The last Voyage of the Ghost Ship Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship 

This story juxtaposes an eerie aurora with the calm and natural beauty of the Caribbean. Marquez's writing style makes it easy for the reader to visualize a light breeze on the beach in the night in the Caribbean interrupted by a shocking shipwreck that is quickly consumed by the darkness. I think the concept I like is the idea of a place of beauty with danger lurking in the background. In that, this is a metaphor for the entire Caribbean, a place that is beautiful on the surface but upon looking close dark secrets lurk. "Ran aground, broke up, and sank without a single sound"(148), this line shows how the massive ship was swallowed up by the sea essentially without anyone knowing or having any idea. "time she got a comfortable chair to think about her dead husband"(149), this line is ironic in that the mother can't get over the death of her husband. All she can bring herself to do is sit and dwell on it when in reality nothing about that is beneficial. It's possible that in the Caribbean due to poverty and the simplicity of their lives it's harder to get over things and move on. She effectively spent the rest of her life dwelling on the death of her husband instead of moving on, which also points to the idea that how you move on in life is entirely up to you. "A second before the huge steel cask shattered the ground"(152), this line shows that the inevitable can't be prevented no matter how hard you try if people don't want to listen to you. Even though he knew something everyone else knew and had the best intentions people wouldn't believe him and yet another ship sink. I think this speaks towards keeping an open mind in life and to be willing to compromise especially during crucial times. 

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