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The Riots in Vancouver

The riot. The sports riot. Such a curious thing. Why would anyone destroy the town that they reside in? Well it’s probably a revolt against the government…No. Its probably a riot against the “1%” … no that not it. It is a full-scale rage against the unfairness of the game 7-championship game in the National Hockey League.  The Boston Bruins defeated the hometown Vancouver Canucks. According to Canadians (especially Vancouver fans) it was their year and they deserved it. Hockey is Canada’s favorite past time and national sport. They take it seriously. Serious enough not to believe their eyes when winning the Stanley cup, something they pictured since the begging of the season, got striped away from them. This is what I believe this photo essay is all about. It is capturing the rage, the hurt, the unfairness of a loss that was not expected, and a loss in the biggest game in Vancouver’s recent history. A loss not only for the town of Vancouver but a loss for the entire nation of Canada.

It is a photo essay that captures a riot and all the feelings of that riot. It is a piece of journalism not a beautiful photograph slide show. The photographer is focused on the actions of the people. Mostly all the people are showing rage except for one or two photographs. The most interesting of these photographs is the one where the couple is making out laying in the middle of the street. The angry mob is running away from the line of policeman only leaving the couple in the middle of the street. This was by far to me the most interesting photograph in the essay. I was going to say that the theme of the photographic essay was rage. The other photograph that does not align with the theme of rage is the 4^th photograph in the set. A man is jumping up and down in joy because he just set a big pile of junk on fire. You would think that a riot is only filed with rage and frustration but according to this photographic essay riots are filled with love, joy, and laughter. So I thought what is the theme of this photo essay? The theme is forgetting. The people forgetting the pain of a loss, the people forgetting the felling or rage, the people forgetting this hockey season and moving on to the next one. They were not going out without a bang win or lose.