In the world, there are billions of people. Tell me how something that seemed so unreal, could change the outlook on some of their lives? "The Handsomest Drowned Man" by Gabriel Marquez opened my eyes and proved to me the way things like this could happen.
This story tells of a non-ordinary man washing up to shore, and no one knowing who he was. To start off he was covered in scales and crust of mud. As the men of the town went to check around and make sure no one was missing from the village, the women stayed around to help clean the man up. During the period of time, they noticed how irregular the man was. They mentioned that he weighed much more than any dead man they knew, also he was taller than any other man. In my opinion, all of this seems to be so unreal, but yet convincing. Towards the middle of the story, the women basically worshipped the man; all because of his "handsome looks." He was so handsome that his affect upon them made them compare their men to him. I wonder how the men felt being compared to a abnormal, dead man?
As a reminder of the handsomest drowned man, they changed their homes. These people chose to make their doors wider, ceilings higher, and floors stronger who would've known that a dead man could do such things, all because of his looks? The handsomest drowned man was pretty amazing!!
