            The great image of the berlin wall being torn by civilians, particularly the Eastern Germans who wanted to feel the freedom and the taste of being on the other side of the wall instead of being stuck on their side suffocating by the communist agenda. The time period this photograph was taken in was full of fear and the eventual triumph over the Soviet Union as they were finally letting East Germany be able to legally and freely travel over to West Germany symbolizing that communist Russia was crumpling before our very eyes. The civilians have been taking turns and putting in the effort to tear down this wall as they have been oppressed by the political communist leader on their side of the divided country. Numerous photographs were taken during the deconstruction of the Berlin Wall as it was a historical event to witness and be able to capture the joy and relief of the Germans to know that their home country is getting closer to being whole again. The wall piece that the crowd is centered around tells of the people’s resolve to unify with the other side and to stand up to the oppressive Soviets. Their resolve spoke volumes as a divided and growing nation separated by hate and drawing lots but uniting into a wonderful rendition of what it used to be, the wall’s destruction rallied communists into giving up that much quicker.

            The people themselves should be given some credit for their enthusiasm in tearing down the wall, their faces speak for their actions just as well as the actual actions they are taking in to get rid of the infamous wall. Eastern Germans had to live in infamy because of the oppressive Soviet regime, these people seem better than what people have made it out to be but these people in the foreground and background look cleaner for the photograph as they are recorded in history as the people that helped tear down their infamous symbol of hate and oppression. Expressions are of boredom with a deep understanding that they will soon see the other side of the once beautifully unified nation while rising out of the ashes of communism, with the side note of their deadened and priceless faces knowing that they need to quickly get this horror out of their side and let it be dust and gravel in the history books.

            The color of the photograph is of a regular day in Germany as the clothes are normal in there and the seemingly cloudy sky shows that the clouds will part once the wall comes down. Making the photograph look like a winter as most of the people in there are wearing long sleeves and long pants but that could be a play for them not to get scratched up by the possible debris when striking at the symbol. Germany’s cold climate adds to the mystery of whether they are wearing longer clothes because of the weather or the possible hazards, or both, only the photograph is evidence not the information behind it. The man in the foreground is most prominent about this idea as he is the only one swinging to break their weighted chains of oppressiveness; he is both protecting himself from debris despite the fact that he is not wearing goggles, maybe because of the poor economy of Eastern Germany, while at the same time he is showing the strength of the people as they are alive to see the gradual unification of Germany unlike the others who died escaping. The colors and graphic detail of the photograph alludes to the early 1990s as technology has not developed that much yet but just enough to capture the moments and real time history of the historical destruction of the Berlin Wall to get to know the people in the picture as well as their charisma to fight and live for another day. The rough graphics alludes to the rough physique and weariness of the German people as they are being impatient and waiting with idle boredom for the guy to strike the last blow against the wall and finally tear it down to get to the other side.

            The Berlin Wall was a symbol of division between ideologies including a symbol of hate as the two ideologies (communism and democracy) wrestled for the rights of the German people and these people in the picture deserve a warm welcome from the wall’s other side. The people in the foreground and background play a bigger picture in being a part of history of breaking and tearing down the wall.