The Last Voyage of Ghost Ship Gabrial Garica
MarqueazTheme:
The last voyage of ghost ship by Gabriel Garcia
Marquez a Colombia novelist presents the development of a boy to a young man.
The events depicted however are not in chronological order: the writer has used
stream of consciousness technique in the presentation of story.Summary:The boy,
who is also main character of the story used to go to sea where he had seen a
mysterious ship in his childhood. The ship used to appear when there was
darkness and vice versa. The ship was bigger than the village and taller than the
steeple of the church. But he could not see the ship in the later years.
However the boy didn’t stop going to sea. He had determined to show the
existence of ship to the villager after he was beaten on charge of being a
liar. After many years he saw the same ship by the harbor. He could not believe
his eyes. So until next March he waited to see the same ship. No sooner had he
seen the ship than he went home to tell about it to his mother. His mother got
angry with him; she advised him to get involved in romance with some lady
instead of going to sea. The boy’s mother however agreed to go there next
march. But unluckily, his mother expired while she was sitting on a chair and
thinking about her dead husband. This event made the boy angrier. His determination
grew bolder; he wanted to prove the existence of sjip to the villager and went
towards that location with a lantern. He didn’t stop anywhere; he went straight
towards his destination. As he reached near the place, he saw the ship again.
The ship was moving without any sound. His presence there made the ship
disappear. Nonetheless, it reappeared after some time. The boy lit the lantern
and showed it towards the ship. As he showed the light, a miracle happened the
ship started following him. The boy guided the ship towards the village. At
last he took the ship there. The ship blasted as it reached there. The
villagers came there running and saw the destruction of ninety thousand
champagne glasses. The boy watched the villagers gaping their mouth at the ship
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