Everyone has to spend through the cycle of life. We are brought to life by birth, raised in life, and end by death. Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote "The Handsomest Drowned Man in The World". There is an ironic about the dead man brings to village a new life. Joao Guimarraes Rosa wrote the other story named "The Third Bank of the River"; it brings the images of confusion, embarrassment, and guilt to the readers. The identity is the main theme that flows through the two stories. The wife and the women in the village give the identity to a father and the dead man that bring the life in new ways. The new ways of life will erase the old ways and idea that are no longer sufficient for creating an understanding of their world.
             The first important things to recognize immediately in the two stories " The Third Bank of The River", and " The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" is that they can be read as a retelling events or the metaphor concerning to death of the loved one. The father in "The Third Bank of The River" is described as the weak man. According to other people, he is a "dutiful, orderly, straightforward man" and "he had these qualities since adolescence or even childhood" (Rosa 29). The father feels depress and bitter toward his family. So, he decides to take a journey without coming back to change the point of view of every members in the family. The mother doesn't care for him and she forcefully declares, "If you go away, stay away. Don't ever come back!" (Rosa 29). Later in the story, the family determined that the father never comes back. They have to live without him forever. The mother and daughter regret for whatever they had done to his father. They try to get him back but it's impossible. No matter what they do, he won't come back. The dead man in "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" is a famou...