Only after Urbino’s death, did Florentino re-examine his love to Fermina, then he gradually use his words in the love letters to regain their love. In a journey on a ship, both the old man and woman found themselves falling in love with each other again. Fermina was afraid that it would cause scandals, so the captain raised a yellow flag, which stood for cholera. And then they had a journey of their love without disturbing.
develop a style of writing called “magical realism”. He has written many acclaimed
non-fiction works and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967)and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985) .
After 53years 7 months and 11 days and nights,my heart was at last fullfilled. And I discovereed ,to my joy that it is life and not death that has no limits.
However, Florentino decided to keep the desire on her and keep virginity until they eventually got together. But in order to decrease his miss to Fermina, he began to find women and had a self-indulgence life. But he never forgot her even for a minute.
First love
Florentino Ariza
husband
Fermina Daza
Dr Juvenal Urbino
The novel began with Dr Juvenal Urbino, who came to examine his best friend’s body. Amour committed suicide when he was 60 year old in order not to grow older. When Dr Urbino went back home, he found his beloved pet parrot escaped to the top of a mango tree. When he tired to save it, he fell from the ladder and died.
When Fermina returned back to the city and met Florentino again, she told Florentino that he should forget her and she realized that what between them was nothing more than an illusion.
Outline
1. Author 2. Characters 3. Synopsis 4. Reflect
Gabriel García Márquez, born on March
6th, 1927. He is a Colombian novelist,shortstory writer, screenwriter and journalist. He is considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. He helped
Not anyone is so stillness, faithful and patient as Florentino Ariza does. So if we don’t grasp every chance to love, it may be gone forever. I hope we won’t live regrettinge and try to be brave as these two characters do.
Florentino Ariza chose to confess his love to Urbino’s wife, Fermina Daza at that time. But Fermina refused because of his abruptness and her feelings in the bottom of the heart.
When Florentino and Fermina was young, they exchanged a lot of love letters for 3 years and even decided to get married. But her father did not agree her to marry a poor man so he brought Fermina back to countryside for one year in order to let her forget Florentino.
Finally Fermina married Dr Urbino and became a noble lady as her father wished her to be. But after their marriage, the doctor also had love affair with another woman.