One Hundred Years of Solitude Through a Historical Lens Without a doubt Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, with its elaborate plot involving alchemy, raining flowers, and chocolate levitation, exemplifies a true work of fiction. But, when peering beyond the surface level of an enjoyable story, the tale embodies the history of Latin America, spanning from Spanish conquest to regional turmoil and Western colonialism. Through a historical critical lens, Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude emphasizes the theme that victims of power abuse are often silenced and deemed to be subhuman. When three thousand peacefully protesting workers are all barbarically shot down, only two survivors remain. One was a child,
