Saturday, January 10, 2015

Be Boys: Bromance ( An Analysis)

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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