Clairole Marie L.

Quilantang General Engineering I-A

Philippine Literature 101 Wednesday 2:30-4pm

The Will of a River

Alfredo Q. Gonzales

Critical Analysis:

The "Will of a River" by Alfredo Q. Gonzales is about the life of human beings on
earth. The river is comparable to the way people live. In the beginning, it presents that
it is a certain fact that there are a lot of obstacles, difficulties and problems that every
one of us have been experiencing. Occasionally, these happenings are considered to be
negative. There are many hindrances and trials that each of us confronts in life. So, we
must be a person who has the courage and determination to bring the best out of us in
every hardship. There are people who easily surrender and discourage, but always
remember there are people those who never give up until they achieved something
similarly to a river.

It tells of perseverance to follow your dreams. If we cant overcome the obstacles, we

can surpass as precisely expressed by the author. Have the optimism to reach your goal
and possess an outlook in life in hope. When we experience hardships in life or when
things get rough, we must never ever quit. Handle your life and it must go on whatever
comes. Live by faith and be a helpful hand to others so, this is why the river exists. We
are worthy for existence and always be a blessing. We are not living just for ourselves
but to God that in order to know it we must be a kind of person who is always helping
and kind to others. With reverence, man must recognize the fact that the things he
possesses in life comes from God. His life comes from the creator. He draws his
strength from God. The things that he shares with others are graces or blessings from
the Lord. He lives by the grace of the Almighty God. And the same grace he must show
to others. He can do nothing without God in his life. All his achievements, his victories,
his possessions are attained or obtained because of God. What he is and what he has is
all because of Him.

And similarly to a mountain, where the river draws its power from to be able to carry
on, man has God. Like a mountain, big and high, God, the almighty is the source of all,
the source of strength, hope, and the courage of man to go on with and stick to his
fight. Only that man has neither to trust and believe that God will enable him to move
on and will help him, never to desert nor to forsake. Therefore, a man should be faithful
to his calling, believing that God will be able to keep him from falling. And in His
promise he will trust for He will be faithful to finish the work He has begun to each and
everyone's life. Where faith to God is the most important thing in the world, we must
acquire in life.