Gone are the days when shedding tears indicated a cold situation filled with remorse and regrets. Today’s generation fake everything and every feeling it’s very hard to understand what is actually meant and what is meant for the act.
Gone are the days when discipline of a child belonged to the whole community and respect was shared to everyone despite their age, status or family. Such do not exist anymore as interactions among different people have been turned into misunderstandings and mockery.
Growing up as first born, Ray was a 1980s baby , an era where virtues still existed before vices kicked in in the 90s. He was brought up in the traditional way and setting good examples to others became a part of him.
His little brother Nad who was born on the early 2000s became completely different, despite being under the care of the same parents.He has grown up craving for attention and wanting anything he wishes for fulfilled with no hesitation. He is what we refer to as the nowadays’mamas boy’
On the other hand, Ray has a completely different perspective of life. His morals and values are nothing close to those of Nad’s. However, there’s one huge problem. Ray is not much of a talker. He hardly shares his problems with others and barely vents them out as he still remember his father’s teachings, ‘Big men don’t cry’.
He has no peace of mind in the name of being a man. Through thick and thin, he wants to be the lion in the jungle who can get his own prey. He wants to conquer on his own.
He’s toiling and struggling to keep a balance between making his parents happy, satisfying his family and remaining calm himself. Tears balancing in his eyes but if he showed this to anyone, he’ll be deemed as a weakling. He’s on the verge of loosing it.
Nad wants to have anything he asks for given, despite the fact that his parents are old and do no work anymore. He is the crybaby of the family who runs into everyone’s arms when his toes are stepped on. He also got a very big problem. His desire of having too much to look like his friends is making his thoughts suicidal.
He’s wrapped in the spirit of desire and anticipation without trial and hand work. Inability of his parents to provide everything has made him turn to Ray who has his own family to cater for and so it becomes really uneasy.
Nad has become a peddler as he wants to make his ends meet at whatever cost. He is not content. He has no peace at all. He is falling into depression.
Ray has too much on his plate and there is no one to turn to. He is the hope of two families yet not fully capable. He is breaking down.
The parents of the two boys are devastated as their youngest son has turned into what they never wished for and he has lost all his respect over them. He thinks they are old and useless. They are also consistently asking for a grandchild from Ray, after being into marriage for five years with no fruit of his own to call him papa. They are lost in pieces as well.
Things are going in circles from the oldest to the youngest. Every one has what they are looking for and they have to solely depend on the next person to fulfil it. There is no balance any more. There is no peace. Depression is taking over.
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