Images are often used as a tool of persuasion enticing the public to read your stories. However, the graphical these images are presented, the larger the crowd that is likely pooled to get a glimpse at the story. Music in a novel will provide the rhythm that a reader will have to apply as they read through the story. However, poor keys will hardly attract a larger group of readers creating hardships in understanding the content and the role of the various characters in the novel. Similarly, it is a source of persuasion from the writer towards the public as he narrates the story. To a more considerable extent, the inclusion of these aspects will have a major role in the number of sales that the writer is likely to make after publication. This essay will analyze the impact of the graphical images and music in discussing the dreadful ordeal of an aboriginal boy in residential school challenging the history of Canada.
The use of Images
Graphics help in the presentation of ideology within a story. The actions described in such images tell a story regarding the mood of the affected person hence the creation of a conclusion of an activity that was being carried out or a likely outcome at a given time. The novel secret path describes the life of a twelve-year-old boy that died in the fight from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School. Images will often elaborate on the activities that were being carried out within the school and the environment that these children were using while in the school premises. Nevertheless, a good learning environment will always provide better social relationships among children hence minimal instances of fights. Some graphical images of the boy show significant levels of sadness and loneliness as he played on the swings. There is a strong probability that a child will quickly develop a mood of resentment when left playing alone. Minimal attention will be given to a partner once they initiate an act of playing together or sharing a particular toy while in school.
Similarly, such children will be faced with difficulties of knowing who they are and how best they can tackle certain issues. Reflecting the history of Canada as a nation, they hardly knew who they were and where they were heading to. Interventions from a third party will create a spark of resistance from the host leading to fights on whom is the controller of a given region. Selective images describe a particular pattern that these children faced while in the schools. For example, children had to have a uniform appearance while in the school as all had to undergo a similar haircut (Downie 24). A minimal aspect of differences in status amongst these children could be identified with the majority sharing a unique appearance. And increased level of freedom in school with regards to appearance will spark an aspect of discrimination and increase of stigma amongst these students.
On the other hand, the graphical images portrayed instances of slavery among the children in these schools as minimal freedoms were offered in the institution. The stronger people in the school will turn out to become bullies demanding for particular levels of respect from the weaker students. It was a similar incident with the colonial master that turned the aboriginal in Canada to abide by various rules that were being drafted in society. Subjections to such mistreat will directly impact on an individual’s health and concentration in executing certain activities in society. There is a likelihood that Charlie lost interest in education and wanted to attain the kind of freedom that he often enjoys at home. The long journey (400 miles) back home could not be achieved without direction from an older adult from the school or his guardian (Gord 14). These images can also help tell the levels of stress that the aboriginals faced while in the schools. Escaping from school is proof of a child being unethical, but, certain circumstances in the school push these children to try to execute such practices. Nurturing and preserving the young will have a major impact in the future as these children will have the ability to discuss their history to the forthcoming generations.
An aspect of torture is being witnessed in the images of Charlie at his death scene. Lying helplessly on the ground showing no person was willing to come to his rescue despite going through a series of troubles in the school. However, the streets of Canada had few resting places that Charlie would have used as he was trying to flee back to his home. These police images are too graphical and can then be used to describe the changes in a generation with regards to the model of living that the school going children are currently receiving compared to what Charlie was going through. It is further established that Charlie had died from exposure and hunger. The scarcity of food in an area will lead to malnutrition as many people are then left to scram for the little food that is available in society. The issue of food scarcity can further be linked to the aspect that Charlie could hardly be identified at the death scene as they only found little grass jar with screw up in his pockets.
One of the images shows that Charlie was not a healthy boy to withstand the living conditions of that era. He was thin and small who could easily be bullied by the stronger peers in the school. The picture further elaborates that Charlie carried a big scar running a loop from higher parts of his chest down to his back. It is also testified that his lungs were affected by the time of his death. Poor health conditions in that era had an impact on the multiple deaths that occurred in the region. For example, the majority of the Indian children lost their arms and legs as they struggled to get on the moving trains. No person was ready to take these children for medication based on the distances that may have been between the accident scenes and medical facilities. An ignored region will hardly receive the desired level of exposure minimizing the violence levels, poverty, and illiteracy.
The use of Music
Music is at times used as a reminder to the public on what activities were often done when such a song is played. Similarly, the rhythm is another factor that is being used by artists when telling a story. It is based on a target of grabbing the audience’s attention with reflex to the flow of the story at that particular moment. For example, the majority of sad moments in a story is accompanied by smooth and slow music as it tunes the audience into the theme of the narrator. The different tracks applied in the novel describe a given activity demonstrated by the character. Mixed messages are being passed to the audience with regards to the life experiences of the main character Charlie.
Nevertheless, specific pieces of information are being passed in these songs as they describe the nature of life that was being experienced in that era. For example, the aboriginal people in Canada were subjected to drug addiction and violence creating an alarming death rate and some taken into incarceration. The few correctional centers could hardly pass the desired information to the society reading change and the parents also having the inability to tell their children the need for education.
The increased rates of ignorance have a significant role to play on Charlie’s death with multiple death rates registered from the Indian children that were running away from schools. Music is further considered to be a communication tool in telling a story. Nevertheless, various scripts have been turned into a melody making it easy for interpretation from the public (The Canadian Press 7). It is also linked to culture, for example, a significant number of children were forced into Christianity hence creating songs calling for freedoms. The dictatorship models of operations in that era would hardly spearhead development as the few majorities that controlled the society often oppressed the public. An increased number of the oppressed will create groups that will have a sole target of saving them from the increased levels of torture. Revolutionary music will always call for significant gatherings with the intentions of fighting the oppressors in society.
Effectiveness and Legitimacy of Music and Images
Graphical images from various regions will help in interpreting the kinds of life that people experience in society. For example, images from violent societies and areas of hardship will offer similarities concerning the change that is required in such regions. Continuous acts of such practices will force the public to seek alternative measures of achieving what is not being provided by the governing class. For instances, the leadership in the area will have to derive measures to improve the living conditions in these areas. Similarly, images and music are useful in information provision in the aspect that an individual will quickly interpret the theme and draw conclusions for the subject matter.
An image of the past will help create a better future eliminating the majority of the hardships experienced in that era. In the long run, the public will experience development programs compared to the conditions that were being experienced in previous times (Adams 9). Nevertheless, visual storytelling is an extremely effective method as it helps in acts of generating a deeper connection, resonation with the audience, and also helps grab the public’s attention. An individual will only remember 10% of what they were told a few days ago compared to an estimated 64% ability to recall what they have seen. To a greater extent, images will offer more useful feedback from the audience other than the application of music or speech when telling a story.
Images will also reduce the duration that an individual will take to understand something. Instances where the wrong type of music is used when telling a story, mixed themes will then be generated by the audience with regards to the message that is being passed. It is further verified that difficulties will be faced by researchers on selecting a particular type of music that will be used in a story (LaBoucane-Benson and Mellings 94). On the contrary, music will always have to be accompanied by images when telling a story giving a chance to the audience to relate to the words that they here from the artist. Music without visual content will hardly have a direct impact on the message that is being offered as some people may lose interest in listening to the story. The outside world will always enjoy various activities compared to the marginalized communities. It is further linked to the type of music that is listened to about the kind of activities that they execute in their regions.
Conclusion
The essay discusses the impact of using images and music in telling the history of the aboriginal class in Canada. To a more considerable extent, images will play a more significant role in passing information compared to the use of music. However, the inclusion of both music and pictures in one story will present better feedback from the audience as they visualize and listen to the story. For example, an aspect of torture is being witnessed in the images of Charlie at his death scene as he was lying helplessly on the ground showing no person was willing to come to his rescue despite going through a series of troubles in the school. Images will also reduce the duration that an individual will take to understand any concept.
On the other hand, music is based on the rhythm applied. For instance, the majority of sad moments in a story is accompanied by smooth and slow music as it tunes the audience into the theme of the narrator. The different tracks applied in the novel describe a given activity demonstrated by the character. Nevertheless, various scripts have been turned into a melody making it easy for interpretation from the public.
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