( Why didn¡¯t Balthazar receive the money?).

            

             Afternoon ¡±, written by Gabrial Garcia Marquez, is a.

             story about a birdcage and a poor carpenter,.

             Balthazar. In the story, Balthazar made a beautiful.

             birdcage that was commissioned by Pepe, the son of a.

             rich man, Jose Montiel. However, when the carpenter.

             took it to the boy, his father refused to pay and.

             rather said to sell it other people. Although.

             Balthazar got really angry, he gave the cage to Pepe.

             as a present. At the end of the story, he told.

             townpeople that he got much money from the rich man.

             and bought everyone cerebratory drinks. Then, why.

             didn¡¯t Balthazar receive the money.

             First, he had no intention of.

             money when making beautiful cage. In the story, he was.

             accustomed to making and creating cage since.

             childhood. So when Pepe ordered a cage, he could make.

             small cage just quickly rather than create big and.

             beautiful cage for two weeks; ( p 381, ll 45~50).

             Also, if he was interested in earning the money, he.

             would not even start to work on the cage only by.

             commission of the little boy because he couldn¡¯t be.

             sure whether he can get money or not. However,.

             Balthazar was a artist rather than a common carpenter.

             What he really wanted as making the cage was to make.

             the little boy happier.

             Secondly, he felt mean and.

             dirty about rich man¡¯s money. In this story, the cage.

             was splendid and beautiful as much as news of its.

             beauty had spreaded even before he finished the cage.

             So even though a doctor insisted on buying that cage,.

             he didn¡¯t sell it because he made only for Pepe. But.

             Pepe¡¯s father treated Balthazar like a sly merchant.

             but praised its beauty;(p 384, ll 45~50). So,.

             Balthazar thought that if he received money for the.

             cage, it was to exchange his creative beautiful cage, .

             in other word his pride, with dirty and mean money.

             Finally, in the story,.

             Balthazar was not a realist. Although money is not all.

             in the life, it is very difficult to live in our real.

             society without money.