The Forgotten Victim From Florence And Normandie Analysis

In the Los Angeles Times a feature article “The forgotten victim from Florence and Normandie,” the author, Steve Lopez, explains the main discussion of his article which is about his curiosity on finding what happen to Fidel Lopez, a victim who was brutally beaten nearly to death. This has been broadcast on television around the Los Angeles area at the 1992 Los Angeles riot, also known as the “LA Riots.” Author, Steve Lopez, writes this article about Fidel Lopez to give readers a reason to not forget others, just how the media forgot about Fidel, demonstrating “why I couldn’t find a single story about him after 1993” (Lopez, pg. 2) said author Steve Lopez. Most of Fidel views were nothing but as what he stated in the article as “bright lights”

(Lopez pg. 3). It was written in the article, Fidel view was “understood” of “the contained rage that cracked open” (Lopez, pg. 4). Which this article reached to an audience for everyone to have a sense of remembering and to not forget, because during the Los Angeles riots, building, vehicles, and lives were taken, but what mattered most was the lives that manage to get out alive. Many of those who survived from the riot weren’t found to tell their story.

Author Steve Lopez persuade his readers to accept his idea of finding the brutally beaten victim that many witness during the riot, the author does so by finding Fidel and having his story told, which in my perspective was a success, because Fidel was meant to have his story told so a great outcome would occur. In addition as the reader it kept me alert and curious to know more. Fidel Lopez argument was to remain undiscovered as a victim of the LA riot which persuade me because Fidel’s daughter Vanessa stated in the article “ He does things his way, doesn’t like asking for help and is more interest in providing for his family than revisiting the past” (Lopez, pg. 5). This statement was well brought out because Fidel did not do it for his family, the fame, nor for the sadness people would feel for him. Article “The forgotten victim from Florence and Normandie” brought well life learn lessons that are relevant today as many are still able to forget those who need to be remembered most as time passes, because we can easily forget, but once it is gone, sometimes we cannot bring our memory back, memories are always with us lets not take that away from

us.