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The mats full story.
The mats is set somewhere before world war ii.
Marcelina s father comes home from a trip to manila with beautiful hand mad.
The story depicts a typical filipino family culture.
The short story moved me and made me a bit depressed.
It reminded me of my beloved father who passed away a year ago from a lung cancer.
The time setting for the action is in the afternoon.
As the story opens mr angeles head of a large family has just returned from one of his periodic inspection tours on the families farm lands in the marivales in the province of bataan.
It was in the time when people did not sleep in beds but slept on mats.
I like the feel of mats antonio the third child said.
A summary of the story entitled the mats by francisco arcellana.
Talk about the mats flared up again like wildfire.
Nana emilias house b.
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There is no specific season for the said story but the story evolves in the evening.
I like the smell of new mats oh but these mats are different interposed susanna the fifth child.
They have our names woven into them and in our ascribed colors too.
The mats francisco arcellana i.