Requiem

This is a very specific topic but I thought it was too interesting to pass up. Being pre-education and studying sociology, I have learned a lot about children and social issues (and a combination of the two). I thought the scene after Paco visited the caves with Mosen Millan was really interesting and relevant. Paco just can't keep quiet about the extreme poverty he had just witnessed and his father says, "That is the last time you go to give Last Rites with Mosen Millan." My initial question was, why? Why don't parents want to expose their children social issues like poverty? I can understand both arguments but it still got me thinking. That dinner scene reminded me of the classic familial situation where an awkward topic is brought up and a parent goes, "Discussion over" but doesn't explain why. Paco had such a lively and generous spirit and I think a major underlying conflict of Requiem is others (Mosen Millan and his parents, for example) trying to suppress that spirit. Like I said, this is a random observation but I guess it proves the relevance to modern-day and realistic (i.e. believable) feel of Requiem.