"The Wall" Analysis

     In Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”, there is a much deeper meaning to the music video than what meets the eye. There’s a lot of controversy about what is displayed in the music video, with things such as the kids falling into a meat grinder and the masks that the children were wearing. In my opinion, the masks symbolized the way that the children were treated. They were all treated the same, all were expected to meet the same standards, and were just forced to live their life exactly the same as their classmates. They are treated as one but not in the good way. With the meat grinder, it basically is what happens to us within the educational system. The children’s own thoughts and own way of learning is pushed aside as the same fate meets all. And that is what the meat grinder is compared to; all of the kids turning out to be the same thing, or the same “product” when referring to the meat grinder. Basically, the education kids are receiving is messed up. And that is why all of the children acted the same and ended up in the same fate; everyone is expected to learn the same, act the same, and get the same grades while in school. Those are two of my personal opinions on what the music video for “The Wall” by Pink Floyd is trying to symbolize.