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even provide for his family’s basic needs. Albeit all this hardships, his wife
Gloria, still manages to keep her good virtuous. She insists that the way they are
living is a much better than the one they will have if they do wrong acts. But
Gloria’s entire constant reminder to Mario did not prosper. Mario decided to
come back to his old life of crime when he lost his job when he tried to steal an
apple for his daughter. He keeps on insisting that his priority is to provide what
his wife and daughter needs. He left with Pablo, his old crime buddy, even if
Gloria pleaded very hard for him not to go with the man.
Content
The content of the piece was easily presented and has a clear command of
the English language. It utilizes simple words that can easily be comprehended
even by an Elementary student. The overall content shows that Poverty is the
Manipulation of Pablo is also a factor that affects Mario’s decisions. The text
open our eyes in the reality that the poor have nothing to say because they are
forced to be submissive with those who are in power. The text also shows how
poor people, who only believe that God will help them, struggle in their everyday
living. How little food they eat, malnutrition happens and above all
unemployment rates increase. Their only hope is religion- God. They still cling
to the belief that God will provide for them and that they should be contented
to the direction of the literary piece. There are only flaws when it comes to
punctuation marks thus giving a slight confusion to the part of the readers
Style
The World is an apple is a clear example of a Marxist literature. We can
Mario that he should’ve not tried to bring home an apple because they are not
rich. Gloria has this belief that since they are poor they should not be aspiring
for better things. She believed that they could only have things that are allotted
for the poor (e.g. Lugaw). Injustice is also evident in the text, just by stealing a
Religion is also reflected in the text. Gloria has this belief that God will
provide for them if they only believe and pray. She even pointed out that the
financial crisis they are experiencing at the moment is only a challenge by God.
And that God will never leave them. Rugged Individualism is seen in the
character of Pablo, wherein he lures Mario to steal for a living. Pablo doesn’t
think of what might happen to Mario if he comes with him. He doesn’t even care
to what Gloria feels. Pablo is trying to point out that what they will do is for the
sake of everybody’s welfare. But the truth is, it is for Pablo alone. Pablo even
flaunts his wealth just to persuade Gloria to let Mario come with him. Economic
conditions and Material circumstances mostly are the reasons why poor are
easily lured to commit illegal acts. That is how Pablo or the wealthy people
manipulate the poor. Pablo even said to Gloria to take the money as a gift, since
they cannot afford to pay for it. Pablo is showing not what his money can do for
Tita but what social status he is in. Consumerism is also seen in the text when
Pablo flaunts his money. He brags at Gloria that before Mario can do many
The mood of the story is serious. It tackles many aspects of human flaws
and what is wrong in the culture. The story is sometimes sad but in the end,
Sentence Construction
Sentences are well constructed. The combination of simple, compound,
Paragraph Development
Since the style of the piece is in scripted format, the presence of
paragraphs is not vividly evident. Thus, critiquing the paragraph aspect would
be void.
Word Choice
The words used in the piece are well commended because the author
employs the use of words that can easily be understood by a normal person or
the words used because everything is clear and has a good line of direction.
somehow depicts a beautiful theme and content. The word “Apple” that
symbolizes temptation and the dishonest life lived by Mario before. The theme of
the story is; it is man’s basic instinct that drives him towards his survival. But,
no matter what he should not forget that society expects him to confirm to its
norms. One’s action is weighed right or wrong and thus should be kept towards
the proper action and his wrong decisions become greater burdens to a family