• "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez

     

    Essays2 Literature

Evaluation:
Published: 03.11.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays '"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez', 1.
  • Essays '"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez', 2.
Extract

Gabriel García Márquez's masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude, is sad story of the loves, tragedies, and everyday lives of the Buendía family. Throughout the generations, there are many themes, character types, and events that are always present and repeating. It is their fate to be stuck in a never-ending cycle.
José Arcadio Buendía represents Adam in a biblical sense in "One Hundred Years of Solitude". He is the founder and leader of Macondo, and during his life he never stops striving for knowledge. Some time after founding Macondo, a mythical yet intensely real town, José Arcadio Buendía discovers the wonders of science. …

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