Women/Violence in Latin American Literature and Film, Portfoilio

  My name is Paige Clair, I am 23 years old and was born and raised in California before I moved here to Florida two years ago. I love being at home and spending time reading, watching videos, enjoying time with my family, cooking and baking, which is for sure a form of love language for me. I am taking this class because of foreign culture credits but the class has a deeper meaning to me than that. I chose this class because I felt that it was something that was going to be inspiring for me as a women. I am not Latin American but to care and want to learn about other cultures has always been something important to me which has only fueled my reasoning behind enrolling in this course. 

     Of Love and Shadows was an ugly and raw depiction of the realty of dictatorship in Chile under the reign of Augusto Pinochet. Through this novel as the reader, I was immersed into the life of the women and families affected by this brutal government. It depicts military dictatorship and the regimes tactics and protocols that inflicted so much harm on innocent civilians. From arrests to torture. Due to the government, the society of Chile during this time became so divided and led to people who deemed not affected by the government to turn a blind eye and remained ignorant. This is highlighted heavily in the novel, which was a great detail to include. On the other hand, the author paints the picture of families who were very active and stayed aware of the reality of what was happening. Throughout the novel it is also highlighted the censorship on journalism and depicts how cruel the government was, people still resisted and stood for what was right. US policies aren’t...