The Effects of Music

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In Making a Murderer, music played a great role when it came to the audience and them creating an opinion on Steven Avery.

At the beginning of the show, it plays music where to me, it makes it sound like they are portraying Avery as the victim. It shows him hugging family members and friends. Capturing the celebration of his freedom and playing a soft dramatic classical song, it made me feel bad for Avery and feel anger towards the criminal justice system. However, the documentary also plays dramatic music when they begin to talk about Avery's childhood and past crimes. By doing this, it made me think that, yes, Avery was innocent for the crime he was accused of doing, but that doesn't mean he's a good human being! 

The different types of music this documentary used really had me debating Avery's innocence. I kept thinking that he was innocent and that he wasn't capable of hurting anyone! I mean, he was proven to be innocent the first time! To me, Avery was a good person who was disliked by his community because his family and himself did not blend with the other neighbors. But when his past crimes and the dramatic music would play, he had me re-thinking at how maybe, just maybe, he wasn't as innocent as he made himself look or sound. No one truly knows someone's color until they show them.

Born Into Brothels: The Sad Reality

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Born Into Brothels is a definitely must watch documentary! It exposes you to the reality of children who were born into a community where there is no hope for them to succeed. It truly made me realize that I am lucky for what I have, even if it is just a little bit.

Born Into Brothels is a documentary that captures the lives of children who are born into poverty, where the only way they are able to survive is to work. If you were a girl, you grew up to be "put in the line" of prostitution. The saddest part was that these girls knew what they would become once they got older, and in a way, had already accepted their destiny. As for the boys, they were given more liberty to do what they wanted, but it did not mean it was easier than the girls.

A part that struck me was when one of the little girls mentioned that there was this room where it had a curtain that covered the inside, so her siblings and herself wouldn't be able to see what was going on. She stated that when her mother went in there and pulled the curtain down, her and her siblings were to go upstairs on the roof and play until her mother was done. That to me made me feel disgusted. A child is being exposed to such perversion and she sees it as a normal thing because that is what she was born into. It made me so angry and so heartbroken because even though the circumstances are extreme, these children have the purest hearts ever and such innocence, that is slowly being taken away.

This documentary had very strong content and it took a lot in me not to cry. It was sad to know that some of the kids that were given the opportunity to go to school were withdrawn from the school because of their parents and taken back into the community that they have tried to run away from.

Born Into Brothels is a documentary that made me see that people who have nothing are much more thankful than those who have it everything. These kids felt like the pictures they took gave their life meaning and it gave them hope that maybe, somehow, their life would get better. For some of them, it did, but for others, they were dragged back into a community that is no place for a child. Watch full documentary at the bottom!

Making a Murderer: The Exposure of Our System

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As a criminal justice major, all I kept thinking was: What the hell am I getting myself into! What kind of system am I trying to work for? Watching Making A Murderer, my mind was racing. I was angered at how all the facts were there, every single detail, and the criminal justice system chose to look the other way and justify the sheriff departments actions. In Making a Murderer, it shows how much power the justice system has and how police officers abuse their authority. It makes me upset to know, to believe, that this is probably not the first nor' the last case where a person gets accused for a crime they did not commit and authorities did everything they could to put them behind bars, just because they did not like that person.

To fix this issue, I think, that as a community, we need to start speaking up, start talking about what is going on. With writing, we can voice our opinions more clearly and explain why it is wrong. We can bring up different sources and use those to back up our argument. We can point out the issue more clearly. Writing gives us the opportunity to map out our plan before we go out and voice our opinions. Once we speak, we can no longer take our words back. As for writing, we can edit and re-edit before we go out in public. We can also capture one's attention more easily, keep one interested, as long as our argument is relevant, of course.

I think we can all agree that the best part of this episode was when Steven Avery was found innocent and released. I was relieved to finally see that something was done right. I was also relieved to find that the man who committed the crime was already behind bars, except for the fact that he had already sexually assaulted someone and that is why he was locked up. It is saddening to know that it could of all been prevented if the sheriff and others could have put their hate away and done something from the beginning.