“The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” was a great first story as introduces the idea that one singular object can change the entirety of a group of people. It also was somewhat more direct with its themes and ideas of the story, so it was easier to understand as a whole. The descriptive writing of the author really allows the reader tom take in the scenery of the village. However, the description of the body itself is in a whole league of its own. The author took his time with each individual line describing the man as to draw in the reader and actually help them visualize what the man could have looked like. I think this was chosen as a first story in order to help us as a class get a better feel for really focusing on the individual details of our work while not straying too far from the overall theme.
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Tristan, your response is very interesting. It’s not the reason I assign this first, yet you make some wonderful points that I hadn’t thought about before. However, while the appearance of one individual set off a response by the villagers, isn’t it the collective care of the village and what they do as a community that really leads to transformation?