The Moon and Sixpence by Somerset Maugham: A Magic Island Called Tahiti
A MAGIC ISLAND CALLED TAHITI
In this short text “The Moon and Sixpence” , we can find several descriptions of the Tahiti , a south pacific island which is famous for its magic beauty, friendly people and for this reason people around the world enjoy to visit it. This story was narrated and written by the novelist William Somerset Maugham in one of his many long trips to the Pacific Island .
This text is about a narrator who visited the Tahiti Island due to a hazard journey. In this island it was living one of the most famous artist who was Charles Strickland, which came to the island in order to looking for pace and inspiration for his pictures.
With this story the narrator describes his first impressions of Tahiti , using the sence of sight and the sence of hearing which involved to the reader in a calm , mysterious beautiful island where we can find pace and relaxation through its different places .
In the text , the characters are : the narrator , Charles Strinkland , Chinamen and the Natives of island which were attracted for this island .the narrator visited the island for first time in hazard journey and who admired for several years to Mr Strickland’s work which died on Tahiti, the Chiamen were the merchants on the island and the natives were friendly with tourists.
In this text the narrator emphasize in how it is the live on the island which shows a pleasant life full of sun , beach , peace happy moments , good memories , adventures and time for yourself but with the disadvantage , that it you can see your family because this island it is not your home, it is like if you were alone in the world.
Finally ,I conclude that this island is a paradise which we can find peace that we can’t find a normal city , it is there an excellent place to reflex about our life and that was the narrator wanted describe in this text, what he felt , seen , heard on that island and how was the life
In this short text “The Moon and Sixpence” , we can find several descriptions of the Tahiti , a south pacific island which is famous for its magic beauty, friendly people and for this reason people around the world enjoy to visit it. This story was narrated and written by the novelist William Somerset Maugham in one of his many long trips to the Pacific Island .
This text is about a narrator who visited the Tahiti Island due to a hazard journey. In this island it was living one of the most famous artist who was Charles Strickland, which came to the island in order to looking for pace and inspiration for his pictures.
With this story the narrator describes his first impressions of Tahiti , using the sence of sight and the sence of hearing which involved to the reader in a calm , mysterious beautiful island where we can find pace and relaxation through its different places .
In the text , the characters are : the narrator , Charles Strinkland , Chinamen and the Natives of island which were attracted for this island .the narrator visited the island for first time in hazard journey and who admired for several years to Mr Strickland’s work which died on Tahiti, the Chiamen were the merchants on the island and the natives were friendly with tourists.
In this text the narrator emphasize in how it is the live on the island which shows a pleasant life full of sun , beach , peace happy moments , good memories , adventures and time for yourself but with the disadvantage , that it you can see your family because this island it is not your home, it is like if you were alone in the world.
Finally ,I conclude that this island is a paradise which we can find peace that we can’t find a normal city , it is there an excellent place to reflex about our life and that was the narrator wanted describe in this text, what he felt , seen , heard on that island and how was the life