Summary:
The
novel started when Paul Red Reynoso remember his past. It was his birthday and
he was greeted by the two most important person in his life, his wife and his
three year old daughter. Her daughter ask him about the guy on the picture who
happens to be his best friend. Then everything popped in his mind as if
everything that had happens in the past was so fresh for him.He remember the
day he first met Heski Aviu Collado, that was their elementary days until
highshool, then gradually their path separated. That was fifteen years ago,
when they were still young and innocent, yet the friendship they've build was
strong and real. Paul and Hesiko had played by faith, their friendship was
tested and they were trapped by the world they had to be. The friendship and
love of each other shaped their relationship. They had to make their own
journey without the presence of one another. Years past and they had their own
path of their life. Red was already married to Carol while Heski is broken with
the problems he was facing. Destiny brought them to see each other again in the
train and their friendship is already tested by the past events they been
through. They love each other more than best friend and they already done
mistake that changed everything they had. Faith give them a chance to decide if
they would still continue the affair they had or forget what had happen. They
are all mature already, they know the right and wrong that's why they have to
take responsibility as they always be --Be Boys.
Analysis:
The novel is composed of thirty
chapters portraying the forbidden love affair, long- lasting friendship, family
ties, and critical understanding. The story shows that love is a step by step
process and it has a lot of struggle to face before the ending comes. The
readers had given the realization of deeper understanding to every characters
in the story and somehow understand why they had to be like that.
The characters in the novel show some
different temperament in life. Paul Red Reynoso is a kind of man portraits as
trusted best friend, loving and caring husband. He is a kind of man that mold
to be strong and he do what he think is right while Hesiki Aviu Collado is the
opposite one, he is weak. He think he cannot do it by his self so he hide his
problems by his smiles and laughter. The other character is Carol Reynoso, a
woman who is patient, faithful understandable, modest and have some good
character. She is the wife of Paul Red Reynoso. There are some minor characters
like Lola Mia the grandmother of hesiko who happen to be his guardian because
his father is abroad. Jade the ex- girlfriend of Paul Red Reynoso who cheated
and have some affair with red's friend. Keho is a man that had some affair with
hesiko but have already a family that makes it more complicated. The minor
characters supports the major characters as they struggle along their journey
to unveil the truth and conquer the complicated situation they are facing.
The story started when Red’s daughter
saw an old picture then ask if who is the guy in the picture then suddenly Red
remember everything happened in the past. The story arises when Hesiko reveal
his feeling to Red and they had more than friend’s relationship but Red got
married to Carol then they lost their communication. The story’s turning point was
when Red’s daughter died. Red cannot accept the fact that he and his wife lose
their child so he had some conflict to his wife they need to be separated so
they can move on. The story fall when Carol leave Red due to some conflicts
they had. The story’s denouement was when Red choose to fixed the marriage he had
and let go his feelings with Hesiko. The story was presented using flashbacks
as Red reminisce the past.
The story was written in first person
point of view because it was narrated by the main character. The story has
moral and it is the strong friendship that the characters have and also
accepting the flaws of others. The story is realistic due to the modern society
we had now that LGBT are acceptable and have some rights. The flow of the story
is like the in TV series of My Husbands lover that two men had some affair and
they betrayed the person surround them. The central theme was friendship and
the underlying theme was forbidden love affair. It is evident in the story as
the two men has strong ties of friendship and they had feelings for each other.
The conflict in the story are Man versus Man, Man versus Society, and Man
versus Himself. It is Man versus Himself, because the characters struggle
against one's self. Red had a conflict with himself he was in the situation
wherein he needed to make a decision to choose between his wife and his best
friend. Man versus Man because, the character struggles against another
character. Like when Red got some attraction to Hesiko. The story is also Man
versus Society because the character struggles against the people around them. Like
for example the love affair of Red and Hesiko. They have to hide it to society
because they don’t want other people judge them.
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