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I read 100 Years of Solitude in its entirety over the reading break, so like my last post, this post goes over themes from the whole book, and not just its second half.  Having gone over the subject of death, as well as the fragmentation of time within Macondo, I will focus on the relationships […] read full post >>

 I've spent the weekend thinking about what I want to write about for this week, and I think the idea I keep going back to is the idea of isolation/loneliness I wrote about for part one. This second half of the book is similar to the first in that... read full post >>

 I've spent the weekend thinking about what I want to write about for this week, and I think the idea I keep going back to is the idea of isolation/loneliness I wrote about for part one. This second half of the book is similar to the first in that... read full post >>

After having finished the book, I went through an odd and extensive afterthought period. Since the book was the longest I’ve read in a while and because within the plot it went through many, many years of life, and generations of people – it took a little while for me to collect all these thoughts […] read full post >>

I found that I enjoyed the second half of One Hundred Years of Solitude by García Márquez significantly more than I enjoyed the first half. Many of the symbols, broader themes, and patterns started to become more coherent for me, and this awareness infused each chapter with much more significance. The imagery of “spiral and collapse” has […] read full post >>

This week was our second and final week reading 100 years of solitude and the second half did not disappoint! This book is filled with so many twists and turns that kept me on my feet throughout the entire book. I absolutely loved reading this book, however, I found the most difficult part while reading […] read full post >>

 Hello Blog readers,We finished ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez this week. There was so much that happened, but it was hard to keep my head straight trying to identify and separate the members of the Buendia family. The n... read full post >>

 Hello Blog readers,We finished ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez this week. There was so much that happened, but it was hard to keep my head straight trying to identify and separate the members of the Buendia family. The n... read full post >>

This reading of the second half of “One Hundred Years of Solitude” surprised me in a positive way. What especially caught my attention was the development of the main plot through the growth of the characters and the town of Macondo. The story follows the next generation of the Buendia family and their personal and […] read full post >>

 Hi everyone! I hope everyone is having a good start to their week. The end of this novel felt like quite a different adventure than the first section did. For starters I was starting to really understand the grasp of the expansion of Macondo, it ... read full post >>