Combining Narratives

Much like anything written, spoken, read, watched or otherwise left to interpretation of an audience, specific members of the audience will always interpret the message of the speaker in the way that suits them best. From the Bible to the Qu'ran to Lord of the Rings to any historical document in the world, people will take the action of explaining the meaning of something to what serves their own interests best. Relating to the excerpts from Dawson's Latin America Since Interdependence (LASI) to different peoples' interpretations of actual events such as Esteban Echeverría's Slaughter House (aka El Matadero) or interpretations of other's author's works such as Hugo Chávez's speech at the XII G-15 Summit (2014) invoking Pablo Neruda's poetry and piggybacking Simon Bolívar's rhetoric to push his own political agenda. These being good or bad is not really the subject of importance rather the rhetoric and diction deliberately chosen from and the intent of that interpretation. We see that the use of Neruda's Chant to Bolívar both reinforces and defines Bolívar as the "father" of modern politics in the region as well as preemptively endorses the proposition Chávez is about to announce. These sorts of interpretations create a rich tapestry which intricately weaves the history of such a diverse region together through art, politics and social revolution.