" Races condemned to 100 years of solitude did not have a second opportunity on earth." These powerful last words of the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude speak truth. The book has demonstrated through powerful examples that human beings cannot exist within a state of isolation. People need other people, and are interdependently bound to each other order for to survive, and live happily.
There are explicit examples of this ideology within the life-span of Macondo and the Buendia family; attributing to both an emotional and physical solitude. Marquez brilliant displays this individualy, romantically, and geographically. Many times it seems to be the intent of the character, or the final goal for them to be alone; as shown by Erendira flight away from her encampment after her grandmother"s death. Her destiny, much like Macondo, was to be alone, and forgotton.
The novel begins with geographic isolation. Jose Arcadio Buendia shouts, "God damn it! Macondo is surrounded by water on all sides!" Whether it is, in truth, an island is irrelevant. The town believed itself to be cut off from the rest of the world; despite the ongoing visitation of the gypsy tribes. In addition, Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula continue to in a pursuit for "solitude." The founding of Macondo was a result of escaping Jose Arcadio Buendia's murder of Prudencio Aguilar. Aguilar's ghost haunted them, which had eventually forcing them to retreat. .
The family seems to remain very involved within itself. Which stems from deeply rooted Spanish culture. In Spanish-speaking countries, it is not uncommon to find many generations of the same family living in one house. The Buendia house always has various relatives within it. Yet, this is not the only explanation. The incest of the family is a theme throughout the novel, and contributes to be a significant factor in the isolation of this family. If a family rarely turns to others to branch out, it eventually becomes completely turned in upon itself: eventually it becomes detached and isolated .
100 Years of Solitude Just as Edmund Spenser believes in "the ever-whirling wheel of Change; that which all mortal things doth sway,"" so too does Gabriel Garcí Márquez. In One Hundred Years of Solitude, Colonel Aureliano Buendí experiences life and the changes which accompany it. ...
Likewise, the entire line of Buendias in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 100 Years of Solitude is shown as a whole conglomeration of family traits, including both strengths and weaknesses. ... It is this similar sense of ancestral connection that Marquez weaves powerfully into his novel, 100 Years of Solitude. ... Both are feverishly trying to connect themselves to their past, and as they each reach their respective goals, the source of their pursuit becomes very real to them; Milkman finds his wings and flies upon the air, as his father's grandfather had; Aureliano finds that Melquiade...
With advances in technology, people are living longer and thriving, sometimes living into their 90's and 100's. ... Many treat the elderly as 'trash', and simply consider them as people who are out of their prime years. ... The old man is ridiculed, shown cruelty, and put in solitude. ...
Nathaniel Hawthorne The 19th century had many great achievements happen within its 100-year time period. ... Hawthorne attended Bowdoin College and graduated after four years. ... Within two years Hawthorne would be married to his wife Sophia. ... After two years, however, he resigned from this " very grievous thralldom." He had been able to write little more than notebook entries and he found " nothing in the world that he thought preferable to his old solitude." ...
The insightful documentary "Grizzly Man" and the book "Into the Wild"" are both about two men who are unhappy in the world they live in and believe they can make a difference in their lives by finding some peace and solitude in nature. ... Timothy Treadwell gave up his life to live with the Alaskan Grizzly bears for 13 summers doing what he loved while collecting over 100 hours of valuable educational footage. ... He might have died, but it is not always about the years in your life, but about the life in your years. ...
In 1967, just as her artistic career was peaking, Martin stopped painting and over the next seven years built herself a house in New Mexico and devoted much of her time to writing and lecturing. ... Following the death of her father, a wheat farmer, a few years later, she moved with her mother, sister, and two brothers to Vancouver, British Columbia, where she attended local primary and secondary schools. ... "It took me several years to find out that the cause was an overdeveloped sense of responsibility." In her six years of self-rediscovery, Miss Martin did not paint at all, concentrating i...
