Ind. Reading "The Moon and The Sixpence". Part 5

About a month the narrator didn’t think about that sad business but one day he suddenly met Strickland. The narrator didn’t pay attention to him, but Strickland was very glad and followed him. They didn’t speak much and the narrator thought how to get rid of him and couldn’t do it. Strickland was in a perfect mood and had an aim to talk. So they go to the narrator’s flat where Strickland told a real story of him and Blanche’s relationship and suggested to show his paintings. The narrator agreed and was deeply impressed; he didn’t think that Strickland was so genius.

After that, Strickland left France and the narrator didn’t see him anymore. But he visited Tahiti where he knew the rest information about Strickland till his death.  He met with a captain Nichols who had knew Strickland and told many interesting facts. They got acquainted in Marseille and became like friends, help each other to survive. They searched for a work, for food and for a place to sleep. Strickland waited a ship to go Tahiti because he thought and dreamed that it would be better there and Nichols was of the same opinion. They were employed to the ship going to Australia.

In Tahiti Strickland seemed to find himself, he created a family and had two children. Unfortunately one child died in infancy. He worked hard and continued painting. He was happy and full of life but once he found that had leprosy. His wife didn’t left him and they went to live in the forest in a small house where he painted his last works of arts. When Strickland died, his wife burnt the house and the masterpiece of all his life was damaged. During his life he wasn’t rich and popular and only with his death he became successful and his paintings became valuable masterpieces.