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    everything in the universe. Everything in nature that is a part of God’s creation is good. The Catholic Church views that animals bring joy and comfort and hold a purpose. The Catechism teaches us that the world God created also has an order and hierarchy. Humans are created in the image of God making man the superior being. Animal rights are identified by the Catholic Church in the Catechism and it is believed that animals are an important part of our existence and should be treated with gentleness

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    Sea Imagery "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" is full of sea imagery‚ from the title on forward. When the dead body first approaches the shore‚ the kids playing think he is a whale; then‚ a ship. He even looks like some sort of funky sea monster: "when [his body] washed up on the beach‚ they removed the clumps of seaweed‚ the jellyfish tentacles‚ and the remains of fish and flotsam‚ and only then did they see that it was a drowned man" (1). And shortly after‚ we’re told that "he had the

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    1st person narrator‚ 18-year-old female‚ unnamed‚ past tense. Begins a pattern of little things not quite right in the scene. See also the manure below. Also helps fix diary in reader’s mind for later. Also seems vaguely symbolic‚ of what I don’t know. Dialogue technique: notanswering by the use of questions. Birthday triggers the action--gift of a diary. Conflict expressed in action. Other characters: Jack‚ narrator’s older lover; his wife. Beginning of For my

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    Kandis Sutton Period 7 10/23/12 PART I – Summary of Short Story "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez opens with a group of children playing on the beach of a small fishing village. In the waves‚ a shadowy‚ mysterious bulge approaches on the shore. It turns out to be a drowned man‚ covered in seaweed‚ stones‚ and dead Sea creatures. The men head to neighboring villages to see if the dead man belongs to one of them. Then‚ the women clean off the body and prepare him

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    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

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    The Transformation of a Fishing Village A drowned man is anything but handsome. In the film “Castaway” made in the year 2000‚ the main character played by Tom Hanks pulls a drowned man who was his pilot from the sea. He is bloated and his skin is green. He is definitely not a handsome man. Why then would Gabriel Garcia Marquez write a story about a handsome drowned man? Marquez writes a magical story of a man from a faraway land washing up on the shore of a remote village. Though he is dead‚ the

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    In “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” Gabriel Garcia Marquez uses the literary symbolism of the old man to show that one can never know the full truth of that which is different‚ because they either do not want to question the truth‚ or they actively deny it. So between the differing opinion of the people within the narrative and the lack of the old man’s speech‚ it is never definitely known if he is an angel. The people of Pelayo and Elisenda’s village‚ Believe that the decrepit old man with

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    Literary Analysis of “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” “When Pelayo and Elisend first find the fallen man‚ they regard him as human‚ he is “dressed like a ragpicker”” (McFarland). Gabriel Garcia Marquez short story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” is a fabulous story about an angel in “pitiful condition of a drenched great-grandfather” with “Huge buzzard wings” (Marquez 294). Marquez uses magical realism to express the literary elements of the old man‚ in third person point of view‚ and

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    The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World By Gabriel García Márquez Gregory Rabassa‚ Translator   THE FIRST CHILDREN who saw the dark and slinky bulge approaching through the sea let themselves think it was an enemy ship. Then they saw it had no flags or masts and they thought it was a whale. But when it washed up on the beach‚ they removed the clumps of seaweed‚ the jellyfish tentacles‚ and the remains of fish and flotsam‚ and only then did they see that it was a drowned man. They had been playing

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    A Very Little Paper with Enormous Clarity                             Flipping through the hundreds of pages in the Norton Sampler lead me to a beautiful story‚ that most would find too fantasy for the adult imagination. Although‚ my adult imagination pieced together the images in this story and made it clear that it is an overlooked treasure. “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez‚ contains many important qualities that a child‚ although it is a more childlike tale‚ would

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