I feel like this story was assigned as the first story of this course to show us how much a stranger can influence others. While it is not a common situation to be in, there are certain things in this story to relate to. When the women see this handsome man, they give him a worthy name and make clothes for him. They don’t know him and even while dead, he makes such a big influence on the women. After finding out he doesn’t belong to any of the neighboring villages, they decide to take in his influence and rebuild their village in memory of him. The look on his face and the size of his body caused them to change their way of thinking and living even though they never knew him. I feel like this relates to how we feel compassion for people all around the world even though we never met them. A simple picture of someone who looks sad can cause thousands of assumptions on why the person may look that way. Many people feel compassion for people naturally and want to help them in any way possible. Maybe not in the way the story tells, but in other ways we are able to.
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Christina, thanks for jumping in so quickly and getting the first discussion going. Your comments about compassion and the welcoming of strangers makes me think of the immigrant situation in our country right now. I wish all the politicians would read this beautiful story! I assign it as the first story for a different reason, but you post helps me keep the whole idea of compassion and acceptance in mind as we start a new semester.