Question

What act of revenge does Aurelio Escovar take on the mayor

Answer 1

The theme of the story is mainly about corruption and political power. another is revenge.

The mayor, in this story is seen as a person who is trying to show his power from the start of the story, has nothing to say when the dentist, who is from a middle class and has no power, makes him suffer from pain in order to take revenge of corruption in the town.

Marquez’s tone in the story is impartial to both characters.

Step-by-step explanation:

Aurelio Escovar, a dentist is a round and a dynamic character.

In this story, when he noticed the mayor with his clean-shaved left cheek and a-five-day old beard on the other cheek with a tooth swollen, he accepted to help the Mayor regarding his swollen tooth.

According to Marquez's tone, when he saw the mayor’s pain; he changes his mind of not helping the mayor and gets prepared to remove the infected tooth.

Initially, he tries to be kind by helping the mayor but still continued to act on his revenge by making the mayor suffer from more agony. he uses his profession as advantage to satisfy an opportunity to prove himself by giving the mayor what he deserves without getting himself into trouble.

Answer 2

The dentist examines the Mayor’s tooth and agrees to pull out without using anesthesia and makes the Mayor suffer from pain. He gives the reason as he pulls out the tooth saying, “now you will pay for our twenty dead men.”

Step-by-step explanation:

According to me, in “one of these days”, Escovar, a dentist is a dynamic and a round character. In the story, the mayor seems a static and flat character. Even though the mayor was suffering from the pain since last five days and he really needs cure from the dentist, he uses his power to make dentist to help him. After he recovered in the end, besides thanking the dentist, he shows his power by referring him and the town as the “same thing.”