Juxtaposition In The Sunrise On The Veld

Comparative Essay English
An inspiration to change drives every humans actions, and it fuels ones ambitions to succeed, yet the finish line is always blurry, for we move so quickly that we don’t know where to stop. This finish line symbolizes death. Those who are able to slow down and see it, are effected emotionally and don’t accept their fate. Yet they know deep down that this fate is incontrollable, and one day or another, it catches up with you, and the story that was written for you unravels itself page by page, in a crescendo. A waterfall of unstoppable circumstances, that alter ones perception, and leaves the person in disbelief. Both highly acclaimed authors; Marquez, and Lessing, demonstrate these deep and important topics through
“The Sunrise on The Veld has the boy stuck in the moment of serendipity, his moment of clear and awakening thought. Yet it is interrupted by the death of the buck or more so, the discovery of a dead buck. It is this discovery that strips bare the moment of happiness, the moment of the boy discovering himself, and really puts the reality of things back into place. Reality was put under the magnifying glass, and the reader was shown that the only thing that is left after your years of drive, and years of hard work and determination is “Writhing Darkness.”. The Story highlights and underlines that death is at the end of every road. By having the boy discover the dead buck the “great energetic that’s that took no notices of him.” The intended audience would be touched by the idea that after all, death merely affects, and everything you know and worked for will be taken away. There’s a notion that this situation is merely unacceptable, for the boy, was stunned, shocked and merely couldn’t believe his eyes, as the stage lights where cast upon the realities of death. While in “The Handsomest Drowned Man” “it was the youngest that started to weep” the women cried because the finally came to terms with Esteban’s death. Esteban was their inspiration. However he may have been the fuel to someone else’s shuttle, he could have lead his to people to eternity, but death knocked on his door, and he was no longer accepted. In the story the juxtaposition is seen when they prepare the greatest “and most splendid” funeral yet. However they didn’t know the man, and they were literally disposing of the only thing that would provide them with the enthusiasm need to become glorious. A dead man provided hope for the village, yet he also provided them with an insight on their path, and that at the end they too would have to prepare a burial for