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    The story describes a family of five brothers and their mother living in Marikina, Philippines. As the brothers start to grow up and leave home, the mother becomes anxious, seeing it as an "exodus." She tries to keep the family together through her cooking. While one brother has already moved to the US, the family keeps a place for him open in case he returns. The author reflects on the impermanence of houses over time and how homes are found within relationships, not physical structures, which remain inside us even after we leave them.

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    The story describes a family of five brothers and their mother living in Marikina, Philippines. As the brothers start to grow up and leave home, the mother becomes anxious, seeing it as an "exodus." She tries to keep the family together through her cooking. While one brother has already moved to the US, the family keeps a place for him open in case he returns. The author reflects on the impermanence of houses over time and how homes are found within relationships, not physical structures, which remain inside us even after we leave them.

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    The story describes a family of five brothers and their mother living in Marikina, Philippines. As the brothers start to grow up and leave home, the mother becomes anxious, seeing it as an "exodus." She tries to keep the family together through her cooking. While one brother has already moved to the US, the family keeps a place for him open in case he returns. The author reflects on the impermanence of houses over time and how homes are found within relationships, not physical structures, which remain inside us even after we leave them.

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    Five Brothers, One Mother

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    The story describes a family of five brothers and their mother living in Marikina, Philippines. As the brothers start to grow up and leave home, the mother becomes anxious, seeing it as an "exodus." She tries to keep the family together through her cooking. While one brother has already moved to the US, the family keeps a place for him open in case he returns. The author reflects on the impermanence of houses over time and how homes are found within relationships, not physical structures, which remain inside us even after we leave them.

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    “Five Brother’s, One Mother”

    By: Exie L.A Abola


    The Five brother’s and One mother talks about the Author’s home and Family.
    The writer eloquently described their home in Marikina and the parts of the
    houses as story of something more. It tackles the concepts of home and family
    and brings it to the question if it just about the house.

    One of the main paragraph of the essay was about the mother of the family.
    She fears and has become anxious about her children growing up. It was
    described as an exodus when they start leaving. The mother tries to maintain
    the home through her cooking which she believes holds everyone together.
    Another connection to this is the older brother who already left for the US but
    the family leaves a place for the oldest brother. This is in the hopes He would
    return. Another important narrative in the story is the many houses the
    Author’s father has lived in was to be sold. There is an emotional connection
    between the family and the house.

    Lastly the Author has felt that house are not permanent. His experiences of
    moving from house to house made Him feel that way. The Author’s mention
    that the house is supposed to be a fixed point. This is where one could find
    peace and comfort. But the Author mentions that houses are an “Uncertainy of
    life” And that our fixed point changes. The final point made was that houses
    are not homes and the houses we used to live in stays inside of us.

    MORAL LESSON:
    Mother’s knows best. Don’t be annoyed when our Mother keep talking and
    talking or yelling on us. She’s just making it right, And one day if She’s no longer
    doing that we’ll going to miss her

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