Brianna Sanchez Week 1

I think Professor Conway has assigned this as the first story of the course because she wants us to understand the concept of what people can do to move forward and change the future. In the last paragraph, it states, “While they fought for the privilege of carrying him on their shoulders along the steep escarp- ment by the cliffs, men and women became aware for the first time of the desolation of their streets, the dryness of their courtyards, the narrowness of their dreams as they faced the splendor and beauty of their drowned man.” I’ll note that the tone fluctuates a few times throughout the narrative, but overall it seems to be very authentic. It transitions from being depressed over the man’s passing to being joyful and admiring of his appearance. The villagers discuss what they would do differently in the future after imagining how their environment has altered.