A House Not Big Enough For Two Rebels
He was given a name quiet unheard of even during his time. How many people shared the name "Paciano"? On the other hand his younger brother was called Jose or Pepe, a very common name that even has popular Americanized versions like Joe, Joseph or Joey. Actually their names could also be taken as a mirror of the big disparity of fate and personality. But on close scrutiny we maybe are looking at the alter ego of each one-- Each one a mirror of the other? Much of what can be said about the Pepe-Paciano relationship could be deciphered in their collected correspondence. Yet many people would find it odd that brothers communicated mostly in Spanish, somehow too formal and stiff to be labeled as correspondence between siblings. It will not also help our understanding of the said relationship if we consider the writing style of Jose Rizal in many of his letters. Somehow one has this feeling that our national hero was not only writing to the person to whom the letter was addres...