The Handsomest Drowned Man

It was a process for the Handsomest Drowned Man to become a myth in the Garcia Marquez story with the same name. The first step is the women to notice how tall he is, how large his muscles are, and how handsome he is. This led to them coming to conclusions of what his life was like and what his name was, which made them think his name might be Esteban. After that, the villagers gave him a funeral where everyone adopt he to their family. Lastly, the villagers decided to make some major changes to the village; those changes consist of making their homes bigger so that someone of his stature could fit comfortably and planting flowers in his honor, and that made soon be known as “Esteban’s village” (8). The Handsomest Drowned Man becoming a