“Tuesday Siesta” is a short story written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez depicting the journey of a mother and daughter traveling to a town in order to pay their respects to Carlos Centeno Ayala, a man who was both a beloved son and brother. Centeno was a very good man and had a passion for boxing, “On
the
other
hand, before, when
he
used
to
box, he used
to
spend
three
days
in
bed, exhausted from being punched” (Marquez 4). His mother taught “him to never steal anything that anyone needed to eat” and he listened to her. Unfortunately, he was shot and killed by a widow named Rebecca after trying to break into her home. The narrator uses diction, imagery, and subtle actions by all characters to create a tone of determination and dignity. The tone also supports a theme of casting judgement prematurely.
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The narrator’s description of the banana plantations also suggests that the women are agricultural laborers which confirms the theory that they are poor and underprivileged. This explains why the mother tells the priest that she taught her son to not steal anything that anyone needed to eat. To an unobservant reader, this would seem like an inadvertent mistake in use of language but the mother says her words deliberately and intentionally. Theft is only acceptable in life or death situations; not having enough to food to feed yourself would be a case in which it would be
The narrator’s description of the banana plantations also suggests that the women are agricultural laborers which confirms the theory that they are poor and underprivileged. This explains why the mother tells the priest that she taught her son to not steal anything that anyone needed to eat. To an unobservant reader, this would seem like an inadvertent mistake in use of language but the mother says her words deliberately and intentionally. Theft is only acceptable in life or death situations; not having enough to food to feed yourself would be a case in which it would be