Ajay Rai Discussion 5

The quote “literature is painting, architecture, and music” is reflected in a simple and powerful way in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s story “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”. The story describes a small village’s discovery of a remarkably handsome and enormous drowned man. The author’s words paint a vivid picture in our minds of this extraordinary man, how he looks, and how he changes the lives of the villagers. This is like literature as painting because the words create a visual image in our heads. In this way, Marquez’s story embodies the idea that literature combines painting, architecture, and music to tell a compelling and beautiful tale.