Shout By Dagoberto Gff Summary

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Dagoberto Gilb’s short story “Shout” addresses the idea of a life full of struggle. It begins with a guy struggling to open the door to his house. After moving to the states from Mexico, losing his old job, and losing the duplex apartment that they had lived in for years, they had to keep the door locked on their new apartment because they didn’t want the baby to get out into the bad neighborhood they now live in. From here the day just got worse, he had been working all day and was hot and tired. After coming off of a stressful day on the job all he wanted to do was drink a few cold ones and watch some TV. After getting frustrated about the door being locked he begins to fuss at his wife. The kids were also being very loud and he just couldn’t …show more content…
But I want to go a little deeper than that, maybe they main character bought these struggles onto himself rather than it being “God’s fault”, as some would say. As a Christian stugglist I view all works of literature as the human struggle and how or why it is happening. If we give the devil just the slightest detail of our life he can find a way to kill, steal, and destroy, in this story that would be kill your income, steal your home, and destroy your family. The main character always turns to beer to make the day go smoother. We read what happen to his old job… he had been drinking which in the end made him lose his job. If he wasn’t drinking in the first place who’s to say he might not have the stress of the new job he has now which he’s bringing onto the family. I see the main character in a life struggle that most average human beings find themselves in, the struggle of caring for family. I believe that he is a hard worker and that he wants to provide for his family, but he just can’t deal with the battles that have been thrown his way. He knows that his family is falling apart and isn’t happy but he needs to take action and cope with the stress better. While lying in bed with his wife we understand that she just found out she was pregnant yet again, of course my mind jumps ahead to picture how they our going to be able to be

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