A shipwrecked sailor

THE SHIPWRECKED SAILOR

1. WELCOME RESHMA B REG. NO. 16514300010 GCTE THYCAUD

2. UNIT II A SHIP WRECKED SAILOR

3. GABRIEL GRACIA MARQUEZ

4. 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.

5. 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

6. Main Characters CASTILLO CARABALLO LUIS RENGIFO VELASCO

7. GLOSSARY

8. Miserable - very unhappy

9. Despair - Complete loss or absence of hope

10. Savage - barbarous ; cruel

11. Abyss - bottomless gulf

12. Contemplate - think seriously

13. Afloat - floating in water or air

14. Reassuring - to free from fear

15. Predicament - unfortunate position

16. Raft - a float of logs , planks

17. Crest - top of a mountain

18. Freeze - become ice , be chilled by fear

19. Yell - make sharp loud cry

20. Amid - among , in the midst of

21. Oars - a light bladed pole to proper boat

22. Crate - large basket

23. Desolate - depopulate , make wrecked

24. Gigantic – very large

25. Vanished - disappear

26. Whaler – a large , strong person

27. Disaster – An unexpected natural or manmade damage

28. Gash – deep open cut in flesh

29. Inventory – Catalogue of goods ; register

30. Solitude - loneliness

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