Russell Shearman
Professor
Linthicum
English 101
class 86833
9 September 2012
The
Sorrow Behind the Cover
There
are many words that describe human emotions and the effect that they have on
how a person acts, and this cover of Time
magazine incorporates a few, as well as the correct ones to bring about
action. On the surface the sadness in the young child is apparent and the pain
this child shows cannot be masked. The claim of ignorance to atrocities
happening all over an entire continent cannot continue to shine on the faces of
those who are supposed to be saviors and crusaders for those afflicted. On
September 7th of 1992 a Time magazine
photographer captured the human essence in its weakest state.
A state of not simply sorrow or the pain that comes with
loss, but the effects of anguish, misery, heartbreak, despair, gloom, and what
is caused by maltreatment, malnourishment, and inhumanity of peoples’ greed.
Even as a wealthy and pompous king sits feasting on his throne and throwing
scraps to those that he is supposed to watch over and protect so to sit the
dictators and warlords the un-freed African nations. Glorifying themselves and
watching as the people that are thought of as lesser rot. Time captured the need for hope and justice and the cry for help
without ever writing a word. Showing that the so-called civilized world does
not always pay heed to the things that are found unbeautiful or that are out of
sight, but sometimes must be called to action and to remembrance that there is
always a humble and weak start to nations that grow to thrive and prosper. And,
that with help through the misery and turmoil, the oppression and agony that
people endure a glorious outcome may come. In the cover the young boy is
looking up at an unseen figure which suggest that the oppressor, the torturer
and person causing the sorrow is readily around and active in the life of the
one in misery. There are many causes of all of extreme emotion and many terms
to describe those same said emotions, and behind all of these emotions lies a
perpetrator/s, sometimes unseen and unknown, but needlessly there. There is
also always a hope in the background that can be seen, although sometimes it is
hard, through the bad.
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