...Integrating antithetical hues of mystical magic and routinal reality lightens a perception that otherwise is unable to be seen. The works of both Rudolfo Anaya; Bless Me, Ultima and Gabriel García Márquez; “The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World”, reflect this key aspect of magical realism. Magical realism as well incorporates key elements within the literary mode, where essentially the magic and the realistic aspects of the novel are kept in equal focus. The themes of both Anaya and Márquez are different but similar from each other, Anaya aims to show the self-reliance an individual often needs in order to flourish and Márquez shows that humans often find extraordinary influence from the ordinary to flourish; but, the means to which the accomplish...
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...Dear , Martin Scorsese I liked many of your movies like Taxi Driver, and Wolf of Wall street and I think that The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World should be turned into an motion picture film with my rewrite because it has good suspense and shows a lot of action that I know the audience would love to see in an movie. The first part I like about the Story is how Esteban is kind of mystery to everyone and nobody understood where he came from and how he got there so I think it’s a good idea to start there where the opening scene is the kids playing and running around baring him and digging him back up then all of sudden while he was dead or couldn’t move he was having an flashback about his life. When he was having the flashback he was thinking...
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...Short Paper 3 Comparison of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings and The Handsomest Drowned Man The old man from the story A very old man with enormous wings and Esteban from the story The Handsomest drowned man in the world are opposites of each other, maybe the only similarity that they have is that they are both flat and static characters. First, they are different in terms on how they are portrayed. The old man who is an angel, was portrayed as an ugly old man who doesn’t even resemble an angel. We can see this in paragraph 2, “He was dressed like a rag picker. There were only a few faded hairs left on his bald skull and very few teeth in his mouth…” While Esteban who is a only a dead guy was portrayed as a good looking guy. We can see this in paragraph 4, “Not only was he the tallest and strongest, most virile, and best built man they had ever seen, but even though they were looking at him there was no room for him in their imagination”. They also have different effects on the story. The old man, has a positive effect on the story. Since he appeared in the story, Pelayo’s family got lucky. Several events can prove this, in paragraph 4, “the child woke up without a fever and with a desire to eat” and in paragraph 11, “with the money they saved they built a two-story mansion…” On the other hand, Esteban has quite a negative effect in the story. Since he appeared in the story, the women started comparing their husbands to him and because of this the women...
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...“The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World,” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez the villagers are changed by their experiences with the drowned man, and they begin to question the quality of their own lives and their village. Beginning with the children, Marquez hints that there is something different about this drowned man. When the drowned man first washes up on the beach the children were the first to see the corpse, but they are not frightened by the dead man. In fact, “they had been playing with him all afternoon,” (1). When the men carry him to be scraped clean by the women they notice “that he weighed more than any dead man they had ever known,” (1). After the women finish cleaning him off, they realized “what kind of man he was and it left them...
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...In the 1968 short story, “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”, Gabriel Garcia Márquez depicts a small beach village’s encounter with a man of grand stature who washes up on the shore. The community expresses great admiration for the man they choose to call “’Estaban” and during the process of properly disposing of his remains, the town endures an important transformation that may have not otherwise taken place. Like much of Marquez’s renowned work, the reader is lead to consider the realities of our surroundings by placing magical occurrences in more realistic contexts. In this story, themes such as imagination, admiration and transformation are examined as the village endures a major shift in mindset during their experience with the drowned man....
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...Stephen Crane’s story The Open Boat. From the beginning of time man has pondered the question as to “Why was I placed here on Earth?” We tend to see ourselves as being important, that we have to leave our mark in order for life to have some sort of meaning. In this story, four men, known simply as the captain, the oiler, the correspondent, and the cook, become stranded in the sea in a small boat. Together they are forced to bare the torments of one of Mother Nature’s toughest challenges, the open sea. In this process these four men learn much about nature and just how little they are on Earth. One of the characters, the correspondent, comes to the realization that nature is indifferent despite the struggles of the individuals, “When it occurs to a man that nature does not regard him as important, and that she feels she would not maim the universe by disposing of him…” (para, 174). The captain, who is seen as a symbol of strength to the other men on the boat, has doubt as to whether they can make it to shore safely, “Then the captain, in the bow, chuckled in a way that expressed humor, contempt, tragedy, all in one. “Do you think we’ve got much of a show now, boys?” (para, 25). The men in the boat are still upset with what fate has dealt them and seem to have the same opinion that they are still in control of their outcome, “If I am going to be drowned----if I am going to be drowned—if I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was...
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...water brings bad luck to other ship that travel down that river or up. The people on the boats went missing they found the boats and they tried to find life in the woods but nothing came up. There was this old man named Henry he saw what happened that night he lives on the edge of the river bank. He told the story and one day he heard the cries for help he...
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...What makes someone a “great man?” Are there specific character traits that identify them as superior as compared to others? Some people are simply great because of their leadership qualities, and because they are a person of integrity and have values that in their eyes will never be compromised. A great man can be someone others respect out of fear, and feel the need to impress and allow themselves to feel intimidation upon. There are countless and endless definitions as to what the perfect depiction of a “great man” should be. The truth is, it will always be in the eyes of the beholder. One specific person in history that is known to be a heroic legend is Joan of Arc. She was nicknamed “The maid of Orleans” and is most certainly considered...
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...Oranges in the Sun. Short Stories from the Arabian Gulf (by Akers, D.S. & Abubaker A.B. 2008) Choose one story from each Gulf country, read and write a short critical summary of the stories you have read, stressing the similarities between the male characters. Should be a total of 7 stories. The stories offered in this book are all take place in countries in the Gulf region and each story captures the unique perspective of it author. The authors are both male and female, so each story is different in its presentation. The stories present a variety of themes, ranging from the first Gulf War, class conflict, modernity, a longing for times gone by, the Iraq war, terrorism, and social injustices. In the Saudi Arabian story, Knowing His Secret, written by Sharifah al-Shamlan, wherein the narrator, Layla, experiences troubles in her marriage. Layla’s life was predictable and each day for her was much like the one before it, so it was easy to notice when things began to seem different. Layla’s husband, Ahmad, began to act strangely and there were suddenly odd occurrences, like the telephone ringing twice and then stopping abruptly. Layla’s co-working, Suad, suggests that perhaps Ahmad is having an affair and that Layla should consider divorcing him. When Ahmad and Suad leave on simultaneous business trips, Layla learns the truth. Ahmad returns home with Suad’s golden comb in his travel bag. Layla is finally made aware that her husband and her co-working are having an affair...
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...Character Profiles Lennie * Very childlike behaviour page 5 “[he] wiggled his fingers so the water arose in little splashes”-shows his childlike nature and simple mindedness * Large frame and often compared to animals page 4 “a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders; and he walked heavily, dragging his feet” this is his physical description which relates his size. “Drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse” page 4 * Very forgetful “so you forgot that awready, did you? I gotta tell you again do I?” this is George talking to Lennie and it shows that he was shocked at how quickly forgot the information he had been given. * Low social standing. When the brothels are being described to George, he is told that “no cookoos” can get in. then later in the story, when they al go to town to go to the brothel, Lennie stays at the ranch as he wouldn’t be aloud in, immediately making him seem less than the other men. * Slow-witted and stupid “He ain’t bright. Hell of a good worker, though.” however we are supposed to pity him as a character, hence; “Lennie’s lip quivered and tears started in his eyes” page 11. This evokes pathos from the reader towards Lennie as a character. He is the one Steinbeck wants us to pity * Often gets into trouble but doesn’t mean harm or pose a threat “that gets Lennie all mixed up, and he holds on because that’s the only thing he can do” * Very strong “Curley sat...
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... The Hart and the Hunter The Wolf and the Crane The Serpent and the File The Man and the Serpent The Man and the Wood The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse The Dog and the Wolf The Fox and the Crow The Belly and the Members The Sick Lion The Hart in the Ox-Stall The Ass and the Lapdog The Fox and the Grapes The Lion and the Mouse The Horse, Hunter, and Stag The Swallow and the Other Birds The Peacock and Juno The Frogs Desiring a King The Fox and the Lion The Mountains in Labour The Lion and the Statue The Hares and the Frogs The Ant and the Grasshopper The Wolf and the Kid The Tree and the Reed The Woodman and the Serpent The Fox and the Cat The Bald Man and the Fly The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing The Fox and the Stork The Dog in the Manger The Fox and the Mask The Man and the Wooden God The Jay and the Peacock The Fisher 43-63 64-84 The Shepherd's Boy The Miser and His Gold The Young Thief and His Mother The Fox and the Mosquitoes The Man and His Two Wives The Fox Without a Tail The Nurse and the Wolf The One-Eyed Doe ...
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...ACHEBE Anthills of the Savannah Arrow of God Girls at War and Other Stories A Man of the People No Longer at Ease Nonfiction Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays The Trouble With Nigeria Poetry Beware Soul Brother THINGS FALL APART ANCHOR BOOKS A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE, INC. New York First Anchor Books Edition, 1994 Copyright © 1959 by All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. This edition is published by arrangement with Reed Consumer Books. The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission from Aigboje Higo and Heinemann Educational Books, Ltd., to reproduce the Glossary on page 211. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data by .—1st Anchor Books ed. p. cm. 1. Nigeria—Race relations—Fiction, 1. Igbo (African people)— Fiction. 3. Men—Nigeria—Fiction. I. Title. PR9387.9.A3T5 1994 823—dc20 94-13429 CIP ISBN 0-385-47454-7 ' Book design by Susan Yuran www.anchorbooks.com Printed in the United States of America… Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things Fall Apart ; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. —W. B. Yeats, "The Second Coming" CHAPTER ONE Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements. As a young man of eighteen he had brought honor to his village by throwing Amalinze the Cat...
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...Getting into the field of counseling is path that directly correlates with my passion; helping others. It has been a natural habit for me since my youth to be motivated by giving others guidance and clarity through different types of obstacles and challenges. Earning my degree will be one of the final steps I will need to reach my career goals and ambitions. I would Like to open up a consulting firm that handles direct services of counseling to people. I would like to specialize in child and family counseling and have a network of counselors working for me, servicing other population's needs. My 10 year experience working directly with at-risk youth in a school setting, help me gain a drive to facilitate young people in minding their family strife. My belief is that the dysfunctional and fractured home life is at the core of the delinquent youth. There is no greater satisfaction, than assisting a young person and their family through chaos and developing a plan to having a healthy relationship. I believe that a healthy family promotes a sound mind and body within a person and is an intricate piece in becoming a productive citizen. In order for me to be competent in the counseling role, I need to acknowledge and recognize my strengths and weaknesses. Strengths that would help me in the counseling field are primarily centered <?n my genuine "want" for people to do well and be productive for themselves. With that belief I continuously focus on the positive attributes of a...
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...Manhood and its Manliness vs Your Basic Guy It has been known guys have a different point of view than a girl, but do guys really have to go past the limit of certain things to get through it all? In Dave Barry’s essay he states many things saying guys like neat stuff and like taking on pointless challenges. His tone is also in a joking matter for his essay, meaning not everything he says is serious. It’s probably there for comedy relief. Many of the things he says may be true but this doesn’t account for every guy out there. Though it might have happen sometime in a guy’s life doesn’t really mean it’s every day in their life. In his essay he has it broken down into three sections stating guys like neat stuff, really pointless challenges and do not have a moral code of some sort. Guys liking neat things doesn’t really mean like something that is clean like he states. It’s more mechanical base for most guys but there are some guys fascinated by other things than just cars and technology. Some can be interested in art, food, read and much more. That is a bias thing that most people think that guys find neat. When coming to challenges guys don’t back down from one any matter how stupid or meaningless it is. They like to be first or like to prove they are better than others. Yes, there will be some guys out there doing pointless challenges that make no sense at all. Though there are some challenges out there that guys would take seriously and try their best to do well at. For...
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...The conflict over the devastation of the wetlands is a destructive conflict, no parties are cooperating. There is competitive motivation to win against the oil industry in a billion-dollar lawsuit. There is a hostile attitude toward the oil companies for destroying protected land. The issue over the control of resources in Louisiana is a blame game between the Oil companies and the state. This has created credibility issues for both sides, there are many factors involved in the destruction of the wetlands near the gulf coast, the state is blindly blaming oil companies for it. This makes the conflict somewhat misattributed and displaced. The people protecting the wetlands want the oil to pay for the projects that will help stop erosion but it’s not clear if that will do any good. To promote cooperative interdependence between the oil companies involved and the people protecting the wetlands is difficult because it is close to impossible to please both parties in this situation that involves out recourses and money. I can’t see anyway to make this a mutually beneficial situation. The Board fails to see that its not just he oil companies and the oil companies fail to recognize that their drilling took a huge toll in this particular area even though there are many of factors that destroy the habitat. The credibility of both parties also makes it hard to see a positive out come. This is an international conflict involving social values in Afghanistan. Women’s rights are close...
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