Melissa Leon Week 10 Discussion

My research paper focuses on the short story “The handsomest Drowned Man” written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A Latin writer, who wrote the short story “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World,” A Tale for Children, Creative Education, was published in the 1993. I will focus to write about “Leaf Storm and Other Stories” published in 1972. Garcia Marquez, considered by many to be Colombia’s foremost writer, has gained much of his recognition by writing stories that operate on a mythical, almost allegorical, level. “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” takes this type of storytelling into a realm of the fantastic that seems to have no connection to a particular time or place. Nevertheless, Garcia Marquez has been influenced by his upbringing in a coastal Colombian village during the turbulent 1930s. “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” has always interested critics, both those who interpret the story as a comment on Colombian. The thesis of my essay is: “Esteban a truly great person has the power to change others, to inspire them to be better, to make them want to be extraordinary. The villager’s transformation originates entirely from within. The dead man is dead, after all, which means the villagers are responsible themselves and for the changes that they make. Therefore, my main goal is finding a great biography in context to connect to my primary source to connect with “The handsomest Drowned Man” to help me prepare for the next step.