Paul Adams - Summary of One Hundred Years of Solitude

Summary of One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez Conversation Starters By Paul Adams Book Habits Please Note: This is an unofficial Conversation Starters guide. If you have not yet read the original work, you can purchase the original book here. Copyright 2019 by BookHabits. All Rights Reserved. First Published in the United States of America 2019 We hope you enjoy this complimentary guide from BookHabits. Our mission is to aid readers and reading groups with quality thought-provoking material to in the discovery and discussions on some of todays favorite books.

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Table of Contents O NE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE WAS WRITTEN BY Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The book is considered to be a magical realism novel. Marquez uses the Buendia fa mily to tell the stories of Colombian myths. The Buendia family finds themselves in the middle of the reformation of the political system, the Thousand Days' War, and the inventions of the railway system, the automobile, and the cinema. The story of the Buendia family spans many generations, beginning with Jose Aracadio Buendia, who founded Macondo with his wife, Ursula.

Jose and Ursula live in Riohacha, Colombia, where they are unhappy. They leave Riohacha to find a better way of living. As they are on their journey to a new home, Jose dreams of the land of Macondo, a city of mirrors in Jose's dreams. The next day, Jose decides to build Macondo next to the river. Jose builds Macondo as an island. The Buendia family continues to live in Macondo for many generations.

However, the Buendia family finds themselves involved in many unusual events. Many of these events are misfortunes, and the Buendia family is not able or willing to escape them. One day, a hurricane rips through Macondo and destroys the city. At the novel's end, one of the Buendia family members cracks a code that had been unsolved for many years. The code revealed a secret message that listed everything, good and bad, that happened to the Buendia family for generations. The characters in One Hundred Years of Solitude are frequently visited by ghosts.

The ghosts symbolize the past and the haunting nature that the past has on Macondo. Other symbols in the story are colors. The color gold is often used to signify wealthy while yellow is used as a symbol for change, destruction, or death. The city of mirrors, Macondo, represents illusions. Historically speaking, the brave new world of the Americas proved to be nothing more than an illusion or dream for many people.

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Read through all the discussion questions before engaging. ~~~ question 1 One Hundred Years of Solitude is known as a magical realism story. Which parts of the story should be considered magical? Which parts of the story are possible depictions of history? ~~~ ~~~ question 2 One Hundred Years of Solitude is known for its use of symbolism. What are some of the symbols that stood out to you while reading? ~~~ ~~~ question 3 One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the reader about the many Buendia family members. Which characters do you see as admirable? Which characters do you see as less than admirable? ~~~ ~~~ question 4 The novel is titled One Hundred Years of Solitude. What is the meaning of the title? What types of solitude are shown in the novel? ~~~ ~~~ question 5 One Hundred Years of Solitude uses symbols as a way to discuss the destruction of Latin American culture.

What are your thoughts on this topic? ~~~ ~~~ question 6 Consider the banana massacres and the civil wars depicted in One Hundred Years of Solitude. What, if any, bias does the author show as to whose side the reader should be on in these events? ~~~ ~~~ question 7 Consider the women and men in this novel. Are there any differences in the way men or women as a whole are depicted in the novel? ~~~ ~~~ question 8 At the end of the novel, a man finds a secret message written about the Buendia family. Do you think that One Hundred Years of Solitude is meant to be the secret message the man found? Explain. ~~~ ~~~ question 9 What do you think the city of mirrors is symbolic of? What is it about the mirrors that connect to history, family, and magic? ~~~ ~~~ question 10 One Hundred Years of Solitude depicts different types of solitude. What are the positive aspects of solitude? What are the negative aspects of solitude? ~~~ ~~~ question 11 One Hundred Years of Solitude depicts the city of Macondo over many years.

In what ways does the city change over the years? In what ways does it stay the same? ~~~ ~~~ question 12 One Hundred Years of Solitude depicts the Buendia family over many generations. In what ways do the Buendia change over the years? In what ways do they stay the same? ~~~ ~~~ question 13 One Hundred Years of Solitude has many characters. Is there a hero in this novel? Explain. ~~~ ~~~ question 14 One Hundred Years of Solitude follows the Buendia family for generations. What is the moral, or great lesson, to take away from this story? ~~~ ~~~ question 15 Why do you think Gabriel Garcia Marquez included so many misfortunes and less than admirable characters in the Buendias family history? Do you think the book would have been less realistic without them? ~~~ ~~~ question 16 Some people feel that only people who are Latin American or have had similar experiences to those in One Hundred Years of Solitude will be able to understand the book. Do you agree? Why or why not? ~~~ ~~~ question 17 Some people have mentioned they had difficulty completing the reading of One Hundred Years of Solitude. What was your reading experience with this novel? ~~~ ~~~ question 18 One reader commented that they felt obligated to like

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