"The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

It seems that in Gabriel Garcia Marquez' "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World", the villagers are out there - really out there - on the edge of realism and surrealism. Starting with the kids who first saw the drowned man, initially they believed he was a ship and then a whale, these kids must have had the most creative imagination in twice their age group - I can't help to ask myself what these …

…his awkwardness, but are blind to his splendor. All the villagers are blind to Esteban's real identity. They do not take him for who he really is. They only perceive what they want to. In conclusion, the people in this small village contradict the clichéd small town people by accepting someone who is different from themselves. The people in the village discover that by accepting someone different into their society positive changes can occur.