"SOME COLOUR IN OUR LIVES"

I think that the class that we had with the analysis of the gaps in the story of “The colourful World of Calum MaCall” was amazing!, all of us made wonderful presentations. Here is ours: (Maricel, Celeste and me)



"Life is what happens to you, when you are busy making other plans." - John Lennon





STORY:

An American businessman took a vacation to a small coastal Mexican village on doctor’s orders. Unable to sleep after an urgent phone call from the office the first morning, he walked out to the pier to clear his head. A small boat with just one fisherman had docked, and inside the boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish.



“How long did it take you to catch them?” the American asked.

“Only a little while,” the Mexican replied in surprisingly good English.

“Why don’t you stay out longer and catch more fish?” the American then asked.

“I have enough to support my family and give a few to friends,” the Mexican said as he unloaded them into a basket.

“But…What do you do with the rest of your time?”

The Mexican looked up and smiled. “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siesta with my wife, Julia and stroll into the village each evening, where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life, senor.”


The American laughed and stood tall. “Sir, I’m a Harvard M.B.A. and I can help you. You should spend more time fishing, and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. In no time, you could buy several boats with the increased haul. Eventually, you would have a fleet of fishing boats.”

He continued, “Instead of selling your catch to a middleman, you would sell directly to the consumers, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing, and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village, of course move to Mexico City, then to Los Angeles, and eventually New York City, where you could run your expanding enterprise with proper management.”

The Mexican fisherman asked, “But senor, how long will all this take?”

To which the American replied, “15-20 years. 25 tops.”

“But what then, senor?”

The American laughed and said, “That’s the best part. When the time is right, you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich. You would make millions.”

“Millions, senor? Then what?”

“Then you would retire and move to a small coastal fishing village, where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siesta with your wife, and stroll to the village in the evenings, where you could sip wine and play guitar with your amigos…”

THE END

We couldn´t find a better example than this story to exemplify our Choice for the gap in the story of Calum Macall.
The gap that we chose is “The loss of innosence” and the part of the story that we chose for this gap is:
“Years later, Callum married and had children of his own. One day his baby son pointed at the sky and gurgled with pleasure. Calum followed the pointed finger, but Could see nothing particularly special up there- nothing that was visible to him, anyway”…….
After reading this, we realizad that grown ups´ lives are ate-up by their ambitious, by the “Rat Race”, for an endless and pointless pursuit. We as people living in this era, become rats of the modern city, running around a wheel, making a lot of noise, dumping into each other but achiving nothing.
We have no dreams, no hopes, no colours in our lives, just days, hours, minutes. We submerge our dreams into the Soutine of our lives.
So…. Are we Hamsters?...... Maybe it is time to get off the wheel and consider our options.

“By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.” - Robert Frost