Love in the Time of Cholera - Commentary on pages 344-345.
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... Love in the Time of Cholera - Commentary on pages 344-345. This excerpt is from the novel Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It is in the last chapter of the novel, and two of the main characters, Fermina Daza and Florentino Ariza, have accepted their love for each other and have taken a boat trip together. These two pages demonstrate the themes of aging, familiar love and memories. These themes are common throughout the entire novel, but are particularly relevant here, as both of the characters have reached old age. These pages also illustrate many motifs, such as flowers, scent and disease. The tone is idealistic and nostalgia, yet relaxed and contented, echoing the themes of memory and aging. Language techniques such as metaphors, similes, personification and sensory imagery are used to enforce both the themes and the tone. Aging is one of the main














