The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World Essay

Community satisfaction, especially with the community that is a marriage, is dependent on feeling equal because it establishes a sense of responsibility. Being an equal is very important in relationships and is often a reason for discord; so, developing communities that foster equality will alleviate tension by allowing both parties to express themselves. Many marriages have aspects that promote equality and some that negate it, some to the point of desiring something other than one’s partner. For this essay, I will provide and analyze quotations from both academic sources on sociology and community studies, a biography of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, as well as ideas from “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”. In this essay, “community” will refer to the subset of society that is formed through marriage and the experiences of those involved. In the end, a marriage that satisfies both members will be more enjoyable, healthy, and won’t leave its members desiring something or someone else. Before the events of “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” begin to unfold, a clear description of the village is given. Marquez’s description is “The village was made up of only twenty-odd wooden houses that had stone courtyards with no flowers and which were spread about on the …show more content…
This struggle expresses itself when the body of the drowned man finds them. The people of this village are constantly dealing with their own identity, they need this ‘other’ to project their dreams and desires on. The drowned man functions as a way for the people, especially the women, to personify their fantasies. To the villagers, the dead man was almost too great for them as Marquez writes “there was no room for him in their imaginations” (2). There is a constant need of the people to give the drowned man lifelike qualities, even in death, to try to bring some life back to