Thursday, February 23, 2006

Bread of Salt/May day Eve

The short story “Bread of Salt” is indeed very Filipino. For us, Filipinos we, people start our day really early, like in the short story the boy wakes up early to buy bread specifically “pandsesal” from the bakery. There are two types of family, one is a family living with a lolo and lola and the other one is that lolos and lolas live in the “Home for the aged”, a typical Filipino home would be composed of grandparents because fathers and mothers trust them to take care of their children and give them advice if ever something goes wrong and that situation as present in the story which makes me really conclude that this is indeed a Filipino story. I can’t imagine that in other countries, people would send their fathers and mothers in a place called “Home for the aged” when they are old ands break stuff like plates, vases, etc... I mean, haven’t they got a gratitude for these olds people who raised them up when they were young?! Honestly, I was really confused why the story was entitled “Bread of Salt”, I mean, the bread there wasn’t really that significant. There was a part there in the story that I can considered funny for me, it is the part when every morning, the boy would follow his crush in the same path when he would go to school. It’s funny for me because when you’re talking those kinds of story for me, I’m imagining a little stalker, stalking a girl. Ha-ha! The ending for me was like there is no life, it’s like, okay, its the ending, no funny noises, no fireworks, no kiss for the main character from the girl, no fancy ending, juts a small mystery or blank space that you can imagine what would probably happen next or an ending of your own to imagine.


The next story “May day Eve” wasn’t like pretty boring for me. The story was complicated and had a deeper meaning of you look more into it. I only know that the “devil” that was reffered in the mirror that Ageda was talking about was actually not really a devil but Badoy and the witch that Badoy. The grandson is actually the grandson of Badoy and Ageda. I think that the story wants to show internal conflicts in the family. I really didn’t like the story May day Eve

3 Comments:

At 6:46 AM, Blogger blue_fish said...

Please don't be too rash on branding and categorizing short stories and other literary forms as something that you "didn't really like."

Please be aware that blogs' influence on our society's consciousness has expanded over the past few years and will continue to do so for the next decades. In line with this, we must refrain from posting prejudiced statements that are born out of ignorance and ineptness in properly analyzing literary forms.

People who use the right of expression and freedom of speech for such acts are fooling themselves into believing that what they do are still within the scope of propriety and that no damage to a third party is done.
This kind of mindset very much aggravates the purpose of blogs.

I hope you will be more careful in posting literary analysis especially if it concerns much famed works.

 
At 8:51 AM, Blogger Anika29 said...

In May Day Eve, the devil there does not refers to Adueda and Badoy.. It refers to the relationship and eperiences they have had from each other.. Thay all thought that they have live a disastrous and tremendous living together.. Howbeit, It's too late for Badoy to realized that the love that he had for Agueda was real and true and Agueda died not knowing that Badoy had loved her for real..

 
At 10:28 PM, Blogger raisin said...

yes, you shouldn't be publicizing your ignorance, and literature is not about kissing and fireworks and the typical love stories. it is not created to sell just like the mainstream movies

 

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