In my own opinion, the mat symbolized each and every hand of the family members. The three children suffered from illness and die in the mat. The mat carried them all the way. It means that the family members give their care and support up to the last minute of their love one’s life. The father took so much time to let go because he is guilty of not showing his love and care physically because of distance, lack of time and communication. Maybe that time, when he went home, he saw that his daughter was already lying on the coffin. It is the hardest feeling ever because he can’t do anything. Money can't bring his children's life back.
Filipino fathers are like him. They work hard to feed his family. That’s why seeing his family specially his children suffering and dying leaves a big scar in his heart. Men don’t show off their deepest feelings. Even though they suffered from loneliness, they still managed to be strong. They don’t want to look weak. That’s why when they have a chance to let it all off…they really break it all out. They are like a strong rock that suddenly breaks off because of force.
Men are not like that now. They’re becoming more open because the issue of them being a rock is being more talked. Ladies of this generation are more concerned about the issue. I myself encourage my boyfriend to open his personal problems to me so that he won’t feel heavy inside. I allow him to cry infront of me because I don’t want him to just keep all the loneliness he feels inside. I know the feeling. It’s so heavy. This story is more realistic than divide by two because it’s still happening. In the case of our OFWs. In divide by two, it seems that, it shows that the characters are so desperate with each other. They have this past that ends without a closure. It is like, their attention was divided by two because they can’t help but discuss each other's life.
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you know what, i've actually read in a magazine that the reason why men are so sungit or often times mad is because they doesn't want to reveal or show that they are sad. or uhm.. let me rephrase it. instead of showing others what they feel inside (esp sadness) they would choose to be mad.
but then i agree with you when you say that men are becoming more open now with their feelings and even experiences. hahaha! i have known so many guys na super daldal! they really make kwento about what happened and everything. na para bang mapapaisip ka na lang na "huh? nakekwento mo yan? daig mo pako!" dahil sa sobrang pagkadetalyado. at tsaka parang hindi na sila nahihiya na magkwento kung anu man yan, lovelife, friendship, family or anu man.
perhaps there's equally less pressure on men these days to conform to the standards of "machoness"...an indicator of waning patriarchal dominance. the "metrosexual" is perhaps one convincing evidence of this "compromise", if you want to see it that way.
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