For the first reading of the semester, we got to read the story “The most handsome drowned man” and after giving it a read I could tell that there was more than meets the eye with this story. I think that you may have assigned this as the first story of the class because it gives you a sense of not to judge a book by its cover. The other men when they found his body realize he was the tallest and strongest man ever. All of the men even started to get a bit jealous and started cultivating their ideas about sending him where the divers go to die. Everything changed when. they realized that he was there’s once they removed the handkerchief. This could be the first story we read during this class to show me to not judge anything just yet even though it is an online course it might still be worth my while.
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“The Most Handsome Drowned Man” was assigned as the first story of the course because the professor wanted us to see how a person has the power to change another persons life, even during unexpected moments. In the book, Esteban, the drowned man, symbolizes a stupendous experience for the villagers. It was a normal day in the village until they saw Esteban, the drowned man, near the beach. The women decided to take care of him, however the men in the village didn’t agree because of the way he looked, him being a giant made them think wrong about him. Later on they came to realization that he was sincere and that he was more than just a piece of cold Wednesday meat. And at the end of the story we see how the passing of Esteban didn’t stop the villagers from changing their life and lifestyle. The vibrant painting on their front doors, having wider doors, strong floors, the planting of flowers on cliffs and etc was their way of paying respect or thanking him for changing them.
I believe that you assigned “The Handsomest Drowned Man In the World” as the first reading because it teaches us to be more welcoming of others. We are always so quick to judge others, without getting to know them. I think that is such a terrible thing we do as humans. In the story, the women assumed a lot about the man’s living style but turned out to be completely wrong. Another thing we can learn is that, you never know who you’ll meet and how they can turn out to have an impact on your life. In the story, when the man passed away, everyone kept him close in their hearts and memories. Also, when the man was drowning, I like how everyone came together to help. That’s how it should be. Coming together to help someone is such a beautiful thing and I think we need more of that in today’s world.
I believe Professor Conway assigned this story to express the different emotion and thoughts one person can have. This story also brings different scenarios in our minds about how things run in our head. As for example the author mentions (illusion), illusions’ are meant for things people are fouled to see or just the way something may have appear might give off a different way. for example ” the sea let them self think it was an enemy ship” the sea allowed it self to think it was something then actually seeing the element for what it is. the sea remembers the different harms a boat may have cost but as always the most con out ways the pros. This is a really good story, I felt like it was assigned to us to show us that with one story we can have many different perspective and viewing of it, different (illusions) of one story with multiple meaning.
This story was chosen for this class as an introductory to literature by the professor for many reasons. “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez introduces the reader with a meaningful plot that catches the readers attention right as the story starts. The creation of imagery and feeling what the characters are describing are very prevalent in this story. Another aspect to why this may have been assigned to us is because of the moral lesson in the story. Throughout the plot, the little buys and woman all cater to and assist there man that has drowned, even if they found the whole situation a little strange. The story consists of “magical” or “unreal” moments in a sense because of the change in weather and environment felt by the women in the presence of the drowned man, who was described to be very bountiful. This story holds a deeper meaning in which it will be interesting to figure out what that is exactly using many of the strategies and techniques in English.
