The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude written by Gabriel García Márquez focuses on the several generations of the Buendia family and all of the struggles, conflicts and burden they carry with them. The notion of time in this novel does not follow a steady or constant flow. Time continuously alternates from linear to circular periods because it is linking different characters from different generations with the lessons they have learned, forgotten and keep repeating as if they were in the same state form the beginning of Macondo to its end. This constant change in time is present in the story’s setting, its plot and its characters. Macondo’s evolution of being a new found city, then a prosperous and industrialized city and finally being
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José Arcadio Buendia is the leader of the group that now resides in Macondo. Macondo is so new that “many things lacked names, and in order to indicate them it was necessary to point.” (p.2). This is the starting point of Macondo like it would have been for any other city that had just been founded. As an example how Macondo starts off is how the discovery of the “New World” which then became what we know today as home. Everything has to start somewhere and it starts with Macondo hosting the gypsies annually to show what has progressed since the last time that they were there. José Arcadio Buendia’s constant crave for more knowledge and understanding is the first character that accepts and encourages advancement. He represents modernity and advancement. On the contrary, Ursula believes that all this talk of enlightenment is the talk of the Devil and that all these conspiracy theories will happen. As an example, the belief that pigtails will arise from any children that are born of incest. Ursula is very afraid of this occurring and prays that even though a lot of incest does occur none of the Buendia children end up with a pig tail …show more content…
Again, Macondo is thought to have much potential and many expect it to have an up roaring growth from the moment the travelers arrive. Slowly but surely, things start to evolve. There are more people, more jobs, and more differences until it leads to a revolutionary war. After the war has been fought, Macondo begins to introduce many things to help its survival. Two examples of this is the train, which leads to tourism and the banana plantation. The issue with the banana plantation is that it is a hostile environment; it allows for poor working conditions, low wages, and long hours, etc. Due to this the workers decide to go and strike and then the bananas go bad and lose their freshness. The relevance of this, is that they put so much work into building this plantation but all it does it hurt their own economy. Now, the people are suffering more because of all the difficulties they are experiencing and it brings them back to a state where the banana plantation had never existed. “It rained for four years, eleven months, and two days”. (p.315) This is the beginning of the downfall of Macondo, especially after having a very fortunate period of time where everyone is very wealthy. The continuous rain seems to make everyone very weary, very old and almost dead-like. It also seems that no one has any more
José Arcadio Buendia is the leader of the group that now resides in Macondo. Macondo is so new that “many things lacked names, and in order to indicate them it was necessary to point.” (p.2). This is the starting point of Macondo like it would have been for any other city that had just been founded. As an example how Macondo starts off is how the discovery of the “New World” which then became what we know today as home. Everything has to start somewhere and it starts with Macondo hosting the gypsies annually to show what has progressed since the last time that they were there. José Arcadio Buendia’s constant crave for more knowledge and understanding is the first character that accepts and encourages advancement. He represents modernity and advancement. On the contrary, Ursula believes that all this talk of enlightenment is the talk of the Devil and that all these conspiracy theories will happen. As an example, the belief that pigtails will arise from any children that are born of incest. Ursula is very afraid of this occurring and prays that even though a lot of incest does occur none of the Buendia children end up with a pig tail …show more content…
Again, Macondo is thought to have much potential and many expect it to have an up roaring growth from the moment the travelers arrive. Slowly but surely, things start to evolve. There are more people, more jobs, and more differences until it leads to a revolutionary war. After the war has been fought, Macondo begins to introduce many things to help its survival. Two examples of this is the train, which leads to tourism and the banana plantation. The issue with the banana plantation is that it is a hostile environment; it allows for poor working conditions, low wages, and long hours, etc. Due to this the workers decide to go and strike and then the bananas go bad and lose their freshness. The relevance of this, is that they put so much work into building this plantation but all it does it hurt their own economy. Now, the people are suffering more because of all the difficulties they are experiencing and it brings them back to a state where the banana plantation had never existed. “It rained for four years, eleven months, and two days”. (p.315) This is the beginning of the downfall of Macondo, especially after having a very fortunate period of time where everyone is very wealthy. The continuous rain seems to make everyone very weary, very old and almost dead-like. It also seems that no one has any more