I’m not quite sure why but I do know there are many different reasons. I think you assigned this as the first story because you want us to not only focus on the setting or purpose of the story but to expand into it, to put ourselves in the same situation and feel the same way the characters are feeling in that moment. You could also be preparing us to read other stories like this one as it expands the stories we are used to reading. There is also something about the story that is intriguing but I still don’t know what it is because I’m still figuring that out myself. It might be because Gabriel Garcia Marquez stories have so many things to examine with details. It could also be because it’s a good story to start with. All I know is that there is a good reason behind why this story was chosen.
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I’m glad that even though you weren’t completely sure of the reason you gave a great explanation about how the author takes us out of our world and puts us in his world. The author talks about emotions so the point where you say that it is to prepare us for other stories like this one isn’t a bad guess at all. Maybe this is so that we get a little taste of what the future reads will be like.