I think the professor assigned the story “The Most Handsomest Dead Man” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez as the first story to show the students that this course will teach a good lesson and a good read at the same time. This may also set the tone for the semester. During the first few paragraphs the story put an image in my mind of a dead guy that arrived on the beach shore with better features than all the men in their village. This story is big on imagination which is what I like. I liked how the story turned out because Esteban was just a good looking dead guy that arrived up on the shore of the beach and inspired the rest of the village to do and be better. When the village saw Esteban and his amazing features it put an idea in the men and women, and they wanted to make him Rest In Peace by changing the village in which they imagined he would like. They decide to create a life for the dead man in return the dead man gives life to the village.
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Hello, Justin. I agree that this story takes imagination to a different level as if you take the story at face value, it is just about people playing with a corpse. This gives the story eerie vibe if you do not take the time to try and understand it as a whole. However, the author uses this baseline in order to expand upon the magical realism within the story and create a story unlike any other.
Justin, you stole my line!
Did I? Sorry I guess. Which line did I use.
I only read a couple discussions to get the jist of it but I don’t think I took anyones line
I found it really interesting just the presumed perspective of a corpse caused so much change