The Handsomest Drowned Man in the world is the story of a small South American village where a beautiful man washes up, drowned, on the beach. The villagers become transfixed by his beauty. Soon they adopt him as one of their own, furnishing him with an imagined personality and many admirable traits. They come to mourn a total stranger and to identify strongly with him, employing him as a psychological blank and even naming him Esteban before finally returning him to the sea at his funeral.
Black Hands White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers is a 1999 work of non-fiction by Patricia C. McKissack. McKissack examines the lives, motives and culture of black sailors who worked dangerous jobs on whaling ships, as well as the lives of some abolitionists. Although the work was exceedingly dangerous, the conditions were preferable to slavery. McKissack also examines the role of whalers during the Revolutionary War and Civil War.
Visit from an unusual stranger In Gabriel Garcia Marquezs stories The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World and The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings two kinds of distinct strangers arrive in a small community causing speculation doubt and fear among the members In the two stories both strangers present distinct characters and personalities which when steadily observed by the small community gives rise to comparison questioning and understanding of the aura commonly shared by the two strangers In
Comparison between The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World and The Drowned Giant The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World by Gabriel Marquez and The Drowned Giant by J G Ballard are both short stories that explore the ways in which societies react to the external and exotic world The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World is about a man who was washed ashore near a small village and the impact of the mans presence which helped the villagers to revive their dreary and barren village into a beautiful
THE STORM I The leaves were so still that even Bibi thought it was going to rain Bobint who was accustomed to converse on terms of perfect equality with his little son called the childs attention to certain sombre clouds that were rolling with sinister intention from the west accompanied by a sullen threatening roar They were at Friedheimers store and decided to remain there till the storm had passed They sat within the door on two empty kegs Bibi was four years old and looked very wise Mamall
English Essay Meursault is much a victim of his own attitude to life and society as he is of the judicial system Meursault is the protagonist of the novel The Outsider by Albert Camus To begin with Meursault is not an ordinary man in the street The title of the novel is aptly named referring to Meursault The title of the novel literally means The Stranger in French Meursault behaves as an outsider and a stranger in a sense that he does not conform to societies values and beliefs Meursault is de
The Fighting Ground By Avi This story takes place during the American Revolution When the British are about to attack Pennington New Jersey on April 3rd 1778 This whole story happens within 24 hours of Jonathans experience Jonathan is very Brave when he goes to the town tavern and finds out the British and Hessians are about to attack and he decides to fight with his town The Corporal is sloppy when he walks out of the tavern with his shirt not tucked in his boots covered in mud and his hat too