The Story, Low Wall by Estrella Alfon talks about a girl told her story about her experience while she was taking a bath inside her home. She described her house with weak foundations and low walls. She talks about how difficult it was for them to take a bath because of the low walls for people came and tried to sneak on them. She describe the problems they had with the noise around their house for buildings and constructions were surrounding them and more and more infrastructures were leaving them behind.
She then talks about an incident wherein she was taking a bath and caught a man watching her bathe. She scram and her mother came in and helped her change since she was filled with anger that she could not think straight. Her father came back with the man and with she guessed to be the man's father. She wanted to slap the man across the face but then seeing him infront of her with eyes filled with guilt and fear, she gave up and decided to let it go.
In this story, Estrella Alfon shows the changes one experiences within the society. Since the girl was living in a house that was not urbanized or was not well-built, she felt the problems and difficulties that were rising because of the construction of buildings around their home and the changes in the society's attitudes and thinkings like changing the way she dressed.
When she encounters the man who she caught watching her with she bathe, we can see how she changed her mind when she had the decision to punish the man. It can be said that she felt like she could not do anything anymore for she she felt pity for the man for she also blames herself for the reason why this man did the act.
Over all, the story can be related to so many people. The feeling of getting left behind the fast changing society is so evident in people that they try their best to adjust to these different scenarios in life. The struggle that one encounters in order to keep up with their surroundings and the struggles that come with it along the way. Estrella Alfon was able to show a side of the society where people struggle to adjust to a more 'urban' or more 'industrialized' society.
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"Property owner's guide in how to eject squatters effectively". CGBP blog. 2011. Web. 16 March 2013. <http://globalbestpractices.blogspot.com/2011/05/property-owners-guide-on-how-to-eject.html>
"Low Wall" by Alfon, Estrella. Booksgoogle.com. Web. 16 March 2013. <http://booksgoogle.com.ph/book:-philippine+book+short+stories>