WELCOME RESHMA B REG. NO. 16514300010 GCTE THYCAUD
WELCOME
RESHMA BREG. NO. 16514300010GCTE THYCAUD
UNIT II
A SHIP WRECKED SAILOR
GABRIEL GRACIA MARQUEZ
Gabriel Gracia Marquiz [1928 – 2014 ]
• He was a Colombian novelist, short story writer ,screen writer and novelist• He was called affectionately called
‘Gabo’• He was awarded the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1982.• Marquez’s first major work is The
Story of a Shipwrecked sailor.
Seaman Luis Alejandro Velasco of the destroyer Caldas is eager to return to Colombia after a long stay in the United States. When the ship sets sail ,however it is over loaded – in part with contraband. When the vessel is caught in heavy waves in the Caribbean , eight of the crew are washed overboard, together with much of the cargo. After four days the search ends, with the missing declared dead. However Velasco found a raft and remained in the open sea without food and hope. After drifting with sea currents for ten days, he arrives with his raft on a cost that he later discovers to be Colombia. He is received first with affection and later with military honours and much money from publicity agencies...
The Story
Main Characters•CASTILLO•CARABALLO•LUIS RENGIFO•VELASCO
GLOSSARY
•Miserable - very unhappy
• Despair - Complete loss or absence of hope
•Savage - barbarous ; cruel
Abyss - bottomless gulf
Contemplate - think seriously
Afloat - floating in water or air
Reassuring - to free from fear
Predicament - unfortunate position
Raft - a float of logs , planks
Crest - top of a mountain
Freeze - become ice , be chilled by fear
Yell - make sharp loud cry
Amid - among , in the midst of
Oars - a light bladed pole to proper boat
Crate - large basket
Desolate - depopulate , make wrecked
Gigantic – very large
Vanished - disappear
Whaler – a large , strong person
Disaster – An unexpected natural or manmade damage
Gash – deep open cut in flesh
Inventory – Catalogue of goods ; register
Solitude - loneliness
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