Occupy wall street and all the other protests in the country have people sleeping on the streets, whether intentional or forceful. In Diego Rivera’s painting, the middle image shows a bunch of people sleeping in one congested area which has a guard protecting them. These people are similar to those protestors; these are people who make up the middle class, put the most money into the economy, and create more opportunities for the lower class to make a bright future themselves. The occupy movement has begun because the upper class has put a halt on the progress of many of the middle class workers.
In the middle image of Diego Rivera’s painting entitled, Frozen Assets, there are a large group of people sleeping together in a tight space. The division of images from the middle to the bottom has this divider that looks like wiring or gears or pipelines that you might find in a subway system. As you may know, pipelines can’t be built by the simplest of people; there must be some form of education to create such a thing. I believe these people sleeping together are the middle class and Diego is portraying that they are the pipelines, gears, and wiring that create everything in the top and the bottom. This middle image shows a connection, both in the mural itself and in society. Diego is saying that the nation cannot progress or flourish without the works of the middle class. The occupy movement consists of many middle class workers as well, who ironically sleep together at night in confined areas to show their togetherness in changing the economy. They want nothing more than to restore their assets and go back to living their lives as before.
