“The Most Handsome Drowned Man” was an interesting read. I feel like the professor assigned this as our first reading to tap into our inner selves. Meaning, to put us deep in thought about ourselves and our own surroundings. In the story a village pretty much changed their whole style because of one individual. They were so intrigued they felt like Esteban legacy needed to be alive amongst their community, although they knew nothing about this giant man. The infatuation amongst men and women allowed them to assume how he lived his life, and how his after life should be celebrated. It made me wonder if I ever experienced this in my life. Where a person can come in your life and change your whole way of thinking. In fact it has. Has anyone ever had a boyfriend or girlfriend and the stuff you don’t normally enjoy, you wound up enjoying because they like it. For example, my husband love football. I never was really a fan, however I find myself shopping for matching merchandise and game tickets for his favorite team. I even took a liking in watching games with him on Sundays. People can have some sort of influence on you dead or alive. As long as there is some sort of significance, people will show admiration.
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The story about how your husbands interest in football influenced you liking football is very cute. Your statement of “As long as there is some sort of significance, people will show admiration”, reminds me of how even the worse of criminals can have people who admire them despite the things they’ve done, and how good people can still be hated by others. Esteban’s background is never explored in the short story, but the villagers were still willing to give him a glorious funeral despite that fact. Esteban could have been a bad or good person, but in the end it didn’t matter. In his death he was able to change the lives of the villagers for the better.