Summary

Chapter 53-58

Mrs. Johnson suggested that the narrator went to see Captain Brunot, an old Frenchman who used to play chess with Strickland. He recalled going to see Strickland at his secluded hut Strickland lived like a native in an area. Brunot asked Strickland about his life. He answered that Ata left him alone so he can paint, and that he will never leave Tahiti. Brunot was the first to see Strickland's works, which he painted in Tahiti and liked them enough to buy several. The men introduced him to Dr. Cutro who saw Strickland at the last moment of his life. He told Strickland of his terrible disease. He was not shocked at all. The doctor suggested that his wife  left him, and Strickland also want that his wife do this, but she did not want to leave him. After a while the doctor came back to him and saw that he almost did not see anything, and that one of his children was dead. Two years before he heard that Strickland died. He visited his home and saw the beautiful painted walls. However Ata then burned the house at the request of Strickland.  The author left Tahiti and then visiting Mrs. Strickland. He saw that the children have already grown up, and in her house there were the paintings of her husband.
 



Comments (1)

On 21 мая 2013 г. в 06:23 , Unknown комментирует...

GOOD
SLIPS:1. "He answered that Ata left him alone so he can paint, and that he will never leave Tahiti." it is not clear WHO is the doer of the action.
2.which he HAD painted in Tahiti and liked them enough to buy several.(not several, SOME)
3. However Ata then burned the house at the request of Strickland. AFTER THAT Ata burned...
etc