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No:16514303030TOPIC :A Shipwrecked Sailor (prose)

PROFILE –Gabriel Garcia Marquez

(Colombian novelist ,Short story writer ,Screen writer )

Born : 1928 in Arcata ,Colombia Education : University of Cartagena Known for : Magic Realism Notable work : 100 Years of

Solitude Autumn of the

Patriarch In Evil Hour Notable Award : Nobel prize

(literature ) 1982 Died : April 17 ,2014 in Mexico

city ,Mexico

REVIEW SUMMARY  

A young Colombian sailor named Luis Alejandro Velasco, who was swept off his destroyer into rough seas on a voyage from Mobile, Ala., to Cartagena, Colombia. He found himself next to a life raft and scrambled aboard. His four shipmates who fell into the sea at the same time were drowned as they struggled to join him. For 10 days Mr. Velasco drifted in the Caribbean Sea without food or fresh water. His spirits rose and fell like the waves around him - sinking as he heard the cries of his drowning friends, rising as he realized that he would soon be rescued, sinking again as airplanes flew overhead and their pilots failed to see him.

PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION ON February 28 1955 a news came that crew

members of the destroyer CALDUS –the Colombian navy ship was fallen overboard and disappeared during the storm over the Caribbean Sea .Some of the crew members were LOUIS ALEJANDER VALESCO , Castillo,Carabello ,Rengifo ,Ramón Herrera ..etc .The ship was travelling from mobile Alabama to Colombia

One survived however and he was Louis Alejandro Valesco,he spend 10 days on the raft in Caribbean Sea but all the other crew members were drowned and valesco struggled for these 10 days without food or water the only things left with him was his watch ,his gold ring ,a chain with a medal of the virgin of Carmen ,keys of his locker and 3 business cards .

The true story The Ran in the storm was written in the Colombian News paper for 14 consecutive days and Valesco was hled as a hero and the paper saled doubled but the dictatorship of Colombian government shut down the news paper .Later this story was written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in the title the story of shipwrecked sailor .

Difficult word meanings from the prose Abyss – a hole so deep that cannot be

measured Contemplate –to view with attention Crates –a large wooden case use for

transporting goods Choppy –not calmLurch –moving unsteadily Serenity – calmnessAbsurd –illogical or untrue Provision-the action of providing or

supplying something for use.Revel- discolsure, surprising factBobbling –moving up and down in short

quick movement Rig –the ropes used to support the mast

and rails in boat or ship