The story entitled “Generations” is one of the stories that I really could not relate on.
In the story it showed individuals who abuses their powers and authority. First is the father, he goes home drunk, beat up his wife and his children. He should be the one protecting them, not hurting them. Next are the soldiers, instead of protecting their people they took advantage of the young fifteen years old girl. They harassed her since they know that the girl needed something from them, the freedom of her father. Then the girl, who was able to get her father out of the barracks, but because of too much hatred she took the life of her own father.
In the story the mother wanted the family to hold on to each other, but that wouldn’t be possible if not everyone feels the same way. For me, it is important that the feeling of holding on to one another is mutual. Since if everyone in the family feels the same, then each member will learn how to give importance with how one feels. They would learn how to value each other despite the difficulties that will come along.
I got disturbed by the actions of the girl and by her brothers. She killed her own father and I felt like it didn’t bother her at all. The boys even reacted like it was a good thing that their father is dead. It said that their mother can find a new one.
It was hard to relate to this story since I belong to a happy family. Not perfect but doing just fine. We experience conflicts and disagreements but not to the point that we get to hurt each other physically. We still show respect and love to one another
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Still the story was able to get my interest since it is something different from the other stories that we had in class.
Monday, March 3, 2008
so real or surreal?
When I was younger, I was like any other little girls. I love to read and listen to fairytale stories. I used to imagine that these stories can happen to me or to the other little girls when we grow older. I believed that these stories are the real thing. As time goes by and as I grow older and get to experience different things that life can offer may it good or bad, my outlook in life changes.
I come to realize that not everything in our fairytales is true. There are no fairy godmothers. Instead we have our family and good friends whom we can lean and depend on. These people will always be there to help us and simply stay with us especially with the times when we needed them the most. There are no wicked witches. No ugly witches that wear long black dress, have long nails and big cauldrons. There are only people who act like witches in our life. They try to bring us down and try to hurt us. (Hmmm, but you can call these people who irritate you as witches’ hehehe...) I also consider difficulties as witches. In fairytales after battling with the evil deed of the witch, the characters become stronger. In real life after struggling through the trials, we become stronger and wiser. But then, there is still this one thing that I believe in fairytales. I still believed on true love, that there is this one person who is really meant for us and that there is someone who would be willing to share their life with us. Unlike in our fairytales, it is destiny that brought them together. For me I believed that we search for that person. (Yuck I’m getting too mushy… hahaha…) Then there is this happily ever after in all our fairytales. For me, it is up to us to make our very own happily ever after.
* I remembered watching a foreign film entitled “Enchanted” in this film they combined reality and fairytale. You guys have to check it out. It’s cute. It’s a family film.
I come to realize that not everything in our fairytales is true. There are no fairy godmothers. Instead we have our family and good friends whom we can lean and depend on. These people will always be there to help us and simply stay with us especially with the times when we needed them the most. There are no wicked witches. No ugly witches that wear long black dress, have long nails and big cauldrons. There are only people who act like witches in our life. They try to bring us down and try to hurt us. (Hmmm, but you can call these people who irritate you as witches’ hehehe...) I also consider difficulties as witches. In fairytales after battling with the evil deed of the witch, the characters become stronger. In real life after struggling through the trials, we become stronger and wiser. But then, there is still this one thing that I believe in fairytales. I still believed on true love, that there is this one person who is really meant for us and that there is someone who would be willing to share their life with us. Unlike in our fairytales, it is destiny that brought them together. For me I believed that we search for that person. (Yuck I’m getting too mushy… hahaha…) Then there is this happily ever after in all our fairytales. For me, it is up to us to make our very own happily ever after.
* I remembered watching a foreign film entitled “Enchanted” in this film they combined reality and fairytale. You guys have to check it out. It’s cute. It’s a family film.
moving on
The story entitled “The Mats” is more realistic to me.
It is a story about experiencing death in the family. When everyone thought that they had already moved on with the loss, suddenly the father showed signs that he hasn’t let go yet. He bought mats for every member of the family and even for his kids who had passed away.
I agree with how the Filipinos’ are presented in the story. Since most Filipino families are attach to each other, we are sometimes having difficulty to let go. We try to hold on so tight with the memories left to us by our loved ones. Similar to the story Mats, other families keep the things that belong to the person who had passed away. We continue to take good care of their belongings such as photographs, clothes or we even keep their room or their chair in the dinning area vacant.
I personally haven’t experienced a death of someone in the family who is very close and dear to me. I know it would be very difficult to say goodbye to someone who has played a big role in my life. Probably it would take a lot of time for me to be able to completely move on. But then, we have to learn to accept that death is part of people’s lives. For me we don’t have to forget our loved ones who passed away. We can continue to keep our wonderful memories with them but we have to learn to continue to live life without them physically around us. We have to be strong, move on and continue to live our lives happily.
It is a story about experiencing death in the family. When everyone thought that they had already moved on with the loss, suddenly the father showed signs that he hasn’t let go yet. He bought mats for every member of the family and even for his kids who had passed away.
I agree with how the Filipinos’ are presented in the story. Since most Filipino families are attach to each other, we are sometimes having difficulty to let go. We try to hold on so tight with the memories left to us by our loved ones. Similar to the story Mats, other families keep the things that belong to the person who had passed away. We continue to take good care of their belongings such as photographs, clothes or we even keep their room or their chair in the dinning area vacant.
I personally haven’t experienced a death of someone in the family who is very close and dear to me. I know it would be very difficult to say goodbye to someone who has played a big role in my life. Probably it would take a lot of time for me to be able to completely move on. But then, we have to learn to accept that death is part of people’s lives. For me we don’t have to forget our loved ones who passed away. We can continue to keep our wonderful memories with them but we have to learn to continue to live life without them physically around us. We have to be strong, move on and continue to live our lives happily.
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