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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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