In the short story, “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World,” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the villagers are changed drastically by their experience with the drowned man as they begin to view him, their own lives, and their village differently. Before the drowned man arrives, the villagers are content with their village that “was made up of only twenty-odd wooden houses that had stone courtyards with no flowers,” (1). When they discover the drowned man, the only thing they notice is that “he weighed
Have you ever seen someone different that someone else, whether through looks or personality? The book “The Handsomest Drowned man in the World” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez was about a dead man who drifted to an island after an unknown accident. The people of the island were in awe to see a man as handsome as he was. This man’s appearance affected the people in different ways causing different islanders to have different emotions about this dead man. Some of the women thought he was beautiful and then
growth and advancement of any society. The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a short fictional tale about a small village population that experiences social transformation as a result of discovering the handsomest drowned man who washes up to their village from the sea. The short story shows the power of imagination and how imaginations lead to perception that dictates our view of life either in a positive or negative manner. Marquez implements styles such as hyperboles and
The Power of Transformation In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “The Handsomest Drowned Man in The World” we discover the effect of a random incident on the population of the entire village. One day, children notice a drowned body by the shore. As the villagers examine it, take care of it and finally dignify it during its funeral, they experience a deep transformation. As we follow the story, we observe the great income of that situation. The changes are not reversible and they never fade away. Marquez’s