The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World, By Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“So that is how to create a single story, show a people as one thing, as only one thing, over and over again, and that is what they become.” (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, TED) This quote shows how she believes that story is what shapes people into the people they are. From that story is an example of humility it would make the world a better place by making people more humble and more able to work in a community well. Story is important for bringing people together in community because the stories show humility. For example, in “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”, Marquez states “They wept so much, for he was the most destitute, most peaceful, and most obliging man on earth, poor Esteban” (Marquez). This shows how the women of the village
In addition, in “How Buzzard Got His Feathers”, it says “Although some make fun of the way he looks, Buzzard still remembers that he was the only one who could make that long journey for all the birds” (How Buzzard Got His Feathers). This shows that Buzzard has immense humility because even though people make fun of him he still knows he looks the way he does because he sacrificed his appearance for all the other birds. When Buzzard shows humility he isn’t just putting one person above himself, he is putting the whole community of birds above himself. Furthermore, Marquez states “they also knew that everything would be different from then on, that their houses would have wider doors, higher ceilings, and stronger floors so that Esteban’s memory could go everywhere without bumping into beams and so that no one in the future would dare whisper the big boob finally died, too bad, the handsome fool had finally died, because they were going to paint their house fronts gay colors to make Esteban’s memory eternal and they were going to break their backs digging for springs among the stones and planting flowers on the cliffs so that in the future years at dawn the passengers on great liners would awaken,