One hundred Years of Solitude The novel is the history of the founding, development, and death of a human settlement, Macondo, and of the most important family in that town, the Buendias. ... "Solitude," suggests loneliness, the sense of being apart from others. ... Sex can be used to combat solitude, because of its power to connect one person to another. ... The setting of One Hundred Years of Solitude is the fictional town of Macondo, Columbia, which is much like Garcí Marquez's own hometown of Aracataca. ... Literary critics have coined a term for this bold interweaving o...

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude takes place in a Latin American setting. ... Garcia Marquez use of magical realism in his novel makes this conclusion a fairly valid one. ... This is quite similar to the overall narrative of One Hundred Years of Solitude which is being read out of Melquiades' history book by the last of the Buendia family. ... In One Hundred Years of Solitude Petra Cotes is unaware that she is being violated, whereas Juliana, in "The Intruder", does. ... The treatment of the women by men within One Hundred Years of Solitude and "The Intruder"...

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• Grade Level: High School