... 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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... : good vs. evil, nature vs. urban progress, and civilization vs. barbarism. These themes are seen in Mario Vargas Llosa's "The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta" and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude." One of the common conflicts that emerged from the "Boom" literature was the age-old battle between good vs. evil. After the Cuban Revolution, Castro gained ... ! To give land to the people who work it! To stop the imperialist rape of our nation!"9 Like "One Hundred Years of Solitude," the revolutionaries fight for a better life, described in a daydream of Mayta's: "The peas...

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