This is a brutal depiction of what the photographer believes was a very brutal reality in China leading up to the Olympic games. This photograph seeks to persuade viewers that this is a likely event in modern China, which by the way has one of the worst human rights records on earth. The image has several different elements that can be analyzed including the setting in a prison, the blurred faceless shooter, and the obvious downtrodden state of the victim. The author is from a group called amnesty international whose goal is to promote awareness of human rights violation that might otherwise be ignored by the media for aesthetic reasons such as the Olympic games. This is a disturbing image of an imagined reality. It is improbable that the author has actually seen an occurrence like this one, but he has probably talked to individuals who would have him believe this is a very natural happening. Regardless of whether this is a reality or not the author is making a point, which is that the Olympics is openly honoring a country that is unbelievably far behind the rest of the world with regards to the God-given rights of man. By modern standards did they really deserve to host this celebrated time honored event?
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