the most handsome drowned man in the world

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THE MOSTHANDSOME

DROWNED MAN IN

THE WORLD


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SYNOPSIS


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HE STORY BEGINS WITH A GROUP OF CHILDREN PLAYING ON THE BEACH. THEY SP

AND SLINKY BULGE" IN THE OCEAN. AT FIRST THEY THINK IT'S A SHIP, THEN A WH

FINALLY WHEN IT WASHES UP ON SHORE, THEY REALIZE IT IS DROWNED MAN. THE

THE VILLAGE CARRY THE DEAD BODY TO THE NEAREST HOUSE AND NOTE HOW HTHE VILLAGE IS SO SMALL THAT THERE IS SUCH LITTLE SPACE THAT USUALLY DEA

ARE THROWN OVER THE CLIFFS AND INTO THE OCEAN RATHER THAN BURIED. THA

THE MEN HEAD TO THE NEARBY VILLAGES TO SEE IF ANYONE IS MISSING A LARGE

THE WOMEN STAY BEHIND TO CLEAN THE DROWNED MANS BODY, WHICH IS COV

SEAWEED AND DEAD SEA CREATURES. WHEN THE DROWNED MAN IS FINALLY CLE

WOMEN ARE LEFT BREATHLESS BECAUSE HE IS THE TALLEST, STRONGEST, MOST

BEST EQUIPPED-MAN THEY HAVE EVER SEEN OR COULD IMAGINE. HE IS SO BIG, INWOMEN CAN'T FIND A BED LARGE ENOUGH FOR HIM. NONE OF THEIR HUSBAND C

FIT HIM. THEN THE WOMEN DECIDE TO SEW HIM SOME CLOTHES FROM A SAIL, SO

COULD CONTINUE IN HIS DEATH WITH DIGNITY. THE OLDEST WOMAN AMONG THEM

DROWNED MAN HAS THE FACE OF SOMEONE CALLED ESTEBAN. ALL THE WOMEN

AGREE. THEY REALIZE THAT BEING SO MASSIVE AND MANLY MUST HAVE BEEN A B

THE DROWNED MAN. HE MUST HAVE BEEN EMBARRASSED BY HIS SIZE ALL THE TI

THE MEN RETURN AND ANNOUNCE THAT NONE OF THE NEARBY VILLAGES CAN CL

ESTEBAN, THE WOMEN REOICE FOR HE IS NOW THEIRS.


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THE MAN THINK THEIR WOMEN ARE BEING FOOLISH. THEY GRUMB

COMPLAIN UNTIL FINALLY THE WOMEN REMOVE THE HEADSCARF F

DROWNED MAN'S FACE. THEN THE MEN TOO, ARE IN AWE WITH HO

HANDSOME HE IS, ARE LEFT BREATHLESS. SO THE VILLAGERS HOLSPLENDID FUNERAL FOR THE DROWNED MAN. THEY GO TO NEARB

VILLAGE TO GET FLOWERS AND THEY CHOOSE FOR HIM HONORAR

MEMBERS FROM THEIR VILLAGE. WHEN THEY FINALLY LET THE BOD

OFF THE CLIFF, THEY DO NOT ANCHOR IT, SO THAT HE CAN COME

HE WISHES. THE VILLAGERS REALIZE THAT FROM NOW ON, EVERYT

WILL BE DIFFERENT. THEY WILL MAKE THEIR HOUSES BIGGER, STRAND DIG FOR SPRING IN THEIR COURTYARDS AND PAINTS THEIR HO

BRIGHT COLORS AND PLANT FLOWERS ON THEIR CLIFFS. SO THAT

FROM NOW, SAILORS PASS BY THEIR VILLAGE WILL SEE THE COLOR

SMELL THE SCENT AND KNOW THAT THERE , ON THOSE CLIFFS IS E

VILLAGE.


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THEME OF TRANSFORMATION

!. THE MOST HANDSOME DROWNED MAN IN THE WORLD# E$PLORES THETRANSFORMATIVE EFFECT OF ONE DEAD MAN ON AN ENTIRE VILLAGE. ITTRULY GREAT PERSON HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE OTHERS, TO INSPIR

BETTER, TO MAKE THEM WANT TO BE E$TRAORDINARY. IT'S INTERESTINSTORY, THE VILLAGER'S TRANSFORMATION ORIGINATES ENTIRELY FROMTHE DEAD MAN IS DEAD, AFTER ALL, WHICH MEANS THE VILLAGERS ARETHEMSELVES AND FOR THE CHANGES THAT THEY MAKE.

.THEME OF ADMIRATION

!. "THE HANDSOME DROWNED MAN IN THE WORLD# E$PLORES WHAT IT MPERSON TO BE GREAT, AND WHAT EFFECT SUCH A PERSON CAN HAVE OADMIRE HIM OR HER. ADMIRATION CAN BE DIRECTED OUTWARD, BUT AT

THE STORY TEACHES US, IT TURNS INWARD, TOWARD THE SELF, AND MDESIRE FOR SELF-BETTERMENT.


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THEME OF ISOLATION

!. "THE MOST HANDSOME DROWNED MAN IN THE WORLD" E$PLORES THEHUMAN BEINGS OVERCOME PERSONAL ISOLATION THROUGH THEIR COLCOMMUNITY. IN THIS STORY, COMMON BELIEFS IN THE MYTHIC OR FANTA

TOGETHER THE MEMBERS OF A SMALL FISHING VILLAGE. THE MEN, WOMCHILDREN OF THIS COMMUNITY ARE UNITED BY THEIR COMMON DESIREIMPROVEMENT. TOGETHER, THEY IMAGINE A BETTER FUTURE FOR THEMFUTURE IN WHICH THEY ARE AS E$TRAORDINARY AS THE MYTHS IN WHIBELIEVE.

.THEME OF MEN AND MASCULINITY!. MASCULINITY IS NARROWLY DEFINED IN "THE MOST HANDSOME DROWN

WORLD." SIZE, STRENGTH, AND ATTRACTIVENESS ARE ALL SYNONYMOUMASCULINITY IN THIS STORY. HOWEVER, NON-PHYSICAL TRAITS LIKE COHUMILITY, LEADERSHIP, AND MODESTY ARE ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THWHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN. THE HIGHEST IDEAL OF MASCULINITY IS SADMIRED EQUALLY BY BOTH MEN AND WOMEN IN THIS STORY.


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CHARACTERS!. THE BIG HANDSOME DEAD BODY

BIG %HE HAS BIGGER BODY THAN EVERYONE

HERE&

HANDSOME %VILLAGERS NOTICE THAT

ESTEBAN HAS BEAUTIFUL FACE&

HELPLESS %HE IS A DEAD BODY. THERE IS

NOTHING HE CAN DO&

. THE CHILDREN %THE VILLAGERS&

CURIOUS %LIKE MOST CHILDREN, THEY ARE

CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE&

INNOCENT %PLAYING WITH THE DEAD BODY

INNOCENTLY, DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE

FACING&


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(. THE MEN %VILLAGERS&

DREAMER %THE MEN SOMETIMES HAVE

IMAGINATION ABOUT THE DEAD BODY& WISE %GIVING EFFORT TO FIND THE

IDENTITY OF ESTEBAN ALTHOUGH HE IS

DEAD&

EALOUS %THEY FEEL A LITTLE EALOUS

WITH ESTEBAN BECAUSE OF HIS BEAUTY&

). THE WOMEN %VILLAGERS&

CARING %TAKE CARE OF ESTEBAN

SINCERELY&


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SETTINGWHAT IS SETTING?

- SETTING MEANS*

THE WHERE AND WHEN OF THE STORY TAKES PLACE AND THE TIM

THE INCIDENT HAPPENS.

IT INVOLVES THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE STO

TOO.


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EXAMPLE:

THE DEAD MAN WAS FOUND IN THE OCEAN, IN T

AFTERNOONBY A GROUP OF A CHILDREN WHO APLAYING ON THE BEACH OF A SMALL FISHINGVILLAGE.

A BARREN FISHING VILLAGEWITH CLIFF

AROUND IT NEAR THE SEA*THE VILLAGE WAS MADE UP OF ONLY TWENTY-ODWOODEN HOUSES THAT HAD STONE PORCHES WINO FLOWERS AND SCATTERED ACROSS THE BACKA DESERTED CAPE#


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THEY THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD HAVE HAD SO MUCHAUTHORITY THAT HE COULD HAVE DRAWN FISH OUT OF TSEA SIMPLY BY CALLING THEIR NAMES AND THAT HE WOUPUT SO MUCH WORK INTO HIS LAND THAT SPRINGS WOULHAVE BURST FORTH FROM AMONG THE ROCKS SO THAT HWOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PLANT FLOWERS ON THE CL


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THE VILLAGERSIN THE VILLAGE WERE SO KIND, HELPFUL AND

COOPERATIVE*o IT TAKES A GROUP OF EFFORT TO CLEAN THE BODY, TO SEW LARGE

ENOUGH CLOTHES FOR IT, TO CARRY THE BODY, AND TO STAGE ANELABORATE FUNERAL. THEY EVEN HAVE TO ENLIST THE HELP OFNEIGHBOURING TOWNS TO GET FLOWERS.


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oTHEY DO NOT WANT HIM TO BE ORPHANED. THEY CHOSE A FATHER AMOTHER AMONG THE BEST FOR HIM, AND OTHERS MADE THEMSELVEBROTHERS, AND UNCLES AND COUSINS, UNTIL THROUGH HIM ALL OF

VILLAGERS ENDED UP RELATIVES.oTHROUGH ESTEBAN, THE TOWNSPEOPLE ARE UNITED. THEY ARE

COOPERATIVE. THEY PLAN TO PAINT THE FRONTS OF THEIR HOUSES WOYFUL COLOURS TO ETERNALIZE THE MEMORY OF ESTEBAN AND MATHEIR HOUSES WOULD HAVE WIDER DOORS, TALLER ROOFS, FIRMERFLOORS SO THAT THE MEMORY OF ESTEBAN COULD WALK EVERYWH


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THE MOST HANDSOMEDROWNED MAN IN THE WO

PLOT ANALYSIS


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INITIAL SITUATION ORTHE BEGINNI

BEGINS AT AN ORDINARY SEASIDE VILLAGE.A GROUP OF CHILDREN PLAYING OYFULLY BY THE SEA.


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THE RISING ACTIONTHE CHILDREN SEE A WEIRD BULGE IN THE

OCEAN.THEY REALISE THAT THE BULGE IS ACTUALLY

A DROWNED MAN.

THEY PLAY WITH THE DROWNED MAN, BURYAND UNBURY THE BODY UNTIL THE MEN OF

THE VILLAGE REALISE WHAT IS HAPPENINGAND TAKE THE DROWNED MAN TO THENEAREST HOUSE.

AND THEY KEEP WONDERING WHO IS THEDEAD BODY AND WHERE DOES HE COMEFROM.


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CLIMA$THE WOMEN OF THE VILLAGE CLEANED THE DEAD DROWNED MAN A

SHOCKED TO SEE THAT THE DEAD MAN IS SO HANDSOME, THE MOSTMAN THAT THEY HAVE EVER SEEN IN THEIR LIVES.

THE VILLAGERS THEN DECIDED TO THROW THE BODY OFF THE CLIFFSEA.

AND THEY ALL WEEP SORROWFULLY.


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RESOLUTIONTHE VILLAGERS THEN HAVE CHANGED THEIR PERCEPTION AND WANT

CHANGE THEIR WAYS OF LIVES TO THE BETTER. CLEARLY, THE DEAD MAN HAS GIVEN IMPACTS TO THEM.


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CONFLICT

E$TERNAL CONFLICT

!. CHARACTER VS. CHARACTER.

-VILLAGERS VS. THE DROWNED MAN

. CHARACTER VS. SOCIETY-ESTEBAN VS. VILLAGERS+

(. CHARACTER VS. CHARACTER

-VILLAGERS VS. THE DROWNED MAN

INTERNAL CONFLI

!. CHARACTER VS. SELF

-VILLAGERS VS. SELF


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ABOUT THE AUTHOR


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GABRIEL GARCA MRQUEZFULL NAME : GABRIEL JOS DE LA CONCORDIA GARCA MRQUEZ.

BORN : 6 MARCH 1927 (ARACAACA! COLOMBIA"

DIED : 17 A#RIL 2$1% (ME&ICO CI'!ME&ICO"NAIONALI' : COLOMBIAN

EDUCAION : UNIERSIDAD DE CARAGENE

)OR*S : ONE HUNDRED 'EARS OF SOLIUDE! AUUMN OF HE #ARIARCH!

LOE IN HE IME OF CHOLERA.

A)ARDS : NEUSAD INERNAIONAL #RIZE FOR LIERAURE (1972"

NOBEL #RIZE IN LIERAURE (19+2"


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