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In the short story” Salvation” by Langston Hughes. I think the author has a big confusion. Contrary to all expectations, a young Hughes is not saved by Jesus, but is saved from his innocence. While attending a church revival, he comes to the sudden realization that Jesus will not physically come to save him. The innocence shown by the young boy at the beginning of the story can be attributed to many factors, the main reason being his Auntie Reed. She goes on talking for days about the big revival. Just like any other kid would, He listens and believes word-for-word what his aunt tells him: She said ”You could see and hear and feel Jesus in your soul”. With all the hype and anticipation surrounding this event, Hughes is certain something is bound to happen. His disappointment is manifested when he does not see Jesus. From what he has been told, he was expecting to see a human incarnation of Jesus. He is more than just expecting to see him; he badly wants to be saved! Seeing Westley give up so carelessly, triggers an awkward feeling inside of Hughes. The thought that Jesus is not going to show up after all is starting to grow. That leads him to eventually give up and join Westley in lying. It is only at night that he comes and joins the crowd in disappointment.

To summarize the story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes, it all revolves around pressure. The narrator was waiting to see Jesus to save him in the church. He preached as much and as long as he could but Jesus wouldn’t come to him, which made his beliefs change. After that he cried in his bed, but then his aunt heard him cry which made her think that the holy ghost had arrived. The narrator was pressured to say that he did come but in reality he didn’t. This reminded me of when I was pressured to steal money from my parents. When they found out there was money missing and confronted me about it, I lied and said no i didn’t take it. To summarize the story “Araby” by James Joyce, it’s about how a boy fell in love with a girl and thought she was full of bright colors when in reality it was dark, which made him fall into delusion. I remember falling into delusion when I thought Santa Claus was real until I entered high school. But then I realized that Santa Claus is really Jesus.

C.S. Lewis’s quote about literature is embodied in The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara by giving us a glimpse of how Sylvia see’s and feels about her world in tje 1960’s living in poverty as a black child. Bambara introduces us to Ms Moore who is a black educated women, which was looked upon in the “ghetto” at those times. Looked upon for speaking proper english, or just simply dressing in a professional way. In the story Ms Moore takes Sylvia and her cousins to a fancy toy story, which Sylvia doesn’t seem interested by. Until they get to the store and see the toys from the window and there “ridiculous” prices. Sylvia starts to feel ashamed and gets frustrated. “And I’m jealous and want to hit her. Maybe not her, but punch somebody in the mouth”. (Bambara, 1972) Ms Moore’s lesson over all was to show these kids how others live, and if they could do it they could to. The story gave us a feeling of some of our day to day life struggles that some of us faced in the 60s and even now in 2023. “That this is not much of a democracy if you ask me. Equal chance to pursue happiness means and equal crack at the dough, don’t it?” (Bambara, 1972)

The story of “Salvation” by Langston Hughes has always resonated with me. After my first read, bothe me and the speaker seemed to overlap which only made me enjoy the story more. “Salvation” is ment to be a story on a kid finding some sort of salivation through the church his aunt forces him to attend. The story is ment to play apon the irony that despite the title, our speaker was never truly able to find this “salvation” everyone wanted to receive. As someone with a religious family I understand the speakers feelings so well. My church would often talk about receiving this “salvatuon” from God, how this will change your life and you will receive blessings. Yet despite this, just like I speaker I never felt anything. I never understood how those around me could cry and shout about being saved, yet I have never experienced such a feeling. It was upsetting, I want to experience the love of God. I wanted a reason for why my mom forces me and my brother to attend church every Sunday. It was experience like this that made my faith waver as I aged.   The short story of “Araby” by James Joyce did connect with me, but not as much as “Salvation”. The story was a commentary on growing up and no longer very things through rise tinted glasses. The speaker describes idolizing other’s but when faced with the truth he is heavily disappointed. I can understand the speaker within this story, to believe in something or someone only to be faced with the horrible truth of them not living up to expectations. Tying this back to religion, you hear nothing but how God saves you or how he is wonderful and merciful. People praise him wholeheartedly due to their […]

I have connected with the the story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes by having been in his shoes at one point in my life. I also remember the times I have visited church throughout my early childhood into my teen years and having felt pressure to follow and believe in the same ideologies and principles that are taught in church. I’ve felt peer pressured into joining many activities revolving around the church and trying to experience and understand what everyone else around me felt. Many of whom came often in attempt to repent for their sins and get saved, while I sat and witness but was obligated to become involved to external pressure from the people around me. I connect to the story “Araby” by James Joyce through the depiction of how reality is often disappointing and at a certain point being stuck within a state of delusion, yet often later results in a period of self reflection.

In a post of at least 150 words, please respond to the following two questions: In what way did you connect with the narrator in “Salvation?” Why? Refer to specific scenes or language in the story. Salvation has a strong meaning of how the narrator loses his faith through a wish he wanted to see and never had the chance to experience.In a way i could connect with the narrator in ”salvation” by Langston Hughes because when i was small around 10 year old i’ve always had the wish and faith if visiting my grandma in another country ,while i was told from my dad “i’ll take you soon to visit her” id never got the chance to see her besides our amazing calls we had.In other words,when my grandma passed away at a certain age i had already lost my faith of believing my father in promises and i had grudge with him because my dream never came true.When you want to see something and experience an amazing wish you will always remember that faith it key but not promising . In what way did you connect with the narrator in “Araby?” Refer to specific scenes or language in the stories. I connect with the narrator in the article “ Araby” by James Joyce because he is a young boy with disillusionment that is full of excitement ,fun and with imagination .The narrator of the story believes these feelings will carry into his budding adulthood, but instead, he is disillusioned.This article connects with me because i’m a believable person that always get delusional for the smallest things and i agree that it does carry into your path way of growing such as adulthood therefore when you believe and get very excited over man things that you wish to happen […]

I have connected to the narrator in “Salvation” because it reminds me of times in life where I was peer pressured into doing things I never really wanted to do. Most of the time however, I wouldn’t actually fall through with the ideas people try to make me do, usually because I never felt the need or want to. It reminds me of how Langston in the church was sitting there waiting to be saved and have sight of Jesus while while everyone were trying their best to make him feel, and be “saved” by Him. Their have been times in my life where I was trying to stay on track and I was taking steps in your future, or even waiting for come in my life to happen then there would be distraction or people telling to take a chance or, leap of faith, and I would move because I never saw the prize in it. I have in a way connected to the story “Araby” when I first got into my first real relationship. In the mist of everything I was in a dark place in life due to having not much of a social life and many stressors from school and worrying about my future in general, so much so at one point the only thing that brought life back into me was my relationship. Spending day in and day out together with no light without my partner. It reminds me of when the boy in this story, seen everything and everyone as dark, gloomy, and shady. But once describing this girl in story he adored, she was this sense of happiness, beauty, and light, in the dark place he once was.

In the story “salvation” by langston hughes. The narrator was very disappoinment and feeling guilty when giving in to peer presure.Langston was waiting to be saved and to see Jesus at the same time. When that never came he initially refused to lie to everyone until he realized that the only outcome to it all was for him to be “saved”. He then cried in bed because he couldn’t admit that he never saw god, resulting in him not believing in god at all. But I not agree with langston for not beliveving in jesus am not christian, I am hindu so i think god can help us in anyway anytime they are with us always we can’t see god but they always there when we need him . And all what things happen with us its for a reason if it is bad or good.  If you are disappoinment by god so he has  other big plan for you so just be clam and follow your dream it will come true one day . When I was in 7 standard i was also dreaming to study in usa and now its happining. In “Araby” the narrator was in love with the girl and other all things he can’t see light all he saws dark things .when he saw his girl he can see light so he was in love with the girl . I also have crush on girl of class 8 when i was in class 7 but, I never told her that because I know she will never accept it.I was so obsessed with her I always stak her on instagram when i want to see her. I just want to talk to her but it never happen.

In the  short story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes I somewhat connected because you can have guilt and feel sad when lying or being lied too. The quote that I most connected with was “But I was really crying because I couldn’t bear to tell her that I had lied, that I had deceived everybody in the church, that I hadn’t seen Jesus, and that now I didn’t believe there was a Jesus anymore, since he didn’t come to help me.” I would’ve felt really guilty because I wouldn’t be able to hold in something like that especially if its about god. In the reading “Araby” from James Joyce i have some similarities with it being as the older you get your experiences change with it being life, religion or love. In the story when they” when he saw his girl it was his light”. During times dark, gloomy, or just being spacious a person can really make you feel brightness in you again.

In the story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes, when the narrator thinks “God had not struck Westley dead for taking his name in vain or for lying in the temple. So I decided that maybe to save further trouble, I’d better lie, too, and say that Jesus had come, and get up and be saved” at that time Langston was struggling between his desire to be honest and the pressure to conform to what’s expected of him by the congregation. I was born and raised in Nepal, where the majority of the population is not Christian, so I don’t know much about Christianity. But I could feel the pressure and conflict he was having at that moment. Also the story “Araby” by James Joyce is about a young boy’s love for a girl and his disappointment when he realizes that the world is not as romantic as he had imagined it to be. When I was in high school, I had a crush on my teacher. It was just a minor crush and I used to think about her most of the time. But, eventually I realized it was just a crush and I left that feeling behind.  

I read Langston Hughes’s novella “Salvation” for this.One of the most moving sequences in the novel is when the narrator finds himself as the last child on the mourners’ bench, surrounded by a crowd praying passionately for his redemption. Waves of joy washed across the area. Women sprang into the air. My aunt wrapped her arms around me.” Despite the fact that my background is a little different. But when I was 7-8 years old, I was a horrible child. I used to fight, cuss, and do other nefarious things. But one day, my aunt took me to church. I had never considered attending to church when I was younger. Everyone in the congregation was astounded that I was not fighting.

For this I read the story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes .One of the most striking scenes in the story is when the narrator finds himself as the last child on the mourners’ bench, surrounded by a congregation praying fervently for his salvation. The lines “And I kept waiting serenely for Jesus, waiting, waiting – but he didn’t come” encapsulate the disconnect between the overwhelming external pressure and the quiet internal truth he felt. This dichotomy paints a vivid picture of how external pressures can lead one to act against their innermost feelings or beliefs. Additionally, the story’s conclusion, where the young Hughes lies to appease the church and his family, speaks volumes about the lengths one may go to in order to conform. The ending is particularly heart-wrenching because it’s clear that the act of lying has a profound impact on his self-perception and beliefs.In essence, I connected with Hughes’s story cause it serves as a powerful reminder of the complexities of growing up, the challenges of navigating societal pressures, and the internal conflicts that can arise from trying to fit into expected molds. Through the lens of young Hughes’s experience, the story offers insights into the universal human experience of grappling with external expectations versus personal truths.   James Joyce’s “Araby” resonates with me in many ways. The meticulous depiction of North Richmond Street depicts a quiet and serene environment, which anyone who grew up in a quiet area may be familiar with. This silence is broken only by the boys’ play. This scene evokes anecdotes from my own childhood and personal memories of the sheer joy of free play. What I really felt was the description of a winter day “Dusk approached before we could eat enough dinner.” It vividly depicts the dark and cold days and the […]

In the short story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes, I felt connected to the narrator in this scene “Suddenly the whole room broke into a sea of shouting, as they saw me rise. Waves of rejoicing swept the place. Women leaped in the air. My aunt threw her arms around me.” Even though, my history is a little different. But when I was 7–8 years old, I was a bad kid. I used to fight, curse, and all those bad stuff. But one day my aunt took me to the church. I never thought of going to the church at that age. And everyone at the church was amazed that I was calm and not fighting.  And when they baptized me, I stopped doing all those bad things. Post data, I didn’t see Jesus either. In the short story “Araby” by James Joyce, I felt connected to the narrator in this scene, “Her image accompanied me even in places the most hostile to romance.” Even though my history is a little different. When I was a teenager, I had a crush on a girl who was in the eighth grade, I was in the sixth grade. I never told her anything because I Knew she was going to make fun of me in a good way. But I knew she was not going to take me seriously. She and I used to spend a lot of time in middle school. Before she went to high school, she kissed me, and we took a photo together. I was seeing that picture night and days for weeks. Post data, I didn’t become obsessed with her.

I liked the story “Salvation” the most between both stories. I can relate more to the narrator when it comes to disappointment and feeling guilty when giving in to peer pressure. Langston was waiting to be saved and to see Jesus at the same time. When that never came he initially refused to lie to everyone until he realized that the only outcome to it all was for him to be “saved”. He then cried in bed because he couldn’t admit that he never saw god, resulting in him not believing in god at all. Langston’s inability to lie, his disappointment, and his feeling of guilt compared to how Westley didn’t seem to feel anything at all is ironic. I find myself feeling like Langston in certain situations where I can’t ignore my feelings yet I see others choose to feel nothing so easily resulting in me being disappointed in society. In “Araby” I realized that the narrator remained in a state of delusion. He was in love with a girl he didn’t actually know well enough to love. He was only in love with the idea he made of her in his head. On a deeper level, being caught up in a state of delusion is how I connect to the narrator. It is easy to fully immerse yourself in the beliefs you make up of someone or something. Towards the end of the story, the narrator realizes that the bazaar he was looking forward to wasn’t like he expected. He couldn’t find anything of value to gift his crush even if he really wanted to. At some point, realization hits, and with that can come feelings of self-anger.

This week we read the story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes. In the story the narrator talks about his childhood experience in religion and faith. When I was 9-12 years old, there is a church next to my house and  I used to go very often. At that time I could not understand very well about religion, since in Dominican Republic people practice different religion, making the people who didn’t have any religion believe in theirs and act like the others religion are “bad” or “fake”. The church I used to go was a christian church, therefore my religion or believe was christianity.  All my christian neighbors used to say that if you want to be save you have to repent and convert to christian. Once I was in church and the paster pointed at me and asked me if I was ready to repent and convert to christian and I said yes, even though I didn’t want to be christian yet. After i got home I felt so guilty because we can never play with god and his rules, and I ask for forgiveness, because I knew that what I did was wrong. In the story  of ” salvation”, the narrator says “I was saved from sin when I was going on thirteen. But not really saved”, this connects with me because like Langston, I also lied to the church and everyone in the church, I felt guilty and embarrassed. Also we read the story “Araby” by James Joyce. the story shows desilucion, emotion and sensitiveness. The narrator has an active imagination and a sense of wonder. He imagines that the bazaar he could get a gift for the girl he’s attracted to,  he is met with the truth that life is often disappointing. In fact, he knows so little […]

In the story “The Handsomest Drowned Man” a small village discovers the body of an unknown man on its shores. I believe professor Conway assigned this as our first class reading because this stories ending was very unexpected. The villagers, especially the women created the story of Esteban. Although he was an unknown man they knew his size and handsomeness made him an outsider wherever he was. They understood that “Esteban” was misunderstood and lived a sad life because he never could fit in. Another reason I believe this was given as the first reading in this course is because this stories writer had an descriptive way of expressing the emotions this villagers felt about this unknown man. Not only were the women smitten but after seeing Esteban’s face, the men knew that he was also very special. Although no one spoke at the end, the villagers would all agree that Esteban’s story would live on. They would make sure he was remembered through inclusivity.

Despite growing up in a Buddhist family I can somehow relate to this week’s story. I was five when my parents moved to Nagaland, India. I attended a Christian school for 14 years. Unlike other states in India majority of the people in Nagaland are Christians, therefore you could imagine I was surrounded by Churches, retreats, revivals, fellowships and etc. When I was a junior is middle school I had to attend the summer retreat program. A lot of different people had come from different places including foreigners, to worship God, to pray and to talk about their stories of salvation. I vividly remember the last day when it was time for the prayers, people in the corners started screaming and crying. “And he held out his arms to all us young sinners there on the mourners’ bench. And the little girls cried. And some of them jumped up and went to Jesus right away. But most of us just sat there”. (Hughes para3) Similar to Langston Hughes I was one of the people who just sat there feeling ashamed of myself or more so nervous to how my friends will perceive me. Like the narrator in the story Araby I also had a crush on this cool senior in high school. I would stalk his IG and Tiktok until my data was over (back then we didn’t have wifi) but It felt like I was more so like a fan observing her Idol. My story is rather different than the narrator’s story, however like the girl was the only light in his gloomy world I think my admiration for my crush was the only reason I went to school. “I thought little of the future. I did not know whether I would ever speak to her or not or, […]

This week we read the short story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes. While reading this story I found Hughe’s struggle with religion to be very relatable to my own struggle with faith & religion. I specifically resonated with this part of the passage. “And I kept waiting serenely for Jesus, waiting, waiting – but he didn’t come. I wanted to see him, but nothing happened to me. Nothing! I wanted something to happen to me, but nothing happened. (Hughes)” As a teen I was very religious. I saw God as an anchor in my life, keeping me safe and far from harm’s way. But when I noticed that in reality God was nowhere around me, I felt much like Hughes did in this quote. I had the words of other Christians echoing in my head, “You don’t have enough faith.”, “You were never saved to begin with.” “You aren’t praying hard enough.”. I identify with Hughes and understand what it feels like to learn that the very foundations of your beliefs may be a complete lie. This week we also read “Araby” by James Joyce. I think that it was harder to relate to the protagonist in this story because I didn’t have many crushes as a child, especially none who were older than me. However, I do identify with the protagonist’s need to find light in the dark. The protagonist was very infatuated with his friend’s sister who he barely knew, because he wanted something to hope for despite his circumstances in life, being a poor orphan in oppressed Ireland. I think that we all look for hope in the rough patches in life, and the protagonist dealt with his need for hope in a way many children would.

To summarize the short story of “The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World”by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, it is about how a drowned man was washed up by shore at a village. The body was first discovered by children who had innocent brains to process what a dead body was. They began playing around with the body until the adults of the village stopped them. They carried the body back to try and discover if this was either one of their people or if it was from somewhere else. But as they were discovering the body, they began to appreciate the beauty of the man from his physical features to their imagination on what they thought he was and did. Since they didn’t have any room in the village to keep the body and couldn’t determine if the body was one of them, they let it float back into the ocean. Professor Conway could’ve used this story as a way of showing that there is hope in this cruel world. And also to be positive when expecting the unexpected and embrace it because everything happens for a reason.

I feel we were given this reading for us all to internalize and think about what makes an identity. In this reading we are to think about, what event can happen that will change preceptive, settings, and people? In this book, “The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World”, we quickly realized the impacted of a mystery and unexplainable event, shine beauty and life into a village of people. While building a identity for this unknown, dead yet, handsome man, this village soon builds a identity for themselves through them being captivated by this stranger later named Esteban. They come together to send him away the right way with a funeral. They built an identity for this man, even gather other to be as his family and relative for his send off. Once given to the sea again by the people in the village and neighbors, the villagers once with no purpose or bustling work, decided to work on their own village and make it more vibrate and welcome to people like Esteban whom they adore. Both the people in these villages and Esteban gave each other something that matters in life and death, which is identity. Overall, I feel this book moving and gives me a lot of food for thought.

In the short story ” The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”, written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez the author describes the wonder and appeal of discovering something unexpected, becoming fascinated and curious of it’s beauty. It perfectly encapsulates a person’s reaction to the unknown, and how they will create narratives to try and comprehend and explain what is before them. I believe the professor assigned this short story because it’s a symbolic gateway into opening up our creativity and to not be afraid of new possibilities but rather embrace them. Being open minded and willing to learn is a lesson displayed by the villager’s in the story, as there point of view had shifted after the encounter with the handsome drowning man. It represent how we should also remember to see things through an open mind and embrace the unexpected as it may serve as way in order to better our lives.

The story “The handsomest Drowned man” it is a very good story by “Gabriel Garcia marquez”. In this story author is describing a fishing village and  one day some handsome long man drowned to that village he was dead they were very curious to watch him they clean is body and taking care of the body and they don’t have space in there house but steal they want to make big house for him.In this cruial world the good people are also there we can say that by people are taking care of the dead man. I think professor has given this reading for the first week because for the understanding of figure and hope . After that the lady was so obessed with the esteban and want to change the surrounding for  him.so from this we can learn that we have to change for people and we have to always help them in any situation.

“The Most Handsome Drowned Man “by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ,the Author is describing a very tall ,handsome breath taking man that drowned and was found by villagers in a small town. The decease was so handsome that when then the  women in the village saw him they began day dreaming , they called him Esteban , his body was built. Even the men was in shock of his beauty .I think professor choose this reading first so we can use our imaginations.

The short story “ The Most Handsome Drowned Man” by Grabiel Garcias Marquez shows how people interact with beautiful and unexpected things. And also how people make stories about things they don’t know about. I believe that the professor assigned this short story as the first reading because it shows how some people have creativity, are curious, and interact with unexpected things differently and how they improve their lives because of that. An example of their life improvements is when the people were thinking of making their house door, and ceiling bigger, so Esteban’s memory can pass easily. And other people can stay the same as before when an unexpected thing happens. An example of that is when the men were thinking about why the women were putting so many things on Esteban. He will be the food of a shark anyway.

The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” is a short story by the renowned Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez. The narrative revolves around a small fishing village that discovers the body of a massive, drowned man washed ashore. Initially, the villagers are curious about this stranger, but as they begin to clean and prepare his body for burial, they become increasingly enchanted by his unparalleled beauty and stature. They imagine a life for him, giving him the name “Esteban.” The women, particularly, are taken by Esteban, comparing their husbands and the men in their lives unfavorably to this idealized figure. As the story progresses, Esteban’s presence begins to transform the villagers’ perspectives on their own lives and the limitations of their small world. They dream of a grander existence, inspired by the drowned man. In the end, they give him a spectacular funeral and make changes to their village in honor of his memory. Through this tale, García Márquez beautifully examines the power of myth and the human tendency to elevate the unknown. I guess that the professor made this work our first assignment not because he wanted to convey that our world is full of unknown forces that we do not yet know.

In the short story  “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, I believe the author is trying to open readers imaginations and to establish a sense of identity as well as question it. In the story, the drowned man was going to be disregarded at first, but after cleaning and a proper dressing, villagers were drawn to the man because of his unorthodox features and abnormal beauty. I believe the professor assigned this as our first reading to teach us the significance of an important figure and hope. Without the people, Esteban would cease to exist and without Esteban, the people would have no hope. When the women became obsessed with Esteban, they gave him identity and this gave them purpose to better the land around them as well as themselves. This change resulted in plentiful springs, a change in architecture and a change in spirit. After reading these stories, us reader are now left to question ourselves and morals. When everything you’ve dreamed of is suddenly in the palm of your hands, will you take advantage of it? Will you change your way of living?

“The Most Handsome Drowned Man” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez shows how unexpected events and exceptional beauty can inspire people to see new possibilities and hope for a better future. I think the professor assigned this story as our first class because It teaches us that even in ordinary places, extraordinary things can happen, and people can transform their lives through imagination and hope. The story shows that how a small village’s perspective and dreams change when they discover the body of a very handsome drowned man. I think the professor wants us to be as imaginative and curious as the people in this story.

The story ” The handsomest Drowned Man in the World” and “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” have a deep meaning regarding to people’s imagination. I think the professor assigned this story as our first class because it argues about how a great person can change others, even after death, and inspire them to be better people. In the story it shows how a dead man change a whole views, he was a very “big man” compared to rest of the village, they would’ve wanted him to be small like the rest, but after his death a woman from the village had an internal feeling  of changing  their surroundings instead. I think we were assigned for this story first to show us how valuable something that we don’t find important can be, and how little things can change our life or the way we think. It also shows how to be genuine, help and understand people.

I think that the teacher assigned us to read short parts of the stories by GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ because his thoughtful stories have a meaningful background that identifies the irony of the plot. Example in the story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” we see that the working and upper classes see the old man differently & directly treat him as someone who isn’t worth it but is in pain… On the bright side, people in the community still understand his pain.“The Handsomest Drowned Man In the World” has a similar plot realizing the narrowness of their dreams to do better. Gabriel Marquez has similar plots to his stories that expand the understanding of the unbelievable to believable as a way of seeing things to be done in a better way.

When I was reading our first short story “The Handsomest Drowned Man” written by Gabriel García Márquez, I was hoping the story will take a different turn then what it was actually portrayed. Nevertheless, the story had a very deep and profound meaning to it. According to me we were assigned this astonishing story “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” as our first story as we will be able to learn about the change and transformation. A change that could benefit you as well as the people around you. How a superficial thing could constrain change in someone’s life for good. As explained by Rena Korb, a professional writer, children book author and editor, change in honor of Esteban is not simply for the moment but forevermore: “The lives of the villagers will continue to change over the next twenty-four hours and on into the future.” (overview of “The Handsomest Drowned Man” para 5).