“The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World: A Tale for Children” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a very strange one. The story begins when a few children who spot a drowned man ashore. The author gives us this mans description and states that he was huge and weighed possibly more then a horse. Right away we begin to see that this man was not like any other, he was not normal. This man was the tallest, more virile, and best build men anyone in the village had ever seen. There was no room in these peoples imagination because he was more then what they had ever imagined. To them this dead man was like a god. The woman in the town decided to stay with him and they fell in love with him. They even gave him a name, “Esteban,” because it was the most beautiful thing they had ever seen. These women even began to fantasize with this dead man, thinking of how their lives would be if they were married to someone like Esteban.
The town decided to have a funeral for Esteban, the biggest funeral they had ever held. Neighboring villages were welcomed to come to see this man and all his glory. They send Esteban deep into the ocean. These people in the village realized that now everything would be different. The ceilings would be made taller, wider doors and stronger floors so that the memory of Esteban could never leave, and so that they could all remember who this handsomest drowned man was. In my personal opinion I believe that this story is trying to teach us that it’s ok to be different. Everyone in the village was the same and their lives were full of routine but because Esteban came into their lives he changed them all. They looked up to him because even though he was dead he brought a sense of fire into this village because he was different. We should all be grateful that we are all unique and different in our own ways. We bring our own fire everywhere we go.
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