”Bon Voyage, Mr President” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Essay

Bon Voyage, Mr chair is a short story written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. This is a tale of a South Ameri end chairperson in exile. Nearing the end of his days, we are given an insight into the life of a man with injured pride, reminiscing the days that went by and so fast, where the President had mazed e rattlingthing he had worked for and knew.QuotesBon Voyage, Mr. PresidentResting on the silver superintend of his beat upThis quotation mark emphasises the Presidents elegance and importance. His importance is enforced by the fact he carries a cane and non a common walking stick. A cane being the common tool of intimidation employ by the phalanx and by those who feel they are superior to the average civilian. The silver handle on the cane illustrates his elegance. He had style, elegance and capital, as nearly as authority, his over e very(prenominal) last(predicate) effect being a man of status.He was matchless much incognito in the city of illustrious incognitosThis quo tation is a contradiction. Incognito means in disguise, while illustrious means to indorse out. This paradox sums up the President he wants to non be noticed, tho still wants fame. So while wearing clothes every bingle else was wearing, something would make him wear out. He wants fame and power, but not for being the President in exile. completely the weariness of his uncase betrayed the state of his healthWhere the president dressed stylishly, with ok clothes, and his hair did not give away hints of age, with strands of grey hair, his skin was emaciated and wrinkled that of an old man. The quotation shows that the president looked young and acted young, and if it were not for his skin he could have passed for a younger man.On his first yack away to Geneva the lake had been calm and clear and there were tame gulls that would eat of ones handThis is a good example of hot air. It uses sub textual language and Marquez uses persuasive writing. This affirmation implies that the president was very unchewable and victimization the gulls as an analogy, compares them to civilians and how, once, they were at his beck and call.ReconstructionWhen arriving in Trinidad he became one more(prenominal) poor man in a country full of powerful poor menThis quotation is a contradiction the stereo-typical poor psyche would not be powerful. This paradox expresses how the President must have felt. contend to his power and wealth from running a country, he was now pretty inferior. In exile in a foreign country, he was environ by men that were raised in this milieu. Powerful, by the means, that they knew and almost order how everything worked.Only the slight problem of not being a legal citizen in Trinidad deceived the actual situation of his affairsThis quotation is a uncomplimentary fact. The President might feel it a positive situation, as he could not be tied emotionally to any(prenominal) one place, so he cannot be hurt if he is, once more, thrown out, as in th e case of Columbia. However it could also be a disallow factor because things that will be a necessity for a halcyon life, e.g. a job, would be almost impossible to achieve.Free Choice the pose Simplicity of a neglect of NothingOne never can see the thing in itself, because the mind does not transcend phenomenaThis statement has sub textual meaning. On the surface it means, you cannot see something if the mind does not believe that it can out do the extra-ordinary. But underneath that, I feel that this quotation almost has a moralistic sub textual meaning, this being if you think that within yourself, you cant do something and you wear outt attempt to, you will never be able to. erstwhile convinced it is impossible, it is.My vision began to diminish in both scope and clarity, and I prayed despondently for the message that I had left to be procured by those to whom I had intended it, and not by those to whom the exorbitant value was exceeded only by their macabre predilectionsT his quotation is a fine example of the stereo-typical religious picture that praying in a difficult situation, you will be relieved of all problems. The character looks towards G-d to firstly protect him and secondly protect the culture he has been entrusted with being recounted to the wrong people. The character believes that g-d will help him and this is a very good illustration of idolism.There are many comparisons to make in the midst of the above eight quotes, as well as between the terzetto extracts, all being entirely individual pieces. Bon Voyage, Mr. President and the Reconstruction are both somewhat related in the means that they have the equal story line and background, the similarities very evident. But, however, The Perplexing Simplicity of a Lack of Nothing is a very diverse piece of writing, expressing confusion, desperation and unimportance opposed to Bon Voyage, Mr. President and the Reconstruction, which was full of prosperity and understanding. All three of these extracts were well written and individual however there are criticisms to be made.The President, in Bon Voyage, Mr. President, is a stereo-typical, military based, authoritarian figure. Things like stiff hat of a retired magistrate. Or arrogant moustache of a musketeer. all present the send off of man in control, who would not commit a crime. In this description, nothing gives away any shrewdness or a clue that would excogitate the offence he committed to be exiled. Marquez keeps some key information that would allow the reader to be more gripped by the short story, secret, and that, I feel, almost ruins the whole tale. By using a more Rhetoric type of writing the reader would find Marquezs writing more intriguing.The Reconstruction is meant to be linked to Bon Voyage, Mr. President, however the author portrayed Mr. President as quite a different character. The author implied that the President was a laid back man, with much hope and little regret he was looking towards the future and not at the past by aspect He now had a bounce in his step and he changed into a silk shirt with cotton shorts. This Rhetoric gives the opposite conception to which Bon Voyage, Mr. President was trying to bestow. This is an easy mistake, but if read together would untune the reader.The Perplexing Simplicity of a Lack of Nothing is a very difficult piece to understand, with maybe hidden meaning. There was hardly any significance that could be drawn from it. A huge failure, of the author, was that, there did not seem to be any constant story line, there was a base, but the majority jumped from idea to idea. Also, the words used were difficult to squeeze in a short story and too many used too close together. This material was more novel quality sooner than an extract or short story, the author should have kept in mind what type of story they were asked to compose and not trail from it.