After reading “the most handsome drowned man” It took me a day or 2 for the message to finally click for me. I realized it wasn’t so much about the body as much as it was about, they’re expectations of the caliber of what the drowned man used to be. As the legend of Esteban spun itself together so did the supposed standard of the of the village to keep up with the legend meaning windows would be extended, ceilings would be raised, and beauty and care was to be put into the details. Somehow a corpse caused the upscaling of a tiny civilization. I’m guessing Our lovely professor hopes that this class might cause us to upscale and prioritize our academic lives.
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That’s a very good take on the story. We can only improve upon our lifestyle by having the imagination to seek greatness. If our forefathers didn’t have the vision to seek for a better future, we wouldn’t have developed as far as we are now. This is very likely the reason why the Professor gave us this story as our first assignment.