Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Eudora Welty and Wm. Carlos Williams
Authors strive to stir emotion and sympathies by tapping into the readers’ emotions by effectively developing stories and characters that contrast with the usually uneventful routine of the average reader. In the short stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Eudora Welty and William Carlos Williams, each uses these methods to engage the reader. In the story, “The Woman Who Came at Six O’Clock,” a restaurant owner finds himself in the middle of something he may one day regret. The clock strikes six o’clock and a woman steps into Jose’s restaurant as she has done everyday. On this day Jose notices that the woman, who is a prostitute, is acting strangely. She manipulates and convinces Jose to lie for her. Jose loves the woman greatly and tells her that he would do anything for her. She does not return the affection. She knows that Jose is an honest and respected man who is enamored with her and she takes advantage of his affection. She tells Jose that if someone should ask, she has been in the restaurant since five-thirty. She r
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Approximate Word count = 711
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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