Leitmotifs

You must post 2 times before next Thursday, May 3rd. Your first post should is to be in response to one of the prompts below. The second time you post, it must be in response to or in reaction to the post of another student.

This novel presents several striking leitmotifs (frequently repeated phrase, image, symbol, or situation in a literary work which supports the theme). Leitmotifs in One Hundred Years of Solitude include cyclical patterns, prophecy, illegitimacy, fantasy, and of course solitude. Consider one or more of the following:

1. What patterns of behavior are emerging among the characters and how are these recurring patterns affecting life in Macondo?

2.) What events in Macondo, if any, have been prophesied with precision or at least seem likely to come true? 

3.) List the many ways fantasy plays a part in the characters' lives. Are these elements of fantasy every ironic?

ORIdentify elements of the story that you find particularly confusing, interesting, or worthy of discussion. Pose your own questions. Include portions of the text that you feel contribute to your questions/your point. Cite page numbers.

Corruption of Macondo

You must post 2 times before next Tuesday, April 24th. Your first post should be submitted by Thursday, April 20th. It is to be in response to one of the prompts below. The second time you post, it must be in response to or in reaction to the post of another student.

1. At the beginning of the novel, the author alludes to the Garden of Eden when stating "The world was so recent many things lacked names, and in order to indicate them it was necessary to point," (1). In what ways has Macondo, encountered a fall?

• What has corrupted Macondo and its people, especially the Buendia family?

• How has Macondo changed from a place of social harmony to one of discord in its struggle for autonomy?

• What outside forces have aided in this change?

Include portions of the text that you feel contribute to your questions/your point. Cite page numbers.


2. Identify elements of the story that you find particularly confusing, interesting, or worthy of discussion. Pose your own questions. Include portions of the text that you feel contribute to your questions/your point. Cite page numbers.