As a lifelong academic and idealist for progress, I would not concur with Antonio's choice to commit suicide. If on my life's journey I have demonstrated too often my inability to live out a life that is consistently true to myself, my journey would not lead to suicide as has occurred in "The Death of a Salesman" or in The Pretenders. I am long past that 20-something naivety of young Dr. Samson, and I have religious faith that is other-worldly in contrast to the cold-fixed sterile modernist world of F.S. Jose's writing in 1962 (the year of my birth).
I plough ahead, even as life throws tomatoes or typhoons. I continue to try to help young minds and old minds change their thoughts. I try to learn and grow with the punches over time. This, of course, taking time to lick wounds and to accept losses before picking up again. In my world, dreams and other worldliness are appreciated more than in the world of the late-Dr. Samson.
On the other, hand, perhaps, I, too, like Antonio Samson, may one day teach and educate youth in universities or local schools in the Philippines . Who knows? On the other hand, perhaps America or Saudi Arabia need me more.
I do know that, like the character Antonio Samson, I have a child in the Philippines and I will stay and raise her. This tendency to flee has been the mistake of too many males in the Philippines and in society's around the world. They plant their seeds, make their mistakes, move on, or commit social or real suicide. Hopefully, if Jose were to write the book again in 2010, the death of The Pretender Samson would come only after he had tried right some wrongs--even if he, himself, committed the wrongs originally. That seems to be a more appropriate way to approach the mess of the Philippines in 2010
Dear Author,
Clean up time! Please, no more suicides on the railroad tracks of Manila are needed here, Mr. Jose.! Ermita is still a social & economic mess and 10% of all Filipinos are forced to move abroad to earn income to send back and sustain the Philippines underdevelopment currently.
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