There weren’t many, if any, characters I felt particularly connected or drawn to in One Hundred Years of Solitude, but Úrsula Iguarán stood out to me as the most consistent. As mentioned in my previous blog post, her ordered and assertive personality renders her a grounding presence in the novel, especially since she outlives most […]
I think the latter half of One Hundred Years of Solitude is its best: when the utopian sheen of Macondo begins to wear off and fade rapidly, revealing a deeply flawed and potentially doomed town at its surface. Here the major themes of the novel become apparent, including some commentary on the nature of human civilization. Macondo, […]
Wow, what a novel. I’m so happy we read this in class because I have been wanting to read it for ages. The second half of the book really went in a direction I wasn’t expecting with the political tensions, introduction of the modern labour workforces, …
Wow, what a novel. I’m so happy we read this in class because I have been wanting to read it for ages. The second half of the book really went in a direction I wasn’t expecting with the political tensions, introduction of the modern labour workforces, …
We finally reached the second half (and the end) of the generation-spanning novel that made my head spin. I was debating calling my blog this week “the part where everyone drops like flies” because I was so not prepared for every single character to just drop dead in the span of about 200 pages. I […]
Hi all, For our final week on 100 Years of Solitude, it’s all about love! Mainly, I talk about Amaranta and her sealed fate, the beautiful poverty-stricken love of Aureliano Segundo and Petra Cotes, and the wild passion of Aureliano and Amaranta Ursula. Question: Is there a ‘purest form’ of love? Is one manner of …
Class discussion about García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude II
Having previously read Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s works, specifically his short stories, I was already familiar with his unique writing style, which I personally really enjoy. The stories that I have previously read, which I like to call the Gabo-verse (named because of the nickname that his lovingly known by in Latin America), are No one writes […]
Having previously read Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s works, specifically his short stories, I was already familiar with his unique writing style, which I personally really enjoy. The stories that I have previously read, which I like to call the Gabo-verse (named because of the nickname that his lovingly known by in Latin America), are No one writes […]
