Transcript One of These Days By Gabriel Garcia Marquez

One of These Days
By Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• The story starts out with Aurelio Escovar
arriving at his office with his eleven year
old son.
• It is Monday and warm and rainless.
• Aurelio is a dentist, without a degree.
• While Aurelio is polishing some false teeth,
his son says that the town mayor has
come to see him.
Narrative Hook
• The eleven year old boy shouts to his dad,
“ The Mayor wants to know if you’ll pull his
tooth.”
• Aurelio tells the boy to say he is not here
but the Mayor demands his tooth being
pulled.
• Aurelio still turned him down but then the
Mayor threatened to shoot him if he did
not.
Rising Action
• Aurelio finally agrees to pull his tooth after
the threat.
• The Mayor has an effected tooth that must
be treated without anesthesia.
• There is a great deal of discomfort in this
scene noting that the two gentlemen do
not like each other that much.
• The men continue to talk uncomfortably.
Climax
• “The Mayor seized the arms of the chair,
braced his feet with all his strength, and
felt an icy void in his kidney, but did not
make a sound.”
• With a big yank the lower wisdom tooth is
finally crushed out of the Mayor.
Falling Action
• After he yanked the tooth out Aurelio told
the Mayor to dry his tears and went to
wash his hands.
• Aurelio told the Mayor to go to bed and
gargle with salt water to feel better.
Resolution
• “The mayor stood up, said goodbye with a
casual military salute, and walked toward the
door, stretching his legs, without buttoning up his
tunic.”
• “Send the bill,” he said.
• “To you or the town?”
• The Mayor didn’t look at him. He closed the door
and said through the screen: “It’s the same
damn thing.”
• This shows the arrogance of the Mayor but still
from the kindness of his heart Aurelio still helped
him
Conflict
• The conflict of the story is Man VS Man
• It is between Aurelio, the dentist, and the
Mayor of the town
Characters
• Aurelio Escovar, the dentist without a
degree
• The eleven year old boy, son of Aurelio,
full of excitement.
• The Mayor, arrogant and disrespectful.
Has one side of his faced shaved, one
side is swollen.