He is content with his life, and the perceived love he had felt for Julia all those years was like the "light of dead stars, long extinguished, yet seemingly still in their appointed places in the heavens." Alfredo finds that the feelings he had for Julia are gone. He has never forgotten about his feelings for her, but over time, he has come to accept his marriage to Esperanza. While he is there, Alfredo runs across Julia.
Alfredo goes for a business trip to the town where Julia lived. His thought of Julia is hunting him, and those what-ifs dilemma. After eight years of marriage, Alfredo still can't get over Julia's memories. He married Esperanza after Julia left the town, he was not unhappy and realizes that everything have fallen back into place. He is thinking of choosing Julia over his fiancée Esperanza, but what people will say is what he thinks matter most. It breaks the heart of Alfredo and made him more confused than ever. Julia is planning to leave the town and go back home. It's a chance for them to have some quality time together, but this is also the time to say goodbye. One day, his family invited Julia's family in their coconut plantation near their beach. As they grew their new friendship, Alfredo found new happiness and starts to fall for her. Julia is the average type, not so beautiful but still it interests Alfredo so much. They found good company between themselves and as they knew it, it became a weekly habit for Alfredo to visit her after every Sundays mass. She was just a visitor in town and been there for only six weeks. When Alfredo tried to do some neighboring with his dad Don Julian, he met Julia Salas, their neighbor's sister-in-law. After their four years of engagement, Alfredo thought of finding his real wants. She loves her Alfredo so much and trusted him with her whole heart. Esperanza was beautiful, elegant, reserved, and distinctly not average type of a woman. But like other long term relationships, their feelings for each other changes as time goes by. Their relationship in the beginning was full of enthusiasm, full of love and happiness. They have been together for four years and meant to get married in May. Alfredo Salazar is a lawyer and the main character in the story.
Alfredo was torn between doing what is right and what is in his heart.
The story is basically a compilation of the complicated circumstances that every man has to go through in life. Dead Stars by Paz Marquez Benitez (An Analysis) Summary: “So all these years–since when?–he had been seeing the light of dead stars, long extinguished, yet seemingly still in their appointed places in the heavens.”- Alfredo Salazar Dead stars is a short story by Paz Marquez Benitez, written in 1925.
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