JAMB - Literature In English (2001 - No. 7)
'Jose Palacios, his oldest servant, found him floating naked with his eyes open in the purifying waters of his bath and thought he had drowned.
He knew this was one of the many ways the General meditated, but the ecstasy in which he lay drifting seemed that of a man no longer of this world.'
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The General in His Labyrinth.
The master in the passage above is obviously in a state of
labyrinth
drowning
forgetfulness
trance
Explanation
The passage describes the master floating naked in the bath with his eyes open, showing signs of meditative ecstasy and drifting, which are indicative of a trance-like state where the person is deeply absorbed or lost in thoughts or sensations. This state is further emphasized by the description of the ecstasy in which the master is lying, suggesting a detachment from the physical world and a heightened state of consciousness or meditation.
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