Can You Love An Unknown Deceased Person?

             By reading "The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World," you learn that you can love an unknown deceased person, with a great imagination that is. In this short story, a drowned man washes ashore. The children begin to play with the man until the adults found out. Once the adults had got a hold of the drowned man they went into action. The women freshened up the drowned man and the men finding out if anybody in the village was missing. 

               While the men were checking for missing people in the village, the women freshened up the drowned man. First they took the mud off his face, removed the stones from his entangled hair, and scraped off the crust that was on his body. After that the women cut his nails, gave him a haircut, and even sewed him some clothes because he was too big and tall to fit any of the clothes in the village. When the ladies were finished freshening up the drowned man, they gave him name. They named him Esteban. 

              When the men came back they were a little upset at first because their women were showing this drowned man too much attention. Once they saw the man face they too were left breathless, so the village decided to have a funeral for the drowned man. A few women left to go get flowers, which came back with more women with flowers. At one point they were hurt that they had to return him to the waters as an orphan. Therefore they chose a father, a mother, an aunt, an uncle, and cousins from the best people in the village.