Literary Analysis
A CHANGE OF HEART
The Walk written by Joy T. Dayrit has an unpredictable ending. Unpredictable because it started off weak yet ended strong. We could see the distinction of the characters all throughout the selection—namely Alma, Ted and the unano.
Alma in the story started frail. “Twenty years of tears splashed into her morning cup of coffee. She did not understand the phenomenon, but only cried like a child, like a fool.” She showed her love towards his husband, Ted. “Alma reset the breakfast in the way Ted expected it to be. Coffee, rice, fish, eggs. She did that for her splendidly every morning for breakfast…” she does not have the courage to express her feelings verbally, but instead she expressed her feelings through tears. “I feel in my heart I may not love you at all anymore, she wanted to say but did not.”
Ted is a package designer for a certain juice company named Harvest Juice and at the same time, the husband of Alma. He is depicted as a “man of a few words”. “When he was done he stood for the door, hurriedly because always there was that imperative first appointment of the day.” He also gives ample attention to material things. “He loves his work and that ill-gotten Corona more than me.” It is evident in the selection that Ted works very hard, especially when he was promoted as the boss of their company. “As new boss, Ted would be doubly set for all days.” At the same time he is also considered as the representative of Harvest Juice but it is as if he is not the one who represents their company since, he have not tasted their product yet. “He never drank the juices.” Ted is an epitome of a stereotypical husband who needs to work for the sake of his family but does it with “tricks”. “He knew well, after all, all of Admin’s organizational tricks. He’d win the day, there would be no end to the untruth, and Alma would live her days with him on the fruits of his bluff labor.”
The unano played a significant role in the selection. We could see
The Walk written by Joy T. Dayrit has an unpredictable ending. Unpredictable because it started off weak yet ended strong. We could see the distinction of the characters all throughout the selection—namely Alma, Ted and the unano.
Alma in the story started frail. “Twenty years of tears splashed into her morning cup of coffee. She did not understand the phenomenon, but only cried like a child, like a fool.” She showed her love towards his husband, Ted. “Alma reset the breakfast in the way Ted expected it to be. Coffee, rice, fish, eggs. She did that for her splendidly every morning for breakfast…” she does not have the courage to express her feelings verbally, but instead she expressed her feelings through tears. “I feel in my heart I may not love you at all anymore, she wanted to say but did not.”
Ted is a package designer for a certain juice company named Harvest Juice and at the same time, the husband of Alma. He is depicted as a “man of a few words”. “When he was done he stood for the door, hurriedly because always there was that imperative first appointment of the day.” He also gives ample attention to material things. “He loves his work and that ill-gotten Corona more than me.” It is evident in the selection that Ted works very hard, especially when he was promoted as the boss of their company. “As new boss, Ted would be doubly set for all days.” At the same time he is also considered as the representative of Harvest Juice but it is as if he is not the one who represents their company since, he have not tasted their product yet. “He never drank the juices.” Ted is an epitome of a stereotypical husband who needs to work for the sake of his family but does it with “tricks”. “He knew well, after all, all of Admin’s organizational tricks. He’d win the day, there would be no end to the untruth, and Alma would live her days with him on the fruits of his bluff labor.”
The unano played a significant role in the selection. We could see