Tone helps convey a mood in literary work. The short stories, "The Ones Who Walk away from Omelas" by Ursela K. Le Guin and "The Handsomest Drowned Man in The World" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, both are opposite in tone. Although the stories are similar in literary writing they both convey different tones.
Le Guin chose to begin her story like that of a fairytale. The narrator talks of a town that is hard to believe, a perfect utopia. A town where everyone is happy. The story begins to get dark and upsetting when the reader is told of a little child that is kept as a prisoner in the basement of a building in Omelas. The child is tortured, malnourished, and neglected. The townspeople believe in order to continue with their utopia this child must be punished. At the end of the story the narrator lets the reader know not everyone in the town agrees to the punishment of the child. The end of the story we the reader learn many walk away from Omelas never to return.
Marquez wrote his story like that of a fairytale as well. The villagers in his story are not happy. The village is empty and purposeless. The reader cannot help but feel sorry for this village. A drowned man washes up on shore. This man brings all the villagers together. The villagers work together to give this man a proper burial. In doing so the village becomes vibrant and happy. This dead man gave the villagers purpose and happiness. The story ends with a happy tone and hope of this to happen in the future.
While you're offering valid plot summary, you need to show which exact points match the tone you've discovered. Perhaps, you can describe the elements in a fairy tale so that you can then measure the stories against that standard.
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