Description of Nicaraguan Photo

Roosevelt Campbell Professor Finnegan English 111 (009) 7 October 2012 The death of the y give awayhfulness humanity in the Nicaraguan war The motion-picture showgraph by Koen Wessing, Nicaragua (1970) shows a group of masses around a dead organic structure on a tear up street in a tragic scene. In the foreground, lies a dead young man on a bumpy passage covered with a white sheet, looks like an army boot on one foot sticking out. In the foreground, at the head of the body blood stains are noniceable. A woman who seems to be the young mans mother walks right up to the body, holding up a sheet to her mouth, and starts to shed tears.In the background four slew stand in the street, who appear to be family parts or friends of the deceased. A man, who seems to be the boys father or uncle, walks behind the body towards the mother. He does not bear or look at the body, with his head down and his hands together in front of him at his waist as a call attention of grief. Behind t he man, a friend of the family stares at the body with a handkerchief to her nose, protecting her from the stench. Alongside her is a family member who is partially hidden by the man.Only a little part of her hair, arms and legs are visible. A family member in like manner stares at the body with a sheet wrapped crossways her arm. I besides notice that behind these people is graffiti on the door of a building which says FSLN which stands for Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional (Spanish). In English, this means Sandinista National pocket Front which is a social democratic party in Nicaragua. On that same building I whoremaster see holes on a building behind the group of people maybe they are dope holes, from the gun when they fired at the young man.Look like on that point is purge a spent shell to the left of the head of the body. In this photo by Koen Wessing, it indicates how the family members and friends consider been affected by the death of the young man, not onl y(prenominal) them but how the country as a safe and sound has been profoundly affected with the deaths and destructions which have been taking place in the country, seemed to have been caused by a war. Koen Wessing portrays how war destroys families and the struggle that people in this scene and the whole country has to go through.When looking at the young mans mother, family members and friends, you can see by their facial expression and body dustup that theyre broken down mentally by the death of the young man, which deeply affects them. This can cause problems such as depression and anger. This can even continue to affect them later on in the future. To my guess he may have been brutally murdered by Somozas National Guard (opposition to the Sandinistas), because of his affiliation with the Sandinistas, and he may not have been the only innocent person to be killed by them, so there would have been other families affected by this turmoil.This war has not only affected the peo ple but the countrys infrastructure as well such as the roads and buildings that were demolished. Homes might have also been wrecked leaving people homeless which might cause them and their children to be sleeping without a roof over their head which is not healthy. several(prenominal) businesses may have been shut down, and with no businesses, people would be out of jobs and as a result of this, they wouldnot being able to provide for their family. Schools also might have been closed and this would have deeply affected the educational progress of the students and affect them in the future.In conclusion, this photo clearly states the suffering the people and the country as a whole had to go through, and how the dead are left to remind the people of fear and sadness. This image illustrates the devastating arrange that a war can have on the people and its country. Koen Wessing is presentment us that a war can cause a mickle of problems in a country and it would be very difficult t o rejuvenate all the aspects which have been affected. Works Cited Koen, Wessing. Nicaragua. 1970. Photograph. English 111 Course Page. Web.