The Mats Short Story

The story is about a father who is having trouble grieving for his children who had died.

The mats short story.

The mats is set somewhere before world war ii. Jaime angeles and nana emilia. This story happened somewhat between 1950s up to the present time. They are the parents of 11 children.

He later then revealed that his surprise are customized mats for everyone. Mats moller daehli has won 11 caps for norway. Saa johanne jules the homecomingthe mats written by francisco arcellana is a short story about a man depicted as a very loving and thoughtful father husband who still seemed tobe not able to move on from the unfortunate departure of his three children in this particular story the depiction of the family is about a typical big filipinofamily with family members leading out roles in a very typical filipinotraditionalist lifestyle that is. The mats has a strong attachment to the family and it tells an untold story.

The main characters are mr. As the story opens mr angeles head of a large family has just returned from one of his periodic. Everyone was so excited. But his homecoming from a trip to the south was fated to be more.

Short story analysis the mats francisco arcellana i. The main character in this story constantly thinks about the revenge that he could get on the police officers that falsely accused him. The story entitled the mats was written by francisco arcellana one of the meritorious literary filipino artists. Father husband as the breadwinner andwife mother as housewife and children being loving obedient andsubmissive.

The story depicts a typical filipino family culture. The story of mats by francisco arcellana is about a father who came home from working away in a distant province. The title of the short story is the mats because it is the whole focus of the story itself. The mats by francisco arcellana for the angeles family mr.

It was in the time when people did not sleep in beds but slept on mats. He had special. Nana emilias house b. The time setting for the action is in the afternoon.

Homecoming from his periodic inspection trips was always an occasion for celebration. Prior to going home he had sent a letter to his family that he has a surprise for everyone.