Having “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World ” by Gabriel Garcias Marquez as the first story of the course is to open the audience’s mind and think outside the box. I was confused about the short story the first time I read it but after reading it a couple […]
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Starting the course with Marquez’s “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” is a clever move for a literature class. The story shows how a village’s simple, day-to-day life is turned upside down when a mysterious drowned man arrives. By picking this as the first read, it’s like saying, “Look, literature isn’t […]
The reason why I feel the professor assigned this reading assignment first to us is because it’s a different type of story. To be specific this story is something that definitely catches the eye of a reader for its main idea of a man being washed up and villagers finding […]
Title: “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” by Gabriel García Márquez Prompt: Why do you think I might have assigned this as the first story of the course? The reason behind selecting this story, “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” as the opening piece for our course might be because it […]
I honestly was very conflicted as to why “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez was our first story. I thought it was extremely random and pointless, but I gathered that that was exactly the reason. I felt as though you wanted us to experience something completely foreign […]
As this class is about literature, the story ” The Most Handsome Drowned Man” describes the class very well. In literature you would have to read and write, discuss about texts, think critically and ideas. The story was scary and not pleased at the beginning but as you are reading […]
” The Most Handsome Drowned Man” Prompt: Why do you think I might have assigned this as the first story of the course? This story fits well as opening story to the course because it illustrates the idea to become open-minded. In the beginning of the story people were afraid, […]
Class participation via the discussion board makes up a significant percentage of your overall grade (20%). How to receive full credit (100%) for each weekly discussion board. Submit your first post by Friday of each week at the latest. This is worth 80% of the weekly grade. Respond to the […]
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