Love in the Time of Cholera: Character Developement of Florentino
Character Development of Florentino
Love in the Time of Cholera introduces its readers to Florentino; a very passionate lover who is deeply in love with Fermina Daza, another crucial character. “In any event, his [Florentino] youthful adventures in the transient hotel were not limited to reading and composing feverish letters but also included his initiation into the secrets of loveless love.” This hotel is the place Florentino first learns about sex and well as meaningless sex. The hotel is referred to as “transient” because it is actually more of brothel than a hotel. Nevertheless, Florentino does not succumb to the temptation of the prostitutes surrounding him, instead he spends his time writting love letters and about true love. Throughout the novel, Florentino has numerous sexual encounters with women , however, he has no emotion connection to any of the women he sleeps with. Florentino's “no strings attached” relationships appear to be distractions to keep his mind of his true love, Fermina. The author addresses this disconnection with one woman which he [the author] states, “...he [Florentino] realized he felt happy with her, above all in bed, but that she would never replace Fermina Daza...”. It can be argued that Florentino's sexual escapades are purely a means of coping with his rejection from Fermina, however, he decides to dedicate his life to her and to convince her to love him in return. Despite his constant effort, Fermina continues to reject Florentino due to their social class differences and her marital status. Eventually, Fermina's husband passes away and Florentino sees his passing as a window of opportunity to win his lover. Having waited 53 long years, Florentino and Fermina are together at last to which the author reports, “It was as if they had lept over the arduous cavalry of conjugal life and gone straight to the heart of love. They were together in silence like an old married couple wary of life, beyond the pitfalls
Love in the Time of Cholera introduces its readers to Florentino; a very passionate lover who is deeply in love with Fermina Daza, another crucial character. “In any event, his [Florentino] youthful adventures in the transient hotel were not limited to reading and composing feverish letters but also included his initiation into the secrets of loveless love.” This hotel is the place Florentino first learns about sex and well as meaningless sex. The hotel is referred to as “transient” because it is actually more of brothel than a hotel. Nevertheless, Florentino does not succumb to the temptation of the prostitutes surrounding him, instead he spends his time writting love letters and about true love. Throughout the novel, Florentino has numerous sexual encounters with women , however, he has no emotion connection to any of the women he sleeps with. Florentino's “no strings attached” relationships appear to be distractions to keep his mind of his true love, Fermina. The author addresses this disconnection with one woman which he [the author] states, “...he [Florentino] realized he felt happy with her, above all in bed, but that she would never replace Fermina Daza...”. It can be argued that Florentino's sexual escapades are purely a means of coping with his rejection from Fermina, however, he decides to dedicate his life to her and to convince her to love him in return. Despite his constant effort, Fermina continues to reject Florentino due to their social class differences and her marital status. Eventually, Fermina's husband passes away and Florentino sees his passing as a window of opportunity to win his lover. Having waited 53 long years, Florentino and Fermina are together at last to which the author reports, “It was as if they had lept over the arduous cavalry of conjugal life and gone straight to the heart of love. They were together in silence like an old married couple wary of life, beyond the pitfalls