The protagonists of "Floating Flowers" and "On My Grandmother" are both burdened with a past that is difficult to easily forget. Raimunda in "Floating Flowers" was violated by her father when she was a child, and gave birth to a girl who was both a sister and a daughter. Because her mother didn't find out about this, she hated her unknowing mother and slowly moved away from her. In the end, she married a man with her daughter. The daughter is slim and graceful, and her husband keeps turning his eyes on her. It is not impossible that the biological ones will cause harm, and the non-biological ones will be even more foolish. Raimunda began to pay attention, reminding her daughter not to cheat, and she couldn't help calling her husband a lecher. After the husband was drunk, he tried to force his daughter, and the daughter killed him in surprise. Raimunda found out and took the guilt up and proceeded to dispose of the body. Raimunda's aftermath for her daughter can be said to be a mother's love, but there is an element of self-redemption in it. Raimunda's mother was unaware that her daughter was raped by her husband, but felt that her daughter was alienating her for no reason. Raimunda is angry at her mother's "sluggishness". Now the same thing happens to her daughter. She did what she didn't dare to do back then, and she has to do for her what her mother didn't do for her back then.
Raimunda's mother, Irene, killed her husband and his mistress. Everyone thought it was Irene, so she stayed with her elderly relatives as a ghost and learned from her mouth about her daughter's grief. Irene understands the reason why her daughter has become estranged from herself, and does not dare to face her daughter. During the time she lived in the house of the eldest daughter, Sole, she often hid under the bed board to avoid meeting Raimunda who came. Guilt and resentment have separated the mother and daughter Bai Shu for so many years, but all Raimunda wants is "I'm sorry", the pain of the past cannot be erased, even an apology can't turn back time, the hurt will still be There has been. But what does the greatest damage to Raimunda do? Being raped by my father is painful, but being misunderstood by my mother after being injured is an even bigger pain. An apology is not just an expression of apology, but a sign of recognition and understanding. "I understand all your injuries..." Raimunda's wish was just so humble. The murder of Irene was re-examined. The neighbor Augustina had always suspected that her mother (Raimunda's father's mistress) had disappeared. She had more or less guessed that it was her mother who was burned to death that day, not Irene, but there was always a lack of proof. Augustina tried to say everything on TV, but gave up at the last minute so as not to cause harm to the living. Irene then stayed by Augustina's side, taking care of her dying. Irene's act of caring for Augustina is an act of atonement, not only for killing Augustina's mother, to make up for her lost maternal love, but also for her daughter Raimunda. The lost days of Irene and Raimunda can no longer come back, and Raimunda has grown into a strong woman who can take care of herself. Irene can't rule out her apology, so she has to put her motherhood on other people in need and take her back as herself. What should be done but not done.
"Floating Flowers" uses repeated events to tell a story between several women, and there are similar repeated images in "On My Mother". First of all, in terms of characters, both Manuela and Rosa changed their son's name to Esteban, because the person they loved was called Esteban before transgender. Esteban always wanted to know who his father was during his lifetime. He once secretly searched through his mother's belongings, but only found a bunch of pictures in a torn book. Esteban knows that these photos represent the past that he doesn't know. He doesn't care what kind of person his father is, and he doesn't care what kind of damage his father caused to his mother. He just wants to know who his father is, but he doesn't know. It turned out that the mother had already engraved his father with his name. Manuela really hated her husband, but there was more love at the same time she hated. Manuela was pregnant with her husband's child, and went to live in a new place alone, and changed her son's name to Esteban. Although there is no way to have this man forever, but once the son uses the same name, it is equivalent to the man staying. on your side. The sons born by Rosa have also changed their names to Esteban. Maybe that man will not come back. He is outside, whether he lives or dies is unknown, but as long as the son with the same name is still there, there is no control. Things became real, the older one could leave, marry again, and transform into a daughter, but no matter where the son went, he could not give up the relationship of blood relatives.
Manuela's going back and forth between the two places also appeared a few times. After her husband changed to Lola, Manuela couldn't stand her husband becoming half male and half female, and left her husband with Chengzi. Manuela left for both herself and her son. The son always believed that the mother refused to talk about the father because the father had caused her harm. However, this is only part of the reason. If Manuela really hates her husband so much that she does not want to think of this person, I wouldn't change my son's name to Esteban, and use my son's existence to remind me of my pain. The bigger reason for Manuela's departure is for her son. How can he let his son grow up in a family of two "mothers"? Facing her son's question, Manuela was not unwilling to recall, but did not know how to state it. If her husband's relationship with her changed because of an affair, of course, this would be a simple reason, but "one day, Your dad suddenly had breast augmentation and plastic surgery to look like a woman." No one can say this easily, right? Manuela never mentioned her father to her son, nor did she let her husband know of her son's existence. Until Estaeban died, Manuela knew that something had to be dealt with, so she drove back and wanted to tell her husband and son's death.
After Manuela returned, she found her husband, but met Rosa, a nun who had sex with her husband. Rosa contracted AIDS from Lola and became pregnant. Rosa couldn't tell her mother or the church members about her problems, so she asked Manuela for help. Manuela looked at the young Rosa as if she saw her former self. The former self left her husband and went to a place where she was forced to live alone. The feeling of hesitation was just like the current child showed. Manuela took care of Rosa diligently. After her death, she went to Rosa's house to be the child's nanny, treating Rosa's son as her own. Manuela saw that Rosa's mother was always on guard against her grandson, for fear that the child would spread the disease to herself, so she took the child away, just as she left with her son that day, Maunela did not simply want to escape the current situation, but Knowing that such a growing environment will have a negative impact on the child, it is necessary to leave for the sake of the child. After some time, Maunela came back with the child, this time the child was completely cured. When Maunela left for the first time, she was almost determined not to come back. She tore up the photos of herself and her husband. On the one hand, it was out of hatred, and on the other hand, she was also afraid that her son would know about the relationship between the parents. However, this time she decided to come back and face it all. The death of the parent and child made her realize that thinking that she is good for the child may only cause regret. If even the grandmother looks down on herself, it will indeed cause harm to the child, but since the child's illness is cured, there is no need to worry about this problem, and no matter how painful or unacceptable it was in the past, the child also has the right to know. By repeatedly going back and forth between the two cities, we can see that Esteban's death not only caused great damage to Maunela, but also allowed her to grow. No matter how painful it is, it will pass. Although it is not an easy task, escaping from it will only cause the wound to become inflamed and swollen, spreading to the good skin and flesh, until the heart is destroyed...
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