Ang Kalupi (Literary Analysis)
Ang Kalupi (Literary Analysis)
Ang Kalupi (Literary Analysis)
Ang Kalupi
Marxism Literary Analysis
The story highlighted several types of conflicts: person against person, person against self, and of
course, individual against society conflict. The person to person conflict is clearly depicted through the
encounters in the middle of the plot: the confrontations between Aling Marta and the boy, the struggle
between the police man and the boy, and when the police man and Aling Marta were arguing. On the
other hand, he person against self conflict came about when Aling Marta was on the way home – when
she was thinking whether she did the right thing or not that caused the sudden accident and death of the
boy because of her deeds. While the two conflicts were obviously expressed, the last conflict, individual
to society, was implied. The present society is under the impression of discriminating those that are needy
and poverty-stricken. The mere remark of the class made people judge and devalue those who are at this
state. It is clearly implied when Aling Marta, being the critic she really was, assessed the child or the boy
as someone doing dirty work to acquire money because of his indecent appearance, thus, making way for
the main problem in the story
This story was situated in a public place where people like the boy in the story lurk abundantly. In
this way, the story smoothly made its way into setting up the mood of the scene for the climax to happen.
The role of foreshadowing really helped to attract the reader’s attention to the flow of events in the story.
It alerted the minds of the readers, and gave unexpected twists and turns in the story. The personality of
each character in the story were clearly defined through their action, and, vice versa, the description of the
author justified why they committed such act which contributed to a better accord and construction of the
story. As time passed by, its expectation eventually grew higher and higher that people are finding it hard
to catch up with - making way to incidents like the one presented in this story.
It is clearly implied that the author is expressing his bitterness and resent in the status of the society’s
conviction which is almost becoming a moral norm. The author expressed his distaste of the views of the
public regarding the needy through the bitter thoughts of the boy who suffered because of other people’s
blunder and view on him.
People tend to judge the people they meet during their lives on what they look like on the outside,
without realizing that not everything that meets the eye satisfies the truth. Not all that are seen are true.
Sometimes, all it takes is a second look to see things that you should really look at.