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Writing Assignment #2 27 April 2011 Death Constant Beyond Love Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s short story, â€Å"Death Constant Beyond Love† depicts the vulnerability and helplessness of a human when dealing with two of the most enigmatic parts of life. The background of corruption, poverty, and the political campaign become rather insignificant to the broader themes of love and death. Marquez expresses the confusion, power and diversity that come with the feeling of love and how ever changing it can be. These emotions are portrayed through the wealthy senator, Onesimo Sanchez. His love for Laura Farina becomes a means for him to sublimate his fear of death into sensual passion. However, his demise is inevitable, and he is left lonely and†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"Then came the trucks with the rented Indians who were carried into the towns to enlarge the crowds at public ceremonies† (2849). These people were seen as mere instruments, and used to boost the image of the senator’s pop ularity. His aides were nothing but props used to help construct the fictional world he illustrates to the people , and his acts of compassion are simply hidden motives to keep him in his high political position of power. As a supreme leader and member of a higher economic class, he views all people around him as inferior, and they are only used for his personal advancements. Sanchez has no real sense of empathy or compassion towards the citizens, the Indians, or any of his aids. His economic prosperity is a product of his corrupt and selfish campaign. From a psychological standpoint, several Freudian defense mechanisms are displayed through the story’s protagonist, senator Sanchez. At age 42, he is happily married, and in mid career controlling both his and other citizen’s lives as a successful politician. His character is clearly altered once he learns that in just six months and eleven days he will be dead. At first he exudes suppression by consciously trying to avoid thinking about his fate. He doesn’t tell anyone about what lies ahead for him, he just continues to go about his daily live as usual. Freudian psychology states that theShow MoreRelatedDeath Constant Beyond Love2022 Words   |  9 Pagestime in everyone’s life that they must face death; a friend’s tragic accident, a family member’s passing or their own battles with diseases. When faced with the idea of death people will act in different ways some may find it therapeutic to apologize for the negative they have done, some may want to spend time with loved ones to ease the future pain, and others may decide that their life was not what they believed. 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