Guido And Dora Analysis

Guido and Dora earn a living in two completely opposite ways. Guido is a serving important people in a restaurant type place, but he is doing more / talking / than anything else. Later we see Dora at a school assembly where she and other teachers are present.

The place where Guido works looks more like a hotel lobby than a restaurant, yet he is dressed in a waiter’s uniform and serving food. I also think part of his job includes public relations, or entertaining with his gift of gab. The two men that he is serving seem to be important people. They are wearing suits and look to be some kind of business men. I would say that the first man is a writer. I say this because he looked as if he was having “writers block”, and Guido got him out of it with an idea he shared with him. The second man is probably a government official coming into town to make an appearance at the school assembly. I would say Guido’s job is more appealing since he seems to enjoy what he is doing a lot more than the other men. He takes whatever he is doing and makes it exciting. He seems to be very good at what he

does, for example he is able to slyly convince the second man to order the same thing the first man did not want.
Dora is at a school assembly with three other teachers and a headmaster. I say this because Dora and the other three are dressed the same, but the headmaster is dressed a little nicer with a big black hat. This lady also seems to be the one in charge of the school assembly. As they are preparing for the important visit from the second man in the restaurant Guido comes marching in. Everyone but Dora thinks he is the one they have been waiting on. The only reason I think he is doing this is just to see Dora. During Guido’s conversation earlier with the second man he get a que to where this man is going to be, and he knows that Dora will be there. Immediately he looks down at a red, white and green ribbon, so evidently he must have took it from the second man in the restaurant. When he comes marching in he is wearing the ribbon in a very awkward way. Guido jumps up on to the tables and starts giving a speech. He has no idea what they are expecting to hear, but he is just making it up as he goes because he is a natural entertainer. The whole time there is a smile on Dora’s face as though she can’t believe he would do all this just to see her.
I don’t have to understand a word Guido says to know that his personality is definitely the “performer.” He is a very outgoing, friendly, and charming person.

You can clearly see in the second scene that he loves to perform in front of people. Dora is a little harder to figure out though. I want to say she is the “educator” because of her profession, but I believe deep down she is the “thinker.” She doesn’t want to get too carried away emotionally, yet she is curious and wants to learn new things. I don’t think either of them are satisfied with their jobs. They are too curious to be settled for where they are in life. When it comes to my job I want to be happy with what I’m doing, but being in God’s perfect will is where I should find true joy. I believe our lives are made beautiful in how we perceive life, for if we live in God’s purpose we will live life on purpose with no

regrets.