One of these Days
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Introduction to the story
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Publication: The story ‘One of these Days’ was originally published in Spanish language in 1962 in the collection of short stories known as ‘No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories’. Later it was published again in Marquez’s Collected Short Stories in 1984.
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Form: It is a fictional short story.
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Setting: Everything happens in the dental clinic where Aurelio Escovar, an uncertified dentist encounters the Mayor. The time chosen was Monday morning when Aurelio Escovar polished a set of false teeth.
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Plot: The story begins with the vivid description of Aurelo Escovar who was an uncertified dentist. In the middle of the story he treats the Mayor by pulling his infected wisdom tooth ,and takes revenge on him for twenty dead men who had lost their lives because of the Mayor. The story ends with the disclosure about corruption of the Mayor when he declared that the bill for his treatment could be sent to him or the town .
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Theme: The story ‘One of these Days’ depicts the theme of power, revenge, corruption and discrepancy. It also presents to us a conflict between the upper class of people and lower class of people through portraying two characters who have different social background.
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Narrative Technique: In the story ‘One of these Days’ Gabriel Garcis Marquez used first person narrative technique.
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Message of the story: This story reveals the true nature of power which is temporary as it does not remain in the same hand always. This story also proves that we are not powerful ourselves, but situation changes with the passage of time, and it makes us powerful or powerless.
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Characters in details: There are three characters in the story-