tough times...

The two stories made by Francisco Arcellana were The Mats and Divide by two. Both of the stories has a connection from this blog title "tough times" beacuse tough times is there similarities. Both stories had this tough times in the story The Mats, it has showed when the father and mother had this fought about their daughters who died. While in the story Divide by two it showed when Belle's husband thought that she is having an affiar with their neighbor. Though both of the stories had this tough time that really comes in a persons life, it ended up good and solved.

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In the story The Mats, I noticed that the father showed care for his family. He brought them mats for everyone. He is an emotional man. Since the setting of the story was in the early times family valued everything they have.

Divide by two, Belle was arguing with his husband about their neighbor. Then her husband thought that maybe Belle has a relationship with the other guy who happens to be thier neighbor. But at the end of the story Belle chose her husband.

Family comes first..

When i read the title of the story Father goes to court.. -Carlos Bulosan I first thought that the father in the story was a criminal, but he is not. The two family in the story were the poor family and the rich family. I'm so amazed how Carlos Bulosan wrote the story. I'm thinking if there's really a family who can say "Laugther was our only wealth.. " While reading the story i was really glad about the father treated the situation they are going through. He was very calm on talking to the other man, while the other man is full of anger. I mean most of the guys now have this huge "pride". The story showed me two points..

1. first, it showed me that the man in the family or the father do anything for his wife, children even at the end of his life, he will still fight for it.
2. second, it showed me that in life money, power, fame is not the primary thing that we need in our life. It is our family who will always be there for us. There love, care and support will give us happiness that is very important spice in our life. =)

Next story is, How my brother Leon brought home a wife.. - Manuel E. Arguilla In the story it showed how Leon introduced his wife to his family. It shows that we filipinos should do pamamanhikan (which is one of our many pamahiins) first before we brought home our half-to-be. Our family should be the first people who will know tour getting married.

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So relating my title from what i wrote, for me family should really come first in everything we do. Filipino family will always help a ech other. Except for some families nowadays who's parents and other family members were in to drugs. I mean people who are under the influenced of drugs cannot give a hand to help, instead, they should be.