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One Hundred Years of Solitude

By Gabriel Garcia Marquez Jiyu Lin. One Hundred Years of Solitude. Gabriel Garcia Marquez . Raised by his grandparents in northern Colombia His grandfather was a retired colonel and his grandmother a fervent storyteller. Studied law for a while, but decided to be a journalist.

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One Hundred Years of Solitude

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  1. By Gabriel Garcia Marquez Jiyu Lin One Hundred Years of Solitude

  2. Gabriel Garcia Marquez • Raised by his grandparents in northern Colombia • His grandfather was a retired colonel and his grandmother a fervent storyteller. • Studied law for a while, but decided to be a journalist. • Wrote numerous editorials, short stories, and five novels, most notably OHYOS and Love in the Time of Cholera • Won the Nobel prize for literature in 1982 • Married to Mercedes Baracha, and has two sons

  3. Setting • Macondo • An imaginary village in Latin America • Inspired by Marquez‘s hometown Aracataca • He once said, “I have never renounced the nostalgia of my homeland: Aracataca, to which I returned one day and discovered that between reality and nostalgia was the raw material for my work.”

  4. Characters Buendia Family Tree

  5. Characters • Jose ArcadioBuendia – founding father of Macondo, exceptionally intelligent but impractical • Ursula Iguaran – Jose ArcadioBuendia’s wife, the steadfast and savvy matriarch of the family • Jose Arcadio – first son of the second generation, runs away with a gypsy and becomes a brute • Colonel AurelianoBuendia – leaves Macondo to join the Liberal revolution, becomes a war hero • Amaranta – only daughter of Jose ArcadioBuendia and Ursula, spends her entire life torn between various men but remains a virgin

  6. Their children • Arcadio – takes over Macondo when his uncle leaves, transforms the town into a totalitarian state • Aureliano Jose – in love with his aunt Amaranta, is killed by Conservative forces • Remedios the Beautiful – empty headed girl with legendary beauty • Jose Arcadio and Aureliano II – twin brothers believed to be switched at birth, but then switched back in their graves

  7. Those children’s children • Meme – in constant conflict with her controlling mother, gets sent to a convent against her wishes and refuses to speak for the rest of her life • Jose Arcadio II – raised to become a priest, but chooses to follow a life of indulgence instead • Amaranta Ursula – has an incestuous affair with her nephew Aureliano • Aureliano II – Meme’s secret son, forever resented by his grandmother Fernanda • Aureliano III – son of the previous two, the last of the Buendia line, fulfills the family prophecy

  8. Plot • Jose ArcadioBuendia founds Macondo • The people live in isolation from the world, but are happy and safe. • His children and grandchildren come and go - joining wars, killing Conservatives, marrying gypsies, eating dirt, leading strikes, falling in love – causing chaos in general.

  9. Themes • What is Reality? • Literary style called magical realism • Realistic events (war, affairs, deaths) highlighted by supernatural events • Blurs the line between rational perception and mystical forces • The repetition of history

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