In the short story by Marquez,"The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World""That Night they did not go out to work at sea". This is reffering to the night that the village people foind "Estaban". The women were all gathered around caring for a dead man that they had found and knew nothing about. I think that this shows that women, and the men also but moreso women,care more about Estanban than their own families.
The women of the village were "Fascinated by his size and his beauty..." The talk abotu and describe him as if he was a human being that was living or breathing.The also look aat him as if he was a god or some one with great power even though he is just a dead "drowned" man.
When it came time to bury Estaban the entire village, even the men, were sadden because they too had seen how "powerful" he must have been when he was alive. The men of the village then seen how Estaban had somewhat changed the women of the village, so they rushed to bury him. The women tried to slow the burial down by moving slower and coming up with "ways to waste time." This shows that they loved him so much that they didnt want to let him go, even though they didnt know him.
