The novel, "One Hundred Years of Solitude," deals with the story of the Buendia family. It is the chronicle of a family with, "inescapable repetitions, confusions and progressive decline. The novel covers the time span of a family's rise and fall; from Jose Arcadio Buendia to the death of the last member of the line." The story starts when Colonel Aureliano Buendia recalls the first time, " ... and also sometimes stands still and stagnates. It also functions as a metaphor where it helps in analyzing history and, "human nature." With the advent of technology the characters are aware about thei...

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... where violence and cruelty seem to be the leading thoughts. These novels are The Autumn of The Patriarch and The General in His Labyrinth. The Autumn of The Patriarch was written in 1975. This book is about a tyrant who leaves 232 years. The format of the story is a bunch of anecdotes, which are told by a narrator whose identity is not revealed. These anecdotes are not ... the power that he desires. Thereafter the Patriarch celebrates his hundred year in power. This event makes the character realize the state of solitude that he has after the death of his so-called family. This feeling ...

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