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Rather have somebody absent then dead

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The mother hates the son because of his career as a artistic director, the mother wanted the son to be a engineer as both of his siblings are working as a neurosurgeon and lawyer. Mother’s constant disapproval made son felt hated.

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The mother compares the son to his older brother Mervin, she criticises the son by saying that he is not filial to his parents , she also said that he has not been good enough to deserve anything the son’s father gave him including the flat he is living in. Some of the key words I found are “you haven’t done anything to deserve any of the things father gave you.” and “you can go! I don’t need you” thus, from all those critics the mother said about him, the son thinks that his mother treated him like dirt  and might as well leave this house.

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Liam Jay(23)
Losing someone you love and care about is feeling worse then death.

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Son wants mother to eat but she is still sewing  father's shirt to give to mervin the eldest son.lol

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Absence is about a mother and the son,the son thinks that his mother is biased to the another son,Mervin and the mother thinks that  he is always jealous of his siblings and that he should be more like Mervin and do as well as them but inside they actually love each other dearly

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She responded by saying 'I have to finish stitching this.It's his favourite shirt.'
I think she responded like this because she prioritises the work of giving mervin her husband's favourite shirt.

Jaydon peh (19)

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mother and son was not in good terms. he was there to take care of his mother. after spending many days togethe , they became close. she needed to tell him that she love him and was proud of him but she slipped into a coma, son feels sad.

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absence is about the passing of a father who was the peacemaker in the household. his death brought up tension between his adult son and the mother. the son volunteered to be the mother’s full time caregiver as she is ill but she violently opposed son’s choices in life. on the other hand, the  two other siblings absence was due to their successful careers that the mother has actively encouraged, leaving them with no time to take care of her.

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Absence is about a mother and the son is arguing about the son job and they could not agree to anything and the mother keeps on saying that the son is useless because his mother wanted him to be a engineer but instead he have a different interest....but deep inside they love eachother but they did not dare to tell eachother how they feel...

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The mother compare son to her eldest son mervin.
" mervin should have them. He's the eldest son,And the most filial".

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Wayne index 38

Mother compares son to his older brother mervin.
She criticise him by saying he is not good enought for her and saying his older brother is more filial.she told him she don't need him and she don't need anyone pity especially his son the useless one.

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The mother is trying to make the son jealous

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She compare him to his brother and sister.
She criticism him that he not a doctor or engineer but a someone in performing arts.
"He's a huge disappointment."

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He thinks that having no one he loves hurts more than dying.

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Absence is about the relationship of a sick mother and her son after his father's passing with the son constantly being compared to his siblings and shamed by his mother.

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It is about the expectations of growing up in an Asian family. Mother disapproves her son's dream of being an artist instead of an engineer or lawyer like his siblings. Son tries his best to persuade his mother as the time they have left to spend together decreases.

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Mother compares son to Mervin which is the eldest
She thinks that son is useless and have not done anything to deserve any of the things his father gave him which is including the flat. The mother would rather have him gone than staying with him.

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She prefers the brother more than the son

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Losing love ones hurt more than death

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The mother barely responds to the son but the son is trying to take care of her wellbeing. His mother is too focused on stitching to the point she doesn't care about her surroundings. She wants to finish her stitching as soon as possible so she can give the clothes to mervin fast.

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Mother ignores son as son was asking mother to eat. She continues to sew father’s favourite shirt to give mervin.

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The mother compare son to the eldest son mervin.
"its for mervin. I'm giving your father's best clothes to mervin

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The Son and mother argue about the son's job and after arguing son will apologise to his mother for shouting at her and the son is always feeling unfair that mother treats her oldest son and daughter different from him but at the end of the story mother died

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I think that the mother is passionate and caring. The sentence stated that “I’m giving your father’s best clothes to Mervin.” it means that mother is hardworking.

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Mother is focused on sewing husband’s favourite shirt and ignored her son even though he tried to feed her so obviously her husband meant more to her.

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It clearly means that, the mental pain you’ll experience with the absence of your loved one hurts a lot more and you’re not sure whether they’re alright or not, whether they’re thinking about you, as compared to the one who passed away as it bids one last final farewell.

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Mother compares son to Mervin. She thinks that son is useless and that he is just using mother and father of their belongings. The keywords are 'You haven't done anything to deserve any of the things your Father gave you. Including this flat!'

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Worawet Lee (39)

Mother often compares Son to Mervin and Cheryl. She criticise son for not have a good job like Mervin and Cheryl. For example Mervin works as a successful doctor (neurosurgeon) and Cheryl works as a lawyer. Mother also says “You haven’t never gotten rid of that stupid,childish, harebrained idea, have you? Why can’t you just get a respectable job like Mervin?” This suggest that Mother does not approve Son’a ambition and his job. She see his job as a Low-class job and not respectable. Instead mother wanted Son to pursue a career in engineering. Mother says “You will go to the UK to study chemical engineering. You’ve always excelled at chemistry, physics and mathematics! What’s happened to you?” This means that Son is fit to be a engineer but he didn’t want to become one. But on the other hand, Son does not want to be a engineer. Being a engineer is not his passion or his dream job. He won’t find joy from his job as a engineer. So in a nutshell. Mother wishes for Son to be like his siblings to pursue a respectable career. But son wants to study in another field which mother does not approve.

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The Mother compared her son to her eldest son Mervin.
She said that her son is always jealous of Cheryl but he is not.
The phrase “Middle child syndrome more likely! You were always jealous of Cheryl” says so.

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Absence’ is about something absent in their family and the mother does not know how to express her feelings towards her middle child.

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Losing someone you love and care is worse than death :):):):)

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I think that she is ignoring the son as she thinks that Melvin is a better choice to give her husband cloths to Melvin  instead of the other son
Javier 20

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Not being near your loved ones when they are alive is worst than death.

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Losing someone you love and care is worse than death

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The story is about the mother being biased about his son And always complaining about how is he so useless and doesn’t help with anything where else his elder son,Melvin is such a better and mature son compared to him.

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Losing someone that you love and care about is worse than death 

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Losing someone that you love and care about is worse than death 