THE WALL(The Movie)

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The movie “The Wall”, since the release of it, led to huge and endless discussions. For many people, this represents something different in relation to the protagonist,which was Pink Floyd. The events and the songs that are displayed, during the movie, let us comprehend clearly the meaning of the protagonist's life and the movie itself. After studying it in depth, the wall may mean a separation from the protagonist’s hurtful emotions within the problems he had to suffer and his real life.

Annalysing the plot of the film with an overall view,the movie try to link the emotions, feelings and problems.These things, represent a meaning through a mental wall which is an escape from real life, and the control that is exercised in the society.The mental wall’s bricks, may be the particular facts that happened such as his fatherless childhood, his dominant mother, the out of touch education system which is centered on “producing” a particularly type of individual and the government that treats citizens like chess pieces.All these facts, helped out to create this wall,so Roger, the protagonist could live freely in a way in a parallel universe without being controlled and suffering among his life problems.He escaped from reality; a reality in which he felt oppressed by fame and fortune.

Nonetheless, some people go against these views and tend to reject this meaning lacking evidence or reasons. Songs which are being played in the background during the movie may support this idea of a mental wall built in order to free his mind from control. “Another brick in the wall” it is a clearly example which validates the meaning previously explained due to the fact that it express Roger’s suffering because of the problems he had. We hear of the first grief stricken cries of Roger's lost father when it says "Daddy's flown across the ocean", Leaving just a memory, Snapshot in the family album, Daddy what else did you leave for me?” In the second part of the song Pin Floyd says “We don't need no education, we don't need no thought control." This is another example of the control that show the government,his mother and the education system tried to impose him, and he really doesn’t want this in his life.

All in all, we can say that the metaphorical wall symbolizes an open path leading the main character towards freedom, which was hidden due to his harsh life circumstances. In my opinion, it’s a complex meaning which it’s really interesting to understand but difficult to recognise in our own private lives. How Pink Floyd manages to escape from his reality, how he criticizes the mass control and the way he stands against it during the movie it’s really appealling and it is mind-opening.