"The Walk" by Merle Collins

 "The Walk" by Merle Collins was an interesting text, and I sound that the author really took a more personal approach to writing this piece. I feel like Collins used her sense of faith and her culture to write this story, and she used the Caribbean view of Christianity to help with the plot. I found that Christianity is introduced right away when  she says her mom's name means,  “Faith reaches up”. It shows the reader the positive side of Christianity and how faith can be uplifting and saving. Many used faith in the Caribbean as an almost saving grace to help get them out of pressed colonial conditions and impoverish ways of life.

    In addition it expressed the way of life from the viewpoint of two female characters, and also it focused on their relationship. It showed that there can be a different view on life in the Caribbean for female characters, but it shows their reliance on Christianity to have a good life. They are more unsure of their future, rather than accepting of the terrible living conditions that they currently have. Although it is different it is also similar because their life does not give the same opportunities that men had at the time. However, the main female character is pulled out of school, which shows their lack of need for schooling for people in the Caribbean at the time, especially for females. They wanted to keep her in school, but it was simply not possible economically for her to keep learning. This text is just a straight plot, which I am thankful for because the past couple of stories that we have read have been winding and quite different to read.