Love in the Time of Cholera is the story of Dr. Juvenal Urbino, Florentino Ariza, and Fermina Daza between 1880 and 1930. Florentino and Fermina have a long but chaste romance, though Fermina marries Juvenal, a doctor devoted to curing cholera, as a young woman and remains wed to him for decades. Juvenal's death gives Florentino and Fermina a second chance to rekindle their love in their old age. The novel deals with disease, romance, death, and aging.
It is easy to mistake Gabriel Garcia Marquezs Love in the Time of Cholera as a fairytale ending storybook romance in which two ill fated lovers eventually consummate their lifelong relationship Although the two lovers eventually find one another after practically a lifetime the novel is scattered with the motif of love as a decaying illness cholera and aging as a repulsive lifestyle Florentino Ariza dedicates his whole life to nurturing his shattered heart In which was broken by his life love F
Write a commentary comparing how Marquez characterizes Florentino Ariza in these two passages What is the writer showing us about this character What affect does this have on the reader Are there any references to theme s Throughout the novel Marquez expresses the love Florentino Ariza has for Fermina Daza and we are also shown how Florentino copes with this love when Fermina rejects him Florentino remains to love Fermina for fifty one years nine months and four days and it is questionable whet