"Tuesday Siesta" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is about a daughter and mother who travel to a far town to visit a family member's grave. The son of the mother (the "thief"), Carlos Centeno Ayala, attempted to break into a home and was shot and killed by a widow before he even got inside. Because of this, his mother and sister go visit his grave in a small eerie town far away from their home during its siesta time. Before leaving the town a group of people were huddled outside and looking through the windows to see the family of the "thief". Readers may feel sympathy for the mother and the son in "Tuesday Siesta" because of how the mother copes with her son's death, and how persistent Carlos was when it came to providing for his family.

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