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Author's Note: One Hundred Years of Solitude is not a typical novel in that there is no single plot and no single timeline. The author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, has crucial thematic reasons for the unusual construction of the novel. It is his intention to show that history moves not only in cycles but also in circles. For this reason, there is no single main character in focus, nor does the novel follow a regular timeline. In his quest to show how history moves in circles, Marquez gives virtually every member of the Buendia family one of the following names: (men) Jose Arcadio, Aureliano (women) Ursula, Amaranta, Remedios. This can sometimes be confusing to the reader, which is, after all, the point. In an effort to make matters less…

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Posted By mohamed h #218193 at Dec 06, 2011 6:16 AM

is the solitude a choice or a fate we can't escape from ????!!!!! is it a result of series of wrong actions and decissions or was it just a fate they have to fate from the very beginning of the novel ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????

why these peopble suffered fro solitude,

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