In the novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez used the motif of biblical references in order to outline the main theme of solitude in the novel. ... (p.7) Melquiades wrote the parchments, just as Garcia had written this book, deciding exactly what will happen, when it will happen, and how it will happen. Playing this role of God, Melquiades represents Garcia, who knows what will happen, who planned it all out. ...

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