Through the plot of the story, Walker demonstrates how a child is affected by the circumstances they’re raised in and around. Everybody’s a product of their environment, and carries their experiences with their character and how they view the world. Myop’s shift of “view” is the focal point of the story. At the start, Myop is observed to have an innocent and childlike view of the world, for example: “She was ten, and nothing existed for her but her song” (Walker). By the end of the story, her perception of it has crumbled, focusing on the horror of the corpse. The line: “Frayed, rotted…