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The Handsomest Drowned Man
Have someone or something changed you in a way, even if it was good or bad? From the story “The Very Old Man,” The characters stayed the same, in their selfish ways. But in the story “The Handsomest Drowned Man.” The people opened up to the new stranger who washed up on shore that they done had met. The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings and The Handsomest Drowned Man. Both stories have been about men who were total strangers who arrived in small towns. The only difference is that one was treated like royalty and the other was treated like a caged animal. Although both stories was written by ‘Gabriel Garcia, there are more similarities such as both man had strange appearances . The men not only looked strange compared to the people who

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