On the Gull's Road

On the Gull’s Road

Summary: Twenty years ago a man was moving from Italy to New York on a ship. He wanted to have a beach because he loved them. On the ship he saw a very beautiful named Mrs. Ebbling and she had a three year old daughter named Carin with her. Her husband working for a shipping company while she was a woman with her child from Scandinavia just moving to a different place. Lars let her take the baby with her on the ship because she needed someone to comfort her with her heart problem. The narrator and Mrs. Ebbling held hands while they were talking. Her husband had a small relationship with her because he was always gone. Then the Narrator explains his feelings for her and she likes him the same way but since she doesn’t have a long time to live she doesn’t know what to do. Then she gave him a letter and said not to open it. Then they went their separate ways. Later on he found that she died of a heart problem. He opened the letter and it said about her feelings for him. He loved how her love will be kept in his heart forever.

Characters:

Alexander Ebbling 

Carin

Lars Ebbling 

Narrator

Plot Elements:

Exposition: When the Narrator meets Mrs. Ebbling and Carin on the ship.

Rising Action: They have conversations of life and her husband Lars and her daughter Carin.

Climax: At dinner they tell each other how they feel.

Resolution: They go separate ways. He later finds out that she died of a Heart problem. He then reads the letter she gave him explaining her feelings for him and why she couldn’t come with him to New York. 

Analysis: I loved this book. It was a mixture of love and how hard it is having a child and only one parent that is always there. I loved this story because she knows that it is hard taking care of the child by her self while she has a heart problem and she doesn’t feel connected to her husband. She needed the narrator because she loved him and because she needed another body to take care of her child.

Having a husband and a boyfriend is bad but I’m sure she did it more for the babies sake. Her baby was three years old and she had a heart problem. In my opinion you need a full mom and dad to do that.