mats and divide by two

i would say that i find the story the mats, more realistic in a sense that we filipinos are more sentimental when it comes to our families. In our life we cant control death. We must take into consideration that eventhough our family member died we should always remember them in our hearts like what the father in the story did. Eventhogh his other siblings died he still remembered them and even gave them mats to remind the family that they are still part of the family.