Interview

Memory is for me something that allows us not to forget. It is important for us to remember, because that is the only way of avoiding another fact like this one. We as a country need to have this event in our memory to protect our population from this to happen again. We need to clarify every case of D.D. Even though I think it would be really hard to clarify all of them. Chile should learn that It society has to be more alert and protective with every fact which can be a manifestation of another violation of human rights. Of course I believe in human rights, they should always be the base of every society and even the whole world.  

1-      My first impression of the museum was really strong, because there are pictures, books etc. that remember painful facts to a group of people.

2-      In my own perception, memory is the ability of remembering something, important or not.

3-      Collective memory is important for me, especially because I’m going to be a teacher. However, I think that we have to be careful with what we consider as important to be remember, how we pass on the information to the next generation, and which information is worth to pass on and which not.                                                                                                                                                                          My feelings and thoughts after the visit are really confusing because I really don´t know what to think now. I also feel more curious about the topic ant the period of time before that this happened.

4-      Actually, two videos called my attention. It was the one of the speech of the commanders of the army. I felt like they were very decided and also they used very strong words when they refer to their decision. And the second one was the one of Allende, before his death. It reflected sadness and proud of the country before the military uprising. Also it didn´t reflected fear, considering that he was about to suicide.

5-      I think that for me it was a neutral experience, because it was a way to materialize something that I heard many times before. 

Dear reader

I´ll tell you about the time that I got to Santiago. I used to live in Temuco with my grandparents. My mother was living here already. It was really hard for us to be apart, because I was only five years old.

When I came here, my first house was located in a very quiet neighborhood. There, I met my best friends. My school was really nice and I felt comfortable immediately. Santiago was for me something really impressive, noisy and huge. I missed Temuco and my family at first. But then I realized how happy me and my mom were.

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                                       Camila Contreras

Making a connection between the short story and capitalism, we could see how this economical system turns people´s lives into a constant struggle of having more economical resources. Jane felt uncomfortable, because she was buying very little things, but this was because she lived by herself. She thought that people would see her as a lonely person and they would know how she is only because of her buying. If we look this situation in bigger terms, we can infer how the quantity and quality define who I am and how valuable I am.

In Prof. Sicius conference he told us that a young man at the beginning has little money and he started to invest more and more to raise his amount of money. But, do people really needed ton increase so much his money? Capitalism makes us think that we need more to live just with their offers, as Jane thought that she could need a bigger salad cream.

Jane thoughts can be considered as countries thoughts “maybe if we as a country concentrate all goods, other countries would think that we are developed nations” and this points of view in a society create the perfect environment to develop capitalism.