She is inspired when she sees

and imbongi’s brilliant

performance.

She has a poor self-image, refuses the She realizes she has found her
advances of an attractive boy and
experiences jealousy and hostility at the
vocation
hands of other girls

The narrator is academically She writes her first poem and

successful and teachers are learns to love herself.
impressed with her.

I agree that the theme of the story id “independence”, because the main conflict of the story
is insecurity which is under internal conflict, or “man vs. himself”. The solution of the problem
or conflict is in the hands of the character herself. She needs to free herself from the thought
of insecurities and start accepting who really she is in order to overcome the problem. And it
was very evident to the story as she gained self independence when it comes to how she sees
herself.as a unique and beautiful person.