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.
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.
Colonel Aureliano Buendia seems to always be involved with war. He continually tries to have him and his Liberal counterparts take over the Conservative power in Macondo. This brings a lot of stress to the town and the people. In the end Colonel Aureliano takes Macondo back from the Conservatives making the people happy that they are back in power. So the idea of war is continually stressed through the last couple chapters.
ReplyDeleteWOW! That is a great observation out of you Jake! I agree with you on how Colonel Aureliano Buendia causes a lot of stress on the town because he is continually trying to have his Liberal counterpart take over the Conservative power in Macondo.
DeleteStress is continually "stressed" (no pun intended) within the book, most specifically with Colonol Aureliano Buendia as mentioned by Jake and Maxwell. In the end he isn't the only one causing stress, so is every other character in their own ways.
DeleteWar just seems to run the town, along with struggle in general. You could use war in how people struggle within each other, with the insanely tangled love triangle, along with people conflicting interests and actions
Deletethese were all very good observations on war in the book. It is true that war seems to be a reoccuring thing whether it is small wars like between JAB and the man who came and tried to take over the town or big wars like the conservatives and liberals. it is also true that arcadio causes a lot of stress on the town since he became a ruthless leader. He was trying to be a dicatator but no one respected him.
DeleteI agree. Tim did a very good job observing these observations
DeleteThe role that fantasy plays in the character's lives is more than prominent. The role helps to shape the whole story and demonstrates a true magic realist view. With each character it shows different types of fantastic views. In the end many of the fantastic elements do become ironic. Specifically the love fiasco with Pietro, Amaranta, and Rebeca
ReplyDeleteI agree with here with Michael. This whole love triangle thing is a very ironic fantastic element. With Rebeca's death and Amaranta causing Pietro's suicide. This whole thing kind of helps show a different side of a few characters in the story.
DeleteI wonder if Aureliano( or however you spell his name) right now is supposed to represent Jesus. With the soilders not wanting to kill him in fear of what the town will do, it makes me think of how Pilate was hesitant at first to sentence Jesus to death, along with mother Mary being Ursala, visiting him in the jail cell, and not letting anyone keep her from seeing her son
ReplyDeleteThat is a really cool observation you made Morgan. I had never considered it but I think there's more evidence to support it. Aureliano always kept to himself and was a wise, peaceful child who spent most of his time working dilligently. He could also see into the future/predict events which makes it seem like he has some higher authority. In yet another similarity, he escapes a sure death. Jesus rose after three days; Aureliano nearly escapes being shot thanks to Jose Arcadio's intervention.
DeleteI never really considered this comparison before but now as I go back through the book a little bit I realize that it's really accurate!! His childhood mirrors that of Jesus in the fact that he never really interacted with others very much and he spent his time very wisely working. He also is able to see the future, which is obviously a defining characteristic of Jesus. Very observant of you, Morgan.
DeleteI agree with Allie, i think there is a lot to prove that he may be representative of Jesus in some way. Aureliano has always been a peaceful person and it would make sense to say that he could be compared to Jesus.
DeleteIn response to the first question, I think a recurring behavior among characters is leaving, and later returning to, Macondo. Jose Arcadio is the first to do this. He runs away from the life he has in the perfect town of Macondo. He returns after surviving a plethora of difficult circumstances, acquiring dozens of tattoos, and learning the ways of the gypsies. He brings with him some corruption upon his return (i.e. prostitution and incest). Others come from the outside to Macondo and also bring corruption (Ex. Don Moscote, Fr. Nicanor, Rebeca, etc). This past chapter focuses on Colonel Aureliano's return home after a long while fighting. He incites political turmoil with his return because of the ongoing conflict between the Liberals and Conservatives. Even his potential execution was thought to be dangerous because it could bring neighbors against one another in disagreement. Long story short, when someone leaves Macondo and tries to return, they inevitably bring something back with them that will surely corrupt Macondo further.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Allie's observation on the subject of all the character's leaving and returning back to Macondo at some point. The male characters seem to get bored being in one place for to long but their wives or the women in their family are always there waiting when they get back and they are always holding things down in Macondo.
Deleteone thing that seems to keep reoccuring in the book and town of Macando is things doing a complete 180. It starts off with the town being extremely peaceful and with no need of policing of any kind. Now at the end of the book the town is in turmoil with a war and fueds within the family. Another complete turn around that happened is at the beggining everyone in the town seemed to be immortal. Death wasn't a thing any one had to worry about. Now at the end of the book it seems that everyone is dying. Whether is being killed by another or getting sick, death has become a large part of Macando.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I'm beginning to get extremely confused with what character is married and has accomplished what. The names are all starting to mix together and it is a very hard plot to follow.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Hanna! It's so confusing because all the characters seem to love one person but then go and marry another person, some being their own family members. It is hard to keep them all straight!
DeleteThere are many patterns of behavior that are emerging from the characters. One obvious one is the behavior of death, kinda like what Tim said. It seems that if people don't get what they want, they decide to kill themselves or become very depressed. This behavior has already affected everyone throughout the book, but it continually tears the family apart. You could also make the point of saying that many characters seem to be somewhat jealous of other characters, like the way Amaranta was jealous of Rebeca and her love for Pilar. Jealously is also causing corruption in the town.
ReplyDeleteAt the beginning of reading the book I was working off the assumption that as we went along, the story would get easier to follow and the family relationships would be easier to keep track of. But I'm still finding myself glancing at that family tree every five seconds and getting nowhere. They're all related somehow, but ask me who's got a specific relationship with who.....yeah that's not working out so well.
ReplyDeletei have noticed that ever since the war has started there has been all kinds of murder and wrong doing. There wasnt death in the village for a while but when the first death happened they just kept rolling in. And then when the firing squad came back with Colonel Areliano there was talk of death of those who killed the colonel and the firing squad.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said Joe. It seemed like a chain reaction with all the people dying once the war began. Death has happened all throughout the book but at the end death kind of comes as a final resolution to many of the conflicts in the book.
DeletePretty much in every characters life there is fantasy. When describing their features, when describing what they do there is always a fantastical element involved throughout the whole book.
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