda and losing her loved one to the mountains. Many people did not return to the factory. In Eduardo Galeano and Isabel Allende they discuss Latin America as a region that is placed for others to constantly use to their benefit. In the song El Aparecido, it talks about having been crucified. I believe he is talking about a revolutionary force being killed. Victor Jara used singing as a means of protest under the strict ruling of Pinochet. Victor Jara uses his passion as a platform. He uses his platform to vindicate the oppressed and give a voice to those who feel voiceless. He uses his art to relay a message to the people. On September 11, 1973, Victor Jara was taken into custody. They brand him to the Santiago boxing stadium where he was beaten, tortured.They taunted him and broke his hands so he could no longer play the guitar. There …show more content…
An epistolary short story is a story that is either told in a style of a diary or letter. It is from the characters point of view rather than infiltrating other characters thoughts. An example of epistolary short story is the diary of Anne Frank, The Color Purple and Stephen Kings: Carrie. In Robert Bolano's, Sensini he discusses his relationship with Sensini and the appearances and disappearances of a multitude of writers. The disappearance and findings of Gregorio, Sensini's son shook Bolano to the point where he didn't even want to reply back to Sensini. Haroldo Conti a Argentinian writer during the twenties also disappeared along with students, journalists, teachers etc all disappearing during the dictatorship. The journalist, the writers, the teachers, the students all these individuals had a platform had a way to speak up and release information to the mass. Thats why they were a threat and ended up

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