The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World

   The story "The Handsomest drowned Man in the World", a tale by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, tells a story on how a beautiful man changed a village by making the villagers, inspiring the villagers, that they can change the village for the better realizing that the drowned man was so perfect that they have compared him to the village. They realized that making it like Esteban, suitable for Esteban, they can make their village a better village.

   Furthermore, it also makes me want to think, how could the villagers, not including the males at first, trust and make assumptions that this dead body, this drowned body, has much more use than their husbands, makes his wife the happiest woman and would put so much authority. Did they know him? Or did just judged the book by it's cover. It is said in the story, "Not only was he the tallest, strongest, most virile, and best built man they had ever seen". Well, I agree would agree that he does look like a strong and powerful man but i will disagree that he is one. It is true that sometimes size matters but not at this case. 

   Lastly, judging the book in t's cover sometimes is not bad. The villager took Esteban's handsomeness and his qualities to their own good thus making the village better





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