In One Hundred Years of Solitude, Nigromanta is described as a large black women with big breasts and wiry hairy. Gabriel Garcia Marquez goes into great detail about the specifics of her body. He compares Nigromanta’s hips to a mare, her breasts to melons, and her hair to a medieval warrior’s mail headdress. Also, she is also described as having a whistle similar to that of a wild-animal. Garcia Marquez draws similarities between Nigromanta and animals in order to portray how the black race was perceived at that time. During Aureliano’s first encounter with her, he was still deeply in love with Amaranta Ursula and this caused him not to go to bed with Nigromanta. After Aureliano experienced Amaranta Ursula and Gaston make love a mere thirty
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Often, they would even eat naked together after their sessions of love making. No matter how romantic or how many times they had sex, it was still considered prostitution because Nigromanta would always make sure he would pay. Even during the times Aureliano did not have money, she would still make note that he needed to pay her back. Whati s interesting about this process is that she did not make written note about his balance, she would simply make a mark with her thumbnail behind the door. This exemplifies her inability to write and Garcia Marquez is showing the reader how most black women of the time were incapable of writing as well. Although Nigromanta’s comparison to animals and incapacity to write shines an unpleasant light on her, Garcia Marquez includes aspects to her character that imply otherwise. After she finds Aureliano drunk in a pool of his own vomit and tears, she takes him under her wing and nurses him back to health. She even went as far as erasing the marks of loves he still needed to pay her back for. This shows a softer side of Nigromanta and exemplifies her capacity to love and care for another. Also, the fact that she had each time Aureliano had not payed her marked behind the door shows that she is not simply a prostitute that can be taken advantage of. Although she did like Aureliano and cared for him, she still was thinking in terms of herself and was careful not be used and not
Often, they would even eat naked together after their sessions of love making. No matter how romantic or how many times they had sex, it was still considered prostitution because Nigromanta would always make sure he would pay. Even during the times Aureliano did not have money, she would still make note that he needed to pay her back. Whati s interesting about this process is that she did not make written note about his balance, she would simply make a mark with her thumbnail behind the door. This exemplifies her inability to write and Garcia Marquez is showing the reader how most black women of the time were incapable of writing as well. Although Nigromanta’s comparison to animals and incapacity to write shines an unpleasant light on her, Garcia Marquez includes aspects to her character that imply otherwise. After she finds Aureliano drunk in a pool of his own vomit and tears, she takes him under her wing and nurses him back to health. She even went as far as erasing the marks of loves he still needed to pay her back for. This shows a softer side of Nigromanta and exemplifies her capacity to love and care for another. Also, the fact that she had each time Aureliano had not payed her marked behind the door shows that she is not simply a prostitute that can be taken advantage of. Although she did like Aureliano and cared for him, she still was thinking in terms of herself and was careful not be used and not