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او در سال ۱۹۴۱ اولين نوشته‌هايش را در روزنامه‌ای به نام Juventude که مخصوص شاگردان دبيرستانی بود منتشر کرد و در سال ۱۹۴۷ به تحصيل رشتهٔ حقوق در دانشگاه بوگوتا پرداخت. در سال ۱۹۶۵ شروع به نوشتن رمان صد سال ‌تنهايی کرد و آن را در سال ۱۹۶۸ به پايان رساند که به عقيدهٔ اکثر منتقدان شاهکار او به شمار می‌رود. او در سال ۱۹۸۲ برای این رمان، برندهٔ جایزه نوبل ادبیات بوده است.

او در سال ۱۹۹۹ رسماً مرد سال آمريکای لاتین شناخته شد و در سال ۲۰۰۰ مردم کلمبيا با ارسال طومارهايی خواستار پذيرش رياست جمهوری کلمبيا توسط مارکز بودند که وی نپذيرفت.

مارکز یکی از نویسندگان پیشگام سبک ادبی رئالیسم جادویی است، اگرچه تمام آثارش را نمی‌توان در این سبک طبقه‌بندی کرد.

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First published June 1, 2008

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Gabriel García Márquez

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Gabriel José de la Concordia Garcí­a Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. Garcí­a Márquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, was considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. In 1982, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

He studied at the University of Bogotá and later worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas, and New York. He wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magical realism, which uses magical elements and events in order to explain real experiences. Some of his works are set in a fictional village called Macondo, and most of them express the theme of solitude.

Having previously written shorter fiction and screenplays, García Márquez sequestered himself away in his Mexico City home for an extended period of time to complete his novel Cien años de soledad, or One Hundred Years of Solitude, published in 1967. The author drew international acclaim for the work, which ultimately sold tens of millions of copies worldwide. García Márquez is credited with helping introduce an array of readers to magical realism, a genre that combines more conventional storytelling forms with vivid, layers of fantasy.

Another one of his novels, El amor en los tiempos del cólera (1985), or Love in the Time of Cholera, drew a large global audience as well. The work was partially based on his parents' courtship and was adapted into a 2007 film starring Javier Bardem. García Márquez wrote seven novels during his life, with additional titles that include El general en su laberinto (1989), or The General in His Labyrinth, and Del amor y otros demonios (1994), or Of Love and Other Demons.

(Arabic: جابرييل جارسيا ماركيز) (Hebrew: גבריאל גארסיה מרקס) (Ukrainian: Ґабріель Ґарсія Маркес) (Belarussian: Габрыель Гарсія Маркес) (Russian: Габриэль Гарсия Маркес)

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"And he saw two pensive buzzards who were drying themselves in the sun on the ridgepole of the house next door."

Think about one of your favorite short stories. What's the first thing that comes to mind? The characters? A pivotal action? Setting? Ending? A vivid image?

I suspect a good number of readers of Gabriel García Márquez's One of These Days will think of Aurelio Escovar, the skinny dentist without a degree, or the Mayor walking in with only the left side of his face shaved, or the dentist telling the Mayor he'll have to pull out his wisdom tooth without anesthesia. Many readers will undoubtedly think of the dentist's words that provide the backstory for both the mayor, the dentist and the people of the town - "Now you'll pay for our twenty dead men."

However, for me, the image that sticks, the picture I have in my mind when I reflect back on this intense tale of the dentist, the mayor and violence in a small Colombian town, is the description of those two pensive buzzards drying themselves in the sun on the roof of the house next door. I image those buzzards awaiting their next meal and knowing they will not be disappointed.


Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez, 1927-2014
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October 16, 2022
《 بابا...لقد أتى العُمدة يطلب منك أن تقتلع ضرسه وإلا أطلق النار عليك.... !!
حسناً دعه يأتي ويطلق النار عليّ...وسحب الدرج السفلي للطاولة حيث كان هناك مسدس نائمٌ...》
عندئذٍ لم أتمالك نفسي من الضحك إزاء ردة فعل طبيب الأسنان ، تراه واعٍ لما سيُقِدم عليه ....😄
عندما يدخل العمدة والجانب الأيمن من وجهه متورماً وعينيه مثقلة بالوجع والأرق....يقرر الطبيب اقتلاع الضرس...
في كلمات قليلة...يصف "ماركيز" الحالة التي تنتابني من وقتٍ لآخر ..طبيب الأسنان الذي قد ينهض في أحد الأيام بائساً...لامبالاً ...لا يرغب في القيام بشيء لا يود فعله....انسان عادي وليس آلة يتطلب منها أداء مهامها بصورة روتينية وعادية....
للحظة شعرت إنه سيركل كل شيء ركلة قوية ويغادر العيادة ، لربما كان ذلك شعوري أنا وليس هو...من يدري ...، لكن على اي حال تذكرت أن الواجب الإنساني والمهني يفرض علينا الالتزام...
العمدة بعينين ممتلئتين بالدموع ، لاهثاً يتصبب منه العرق مرتجفاً يطالب الطبيب بأن يبعث بالفاتورة...
لمن ؟ لك أم للبلدة ؟
لم ينظر العمدة إليه وأغلق الباب وراءه وهو يقول : لا فرق...
رد العمدة كان مقتضباً ..بليغاً....
أخيراً يتضح لك كم من الضعف والغطرسة والقوة والغرور تكون مجتمعة في منصب سُلطة....
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January 7, 2022
احد هذه الأيام
😉ارشحها لكل اطباء الأسنان
بزغ يوم الاثنين دافئاً و بلا مطر ..و كالطير فتح " أوريليو اسكوفار "طبيب الأسنان غير المؤهل و المبكر في يقظته,عيادته في الساعة السادسة
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ثم أخرج بعض أسنان صناعية مازالت مركبة في قالب المصيص من الدولاب الزجاجي, و وضع على المنضدة مجموعة أدوات رتبها حسب الحجم .. كما لو كانت للعرض .. و كان يلبس قميصاً مخططاً بلا ياقة, أقفل حول الرقبة بمشبك ذهبي, و بنطلوناً معلقاً بحمالة .. و كان مستقيم العود نحيل الجسم, لا تبدو عليه مسحة المهنة , و كانت هيأته أقرب إلى هيئة رجل أصم ..

و لما فرغ من ترتيب الأدوات فوق المنضدة جذب المثقب إلى قرب كرسي الأسنان و جلس لصقل الأسنان الصناعية .. لقد بدا أنه لا يفكر في العملية التي يقوم بها, بيد أنه راح يواصل العمل و هو ينفخ كور الثقب بقدميه, حتى و هو لا يحتاج إلى ذلك

و عندما بلغت الساعة الثامنة توقف برهة لكي ينظر من النافذة إلى السماء, فرأى طائرين من الجوارح يجففان نفسيهما في الشمس على إفريز سطح البيت المجاور ..
و ما لبث أن استأنف عمله متوقعاً أن يعود المطر إلى الانهمار قبل موعد الغداء .. إلى أن قطع عليه تركيزه صوت ابنه الحاد البالغ من العمر احدى عشرة سنة يناديه .. و لدى سؤاله قال له :
- العمدة يريد أن يعرف إذا كان يمكن أن تخلع سنه ..
- قل له انني غير موجود
و أخذ يصقل سناً مذهبة .. ثم امسك بها على قيد ذراع و فحصها بعينين نصف مقفلتين و عندئذ انبعث صوت ابنه صائحاً من غرفة الانتظار الصغيرة :
- العمدة يقول أنك موجود, لأنه يسمع صوتك!..

استمر الطبيب يفحص السن .. و لم يرد إلا بعد أن وضعها فوق المنضدة بجانب ما تمَّ إنجازه من الأسنان, إذ قال :
- الأحسن أن يسمع ..
و أدار الثقب من جديد .. ثم أخرج عدة قطع من " كوبري " من خزانة بها الأشياء التي عليه أن يتمها, و أخذ يصقل الذهب .. و لكن ابنه ناداه مرة أخرى .. فسأله ماذا يريد دون أن تتغير ملامح وجهه, فقال الصبي :
- قال العمدة إنك إذا لم تخلع له السن, فسوف يضربك بالرصاص !ا
و بدون ما أدنى تعجل, و بحركة جد هادئة, توقف عن تحريك الثقب, و دفعه على الكرسي, ثم جذب الدرج الأسفل للمنضدة عن آخره, فإذا به مسدس .. و قال لإبنه :
- حسن .. قل له أن يدخل و يقتلني ..

و دحرج الكرسي في مواجهة الباب .. و ظهر العمدة في المدخل و قد بدا خده الأيسر حليقاً, أما الخد الثاني فكان مورماً موجعاً, نبتت فيه لحية عمرها خمسة أيام, فقد شهد العمدة ليالي كثيرة من العذاب و المعاناة بدت آثارها في عينيه المتبلدتين ..

أغلق الطبيب الدرج بأنامله, و قال بليونة : اجلس
فقال العمدة : صباح الخير ..
فرد الطبيب بنصف السلام
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و بينما كانت أدوات الخلع تغلي, مال العمدة برأسه على المسند حتى شعر بتحسن .. و كانت العيادة متواضعة : بها كرسي خشبي عتيق, و المثقب, و دولاب زجاجي به قناني خزفية .. و أمام النافذة ستار لا يعلو عن ارتفاع الكتف .. و عندما شعر العمدة باقتراب الطبيب, شد على عقبيه و فتح فمه ..

و ما لبث " أوريليو اسكوفار " أن أدار رأس العمدة إلى ناحية الضوء .. و بعد أن فحص السن المصابة أقفل فك العمدة بضغطة محاذرة من أصابعه .. و قال :
- لابد من الخلع بغير مخدر ..
- و لماذا ؟ ..
- لوجود خراج ..
فنظر العمدة مواجهة, ثم قال : لا بأس ...
قالها محاولاً أن يبتسم فلم يرد الطبيب على الابتسامة .. بل جاء بإناء الأدوات المعقمة إلى المنضدة و أخرجها من الماء بملقط بارد ..

كلّ ذلك دون أن يتعجل في حركاته .. ثم دفع المبصقة بطرف حذائه و انتقل لغسل يديه في الحوض .. لقد فعل هذا كله دون أن ينظر على العمدة .. غير أن العمدة لم يرفع نظره عنه لحظة ..

كان المعطوب " ضرس العقل " السفلي .. و ما لبث الطبيب أن وسع قدميه و أمسك الضرس " بالجفت " الساخن .. فتشبث العمدة بذراعي الكرسي ة شد على قدميه بكل قوته و هو يشعر بخواء بادر في كليته, بيد أنه لم يحدث أي صوت .. و لم يكن يتحرك من الطبيب سوى معصمه .. و دون ما ضغينة, بل برفق تشوبه المرارة, قال للعمدة :
- الآن سوف تدفع ثمن قتلانا العشرين !..

شعر العمدة بقصف كقصف العظام في فكه, و امتلأت عيناه بالدموع .. بيد أنه لم يتنفس إلى أن شعر بخروج الضرس .. ثم رآه من خلال الدموع .. و قد بدا غريباً جداً عن الآلام التي كابدها إلى حد أنه عجز عن فهم هذا العذاب الذي تجرعه مدى الأيام الخمسة الفائتة ..

و بينما انحنى فوق المبصقة عارقاً لاهثاً, فك أزرار كسوته الرسمية و مد يده إلى جيب بنطلونه يلتمس منديله .. فأعطاه الطبيب قطعة قماش نظيفة قائلاً :
- امسح دموعك !..

فعل العمدة هذا .. كان يرتعد و بينما أخذ الطبيب يغسل يديه, كان هو يتطلع إلى السقف المتآكل الذي يتدلى منه عنكبوت و حشرات ميتة .. و ما لبث الطبيب أن عاد و هو يمسح يديه .. و قال له :
- اذهب إلى فراشك .. و " غرغر " بماء مالح ..

فقام العمدة, و سلم بتحية عسكرية فاترة, ثم اتجه إلى الباب باسطاً ساقيه, و دون أن يزرر سترته ..

و عند الباب قال : إبعث الفاتورة ..
- لك, أو لمكتب الحكومة ؟..
لم ينظر إليه العمدة, بل قال و هو يغلق الباب : هذا و ذاك سيان, لعنة الله !.
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242 reviews84 followers
March 28, 2018
No puedo reseñar algo tan corto como esto. Pero en tan poquitas líneas, Gabriel García Márquez logró decir mucho.
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December 31, 2018
The experience of reading this tells me that my Spanish is not yet good enough for audiobooks. Frankly, I only grasped the general outline of what was happening, so had to re-read it with my eyes.
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September 3, 2022
The short story “One of These Days” by Gabriel García Márquez examines the desolate unremarkable cycle of life and the helplessness of human beings in face of injustice.

Although quite a bleak theme, it is present throughout the story, starting off with the opening: “Aurelio Escovar, a dentist without a degree, and a very early riser, opened his office at six…He seemed not to be thinking about what he was doing, but worked steadily, pumping the drill with his feet , even when he didn’t need it” (Márquez 15). The mood in the very first paragraph is one of boredom and habit. The phrase, “he seemed not to be thinking about what he was doing” shows how Escovar goes through these mechanical motions everyday without ever deviating from his cycle. The introduction also helps demonstrate Escovar’s power and status in society as well as depict his ordinary life as an ordinary man completing his ordinary job.

The following theme of helplessness in face of injustice can be more clearly seen in the core part of the story where Aurelio Escovar denies the Mayor of anesthesia and pulls out his teeth, especially in the quote, “Without rancor, rather with bitter tenderness, he said: ‘Now you’ll pay for our twenty dead men.’” (Márquez 17). Although this clearly portrays Escovar’s lust for revenge, the dentist's manner of saying it betrays a lack of conviction. He is looking for retribution for the Mayor’s crimes, but it is as if he believes his small action will have no impact upon the corruption of society, and that really, there is no hope for change, hence the “bitter tenderness”. Perhaps Escovar can maintain power for a few moments by refusing to give anesthesia to the Mayor, but eventually, he will be just as helpless and insignificant as everyone else. Time will pass, all will be forgotten, the Mayor will still have his power and Escovar will still go back to waking up at six, polishing fake teeth, and doing his job as if nothing had changed. All will go back to the way it was. As a matter of fact, this idea is also very present in another book called “The Stranger'' by Albert Camus, especially in the quote, ““It occurred to me that anyway one more Sunday was over, that Maman was buried now, that I was going back to work, and that, really, nothing had changed.” ( Camus 24). Both these stories convey a disheartening lack of hope that appears very prominent in day to day life.

The ending of “One of These Days” also reinforces this idea of perpetual inertia, where things will always return to how they were regardless of the actions taken to deviate off of this lifeless path. It talks about the Mayor’s ever-present corrupt power and Aurelio Escovar’s inability to change it. This can be seen when the Mayor asks for the dentist to send the bill, saying that whether it was to him or to the town, it was still the “same damn thing” (Márquez 17). As for the relationships between characters, Escovar represents the common working citizen while the Mayor represents the high elite. Clearly there is no love lost between the two, and this story works hard to particularly emphasize the power dynamics between classes. The rich hold the power, and the poor are left chasing after it.
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April 10, 2018
Complete frustration... :(
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368 reviews95 followers
December 26, 2023
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is amazing! He can do wonders with very few pages. “One of These Days” is about a dentist who doesn’t want to pull the mayor’s tooth. What happens when he is forced to do it is nothing short of brilliance as Garcia Marquez reveals history, political concerns and human nature with sophistication.
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Author 3 books247 followers
May 14, 2022
قصة لا تنتمي لهذه القصة😂
أعددت منذ صغري على نعت أطباء الأسنان ب(دراكولا) كان من الممكن أن أقوم بتغيير طريقى إذا صادفت فيه طبيب الأسنان و لا أخفيكم سراّ أنني كرهت رائحة (التخدير) بسببهم.
في الثانوية العامة و في قائمة الرغبات سردت بعد (كليات الصيدلية)كل الكليات العلمية متجاهلة تماماً كليات طب الأسنان و في الجامعة كانت أعز صديقاتي طبيبة أسنان❤.

📖نعود إلى القصة الآن يقول ماركيز
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▪ أوريليو اسكوفار "طبيب الأسنان غير المؤهل .

▪ إلى أن قطع عليه تركيزه صوت ابنه الحاد البالغ من العمر احدى عشرة سنة يناديه .. و لدى سؤاله قال له :
- العمدة يريد أن يعرف إذا كان يمكن أن تخلع سنه ..
- قل له انني غير موجود

▪ - قال العمدة إنك إذا لم تخلع له السن, فسوف يضربك بالرصاص !ا

▪أغلق الطبيب الدرج بأنامله, و قال بليونة : اجلس
فقال العمدة : صباح الخير ..
فرد الطبيب بنصف السلام

▪فقام العمدة, و سلم بتحية عسكرية فاترة, ثم اتجه إلى الباب باسطاً ساقيه, و دون أن يزرر سترته ..

و عند الباب قال : إبعث الفاتورة ..
- لك, أو لمكتب الحكومة ؟..
لم ينظر إليه العمدة, بل قال و هو يغلق الباب : هذا و ذاك سيان, لعنة الله !."
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بهذه الكلمات البسيطة لخّص ماركيز قاعدة نعيشها و إن لم يعترف كثير منّا بها لأنها و إن لم تحدث يومياً فهي ستحدث في يوم من الأيام
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6 reviews
February 19, 2022
I LOVED this story. It was so interesting to see a Colombian political commentary on the United States.
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November 12, 2024
”Now you’ll pay for our twenty dead men.”

Gabriel García Márquez says so much with so few words.
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5 reviews17 followers
December 1, 2014
In his short story “One of These Days”, Gabriel Garcia Marquez uses the craft of tone to set the stage for the point that he is attempting to highlight. The story opens with a dentist clearly going through the same routine each morning. Marquez already establishes a tone of monotony and bondage. The dentist’s day is quickly interrupted when the mayor comes in agony with an infected tooth giving the dentist an ultimatum to either pull it or be shot. The dentist finally complies and pulls the tooth. When the ordeal is over, the mayor proclaims that it did not matter if the bill was sent to him or the town; it was the same thing.
Marquez uses the craft of tone extremely well, allowing the reader to feel the oppression of a corrupted government. When I first began reading the story, I thought that the writing was just flat and uneventful. As I went on, however, I realized that the author purposefully used such language to place the reader into the mood felt within that dental office and the rest of the town. It is amazing how much was said without directly being stated and how much that enhanced the story. I could learn so much from this sort of craft.
This might not be a very appropriate mentor text to use with younger students because it has some explicit language. Although, if I was teaching 5th grade I would take a part of the story for the student to analyze the tone and make predictions.
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1 review
September 6, 2019
Read this for highschool English. Did not get what was happening except for the dentist pulling out a tooth. Also did not get what the story was trying to express.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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116 reviews6 followers
April 23, 2022
I LOVED THIS.

Aurelio is a brave, courageous man who does not accept tyranny despite his helplessness.

The story treads on the heels of Aurelio Escover on his pursuit of a revenge, no matter how weak.

The themes of power, corruption and class distinction make up the entire story. The mayor is a merciless tyrant who abuses his power for his own benefit. Kills people for sports and mistreat the working class by stealing from them.

Marxists will have a field day dragging this guy. I should know, i dragged him.

I got this one for my literary theory exam and I'm pretty confident when i say that i did pretty well. *self high-five*
5 reviews
January 9, 2025
I thought it was pretty alright. Because it's so vague, there's a lot left up for interpretation. I wish there was more world-building and storytelling and we got to find out more about how the Mayor was responsible for the deaths of 20 men, so I feel unsatisfied with everything stopping so abruptly. There's so much that I can speculate about what happened and why, but it also wasn't captivating enough to make me take the brainpower to think about it too hard. Maybe if there was more to the story I'd want to theorize more.
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146 reviews
July 16, 2025
Ni por un momento esperaba que este sería el texto con el que leyera por primera vez a Gabriel García Márquez, cosas de haber decidido estudiar literatura, supongo.

Un cuento muy corto, lo leí dos veces para tratar de entenderlo mejor e ir más allá de lo literario. Desconociendo toda la gran obra de Gabo me atrevo a decir que estos relatos cortos dan visos claros de su talento. Dos páginas le bastaron para construir un conflicto, un personaje profundo, un villano y una historia de venganza.
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144 reviews433 followers
January 17, 2023
Me gusta mucho este cuenta, por sólo razón que español no es mi primer lengua y yo todavía entiendo las temas y idea del autor jaja

Este es muy corto, pero simboliza muy bien el conflicto real entre los rebeldes y el gobierno de Columbia. Describe como este ciclo de muerte y violencia y odio y venganza estará para siempre si uno persona no para. Quizás leeré más desde este autor: me gusta este cuenta :)
15 reviews
January 8, 2025
Marquez' story highlights themes of political resistance and power dynamics through the relationship between an unlicensed dentist and a town mayor. The mayor is suggested to be corrupt, maybe the foil to a failed resistance (12 men dead). Nevertheless, although the themes in this story are intriguing, Marquez' nuance does the narrative a disservice, making the meaning more convoluted than ambiguous.
8 reviews
January 9, 2025
I really enjoyed this story despite how short it was. I liked how a lot of information isn't given or is rather ambiguous as it leaves a lot of this story up for imagination. Leaving a lot of this story up for interpretation creates new ideas as to what the purpose could be, considering the time and location there are many factors that could lead to the choice of words in dialogue between characters as well as the actions/threats made by each character.
5 reviews
January 9, 2025
The story was short and paced well it didn't feel like it was dragged on making it easy to read. Despite the story being short it was able to convey a sense of corruption and power abuse with both the mayor and Aurelio. The imagery in the short story was very good especially when the mayor is getting his tooth pulled. The story may also have taken place in Columbia so there could be some parallels to the cartel.
14 reviews
January 10, 2025
This story was very short and after the first time reading through it I didn't really understand the theme throughout the story. However, after talking to my friend and reading through it again I realized that the story was about a corrupt mayor who uses his power against his town and takes advantage of the poor. For example, he considered himself and the town the same thing when the dentist asked who to charge the bill too which is a clear example that he is corrupt.
13 reviews
January 14, 2025
I liked this story, it was short in a way that felt purposeful and didn't interfere with the emotion and message behind it. I liked the juxtaposition between the two characters, we have a dentist who is just a normal, average person in the town, and we have the mayor, the boss of the town. Even with their differences, the mayor still requires the services that the dentist provides. The fact that the dentist denied him at first, too, it interesting.
5 reviews
February 10, 2025
It was weird, didn't exactly understand this story. It was made to represent corruption in power and what happens when they need something from the people that are victims of this same corruption. We get to view an interesting power dynamic between a dentist and a mayor. We see the dentist take control of the situation and threaten the mayor as we see tension build between them the story ends with asking where to send the bill, you or the town.
41 reviews1 follower
August 9, 2020
An average read.
A story about a dentist who had no degree, still performed dentistry. His situation is very miserable as his place had crumbling ceiling and a dusty spider web with spider's eggs and dead insects in it. He himself was very skinny & had a look that rarely corresponded to the situation, the way deaf people have of looking.
5 reviews
January 8, 2025
I personally don't know how to feel about this story. I appreciate that it was fairly short, but I don't really understand the meaning behind it. I understand that the dentist wanted the mayor to pay for the loss of 20 men, in doing so pulls his tooth without anesthesia, but that's all it means to me, nothing much more.
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23 reviews
January 9, 2025
I don’t really connect with this story, and to me, it feels like there are a lot of loose ends left unaccounted for in terms of character and plot development. I understand that it’s a short story, which makes developing these things more difficult, but in comparison to other short stories I’ve read, it just feels shallow and lacking.
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5 reviews
January 9, 2025
This story is short and sweet, only meeting three characters during that short time. The author paints a neutral/cold atmosphere and invites us to think of the antagonist in a curious yet suspicious manner. The story rises more questions than it answers and leaves us wondering what the antagonist did.
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