Family In A Place Where The Sea Remembers

The society that we live in has developed because of the human nature of having a family. A family is a important figure in a persons life, but the said family can also be a detrimental to a persons health. One example of this is in the book A Place Where the Sea Remembers. Family figures are very important to a developing child and to the parents. César Burgos is a single father who is raising Beto, his son, after his wife and other sons have passed in a bus accident. Because of this tragedy on his family, Beto does not speak to his father, "' Why don't you speak?' César cried, heat surging up his neck and into his cheeks. 'In god's name, say something, say anything!'" (Benítez, 92). These types of results from tragedies should bring a family closer, but in this case, it does not. César wants to talk to Beto, but he is refusing because of the recent tragedies his family has gone through.
He thinks that the shrine was missing something that symbolized his wife, Concha, and his other sons, " Beto went to the dresser and took out the balsa wood boat model and the tube of cement el maestro had given them after the funeral. The gift had gone untouched, but now Beto brought the glue to the table and lifted the table cloth covering the shrine. He began to glue seashells to the outer surface of the box. Concha! César thought. The word meant 'seashell'! César laid down his own work and joined the boy who did not object," (Benítez, 95). The activities that a family does are very beneficial to the respect between each other and the love each other