character or “I” who have a mental illness experienced. She was trying to find Billy, but turns out that he was not real. He was only the main character’s imagination because she was struck with a kind of despair. In the end of the story she finally try to accept the fact that Billy was not real. CHARACTERS I : lonely, despair Billy : just the main character imaginary
Justin : kind, like to entertain “I”
Father : vulnerable and little shy
Uncle : calm, quiet, patient, steady man, care to
the main character Mr. Ruiz : sympathetic, kind POINT OF VIEW In this story, the author use first person point of view because everything was said and portrayed from the main character or “I” perspective. She knew everything in this story. The author chooses to show her godlike knowledge of this story by using “I” perspective. Theme: The theme in this story is “a hope", the main character assume that Billy is her hope. She imagines Billy’s existence is real and make it as her action to escape from her reality. Setting: Jail in Mexico SYMBOLISM
Elvis Presley: Presley became a national symbol
of parents’ consternation
Esperanza: In Spanish, the word Esperanza
means hope and expectation. When we relate it with the sentence, it means that “I” trapped in her own hope and expectation which is about Billy. Heart-break Hotel song represents about the loneliness that experienced by the main character. That song references to a failed romance and to the destruction of all traces of identification before the fatal act. It can be that the main character already broke up and then she feels despair (128) and lonely, that’s why she imagined Billy becomes a figure she wanted Mañana: In Spanish it means tomorrow, or another saying which means "later". This later can mean a week later or two years later. It says something in a way which is not clear or definite. And based on our understanding, Mr. Ruiz know that Billy is not exist, so when “I” asked him to find Billy he answer “Mañana” which means she will find the real and exist Billy someday, not real tomorrow because Billy only exist in her mind. A glimpse in the dark: A glimpse in the dark means a quick look at someone or something that does not allow you to see them clearly and from that meaning it symbolize that “I” will never meet Billy in real life because he just her imagination and did not exist in real life. Canyons can be signified to an end or relief from difficulties in life. Canyon also considered as a place of beauty where people go to experience some relaxation. The relation of “Canyons” with the story is because at the end of the story “I” finally can release and admit that Billy only exist in her imagination and she tried to forget him. Or Canyons in this title symbolized Billy as a place for “I” to relief from difficulties in her life by imagining that he exists. “I was struck with a kind of despair, a darkness that opened in every direction, vast and deep”
“I think he’s sympathetic in his way...”
The jail is not really jail
USING PSYCHOANALYSIS THEORY
Analyzing based on Sigmund Freud theory
include three part; id, ego, and superego. Id (unconscious): Because she can't meet Billy in the real life, she console herself from sadness and even not be depressed by imagining/ dreaming of Billy in Mexican jails. Ego (consciousness): She controls all the shadows about Billy by accepting the fact that Billy is not real, finally she gets out of jail being picked up by her lawyer. Superego (conscience):