Everything By Ayala

Amora, Briggs Palma, Jericho Postrado, Janeiro Rosales, Krisha Ann Sepillo, Lorelyn Villanueva, Joshua Group 6 BS Industrial Engineering II

Everything by: Tita Lacambra-Ayala

I. Short background of the author. Tita Lacambra-Ayala She is a writer, poet and multimedia artist. Tita Lacambra Ayala was born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte but grew up in Antamok, Benguet. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Education (BSE) Major in English, minor in History, at the University of the Philippines in 1953. Tita is one of the most celebrated Filipino poets in English with her work receiving numerous awards. She has authored many books in her distinguished career, among them Sunflower Poems (1960), Friends, The Confessions of a Professional Amateur (prose) and Camels and Shapes of Darkness in a Time of Olives (poetry). II. Setting While the sun is burning away from the mountain gray, the place happened inside the house where there is chaos in every part of it. Everyone in the house are noisy and all are having a crazy, routine-less mess of morning. III. Characters Mother – the one who eventually got tired and overwhelmed of all the chaos that is happening in their house and attempted to kill herself. “I am most glad to be alive, to wait the afternoon through and eat my meals if only grudgingly, suffer the coming of nightfall and view through the kaleidoscope of domesticity the face of Nick.” Nick - lover-child-father, husband, pillar and foundation, circus strongman, eternal enemy and beloved. Dinky, Bikini and Mocha – the children Martha - mother's friend that changes her identities with her numerous wigs and minidresses.

IV. Climax of the Story & Resolution Climax The mother was tired of everything. She was about to kill herself. Questioning herself if she did any wrongdoings to experience and put her in that kind of situation. Solution She realized that killing herself was never an answer and should be never be an option. Her children appreciate how blessed they are to have a mother like her. She was glad to be alive and promise that she will never do that again when she experienced difficulties and disappointments. V. Theme Everything is a story of a mother who is having a hard time to control everything in their house especially when problems occur, they need to be the strongest person to hold back for her children rely on her. There was also an issue of giving up which leads to attempt of suicide in time of her difficulties and disappointments. VI. Point of View The point of view in the story is first person where it means writing from the author's point of view or perspective. This point of view is used for autobiographical writing as well as narrative. VII. Significance of the story and relation to the present time. One of the big moral lessons woven in the story of "Everything" is that a mother’s unconditional love can’t be replaced. Mothers are the emotional backbones of the family that’s why if problems occur, they are the strongest person to hold back and we can always rely on them when we are undergoing certain emotional or physical problems along the way in the challenges of life. It takes absolute determination to be a mother. In our present time, we forgot that our mother is a human too and that there are times that they often spend a lot of time worrying about how they look to their children, and questioning if they are making a good impression. Sometimes it’s hard for them to control their emotions, even when the situation is really fixable. Your mother is only human and so rather than focusing on the perfect image, they better figure out how to make the most of their temper tantrums. While they don’t generally want their children to see they lose their cool, it’s important that the children know their mother is also human. Another lesson shown in the film is that suicide does not solve problems, it only creates worse problems for those you care about. When you reach the breaking point of despair it can seem the only way to escape is taking drastic action. There are times when it feels like suicide is the only answer, but that’s untrue. You can be in a very bad place, but in the end, you deserve to live and see how much better life can get. In today’s society, suicide continues to be a major problem. Suicide rates are rising, and will continue to rise unless society takes action to better understand and treat this epidemic. The truth is, we live in a world that is marred by sin, so difficulties and disappointments are bound to cross our path.