Prompt: Why do you think I might have assigned this as the first story of the course? I think the professor assigned this as the first story of the course to give us a taste of what literature can represent and show us how it can make us feel, think or speak. Literature is an abstract of expression and we will come to learn and understand that as we continue with this course. The story made us think about what could have been when Esteban was alive and the same is with real life. Life imitates art and literature is no different. The villagers in the story show the general empathy humans can have towards strangers and this is something we should practice more every day. Esteban or should I say Esteban’s corpse represents hope and what could of been even if he is dead. Esteban’s corpse is a metaphor and an interesting one at that.
Daily Archives: August 29, 2022
I get the impression from this short story that you intended us to understand more about growth and transformation. You might have intended us to be open to something new and unusual, that’s just in my opinion. Similar to how these villagers were introduced to a stranger, their minds were able to generate fresh concepts for them to lead with. Many residents of the village expressed sympathy and understanding in a pleasant way. Many fresh ideas and concepts seem arise after death, in this situation. Events like this demonstrate how communities, technology, and more have recovered from loss and grief throughout history. Humans have a tendency to take challenging circumstances and, at the appropriate time, shed new light on them. The reading’s main message, in my opinion, is that not everything is as it seems and that, depending on the course you choose to go in, imagination can create a variety of platforms for better lifestyles.
In my mind and my way of thinking, I think you have assigned this as the first story of the course is for us to learn how from other people we can learn more about them or about other things. Also to open our mind of thinking and seeing how others can be different and have different feelings or thoughts but we connect to others or to one another, it may not look important to learn from one another but it is because that way we can grow knowledge and have experience.
