100 Years of Solitude

which all mortal things doth sway,” so too does Gabriel García Márquez. In One Hundred

Years of Solitude, Colonel Aureliano Buendía experiences life and the changes which

accompany it. Spenser views human life as a constant change from one stage to another.

The change may be either good or bad; but one thing is certain, change is inevitable.

Colonel Buendía is a dynamic character who transforms from an idealistic leader into an

increasingly cynical and corrupt man. Toward the end of his life, he isolates himself from

In the beginning of Aureliano’s career, he is an idealistic leader who is respected

by his peers. He leads an uprising of “twenty-one men under the age of thirty, armed with

table knives and sharpened tools” against the Conservatives occupying Macondo. He

adamently disagrees with their form of government and begins the reform movement led

by the anticlerical and democratic bourgeoisie. After the Liberal victory, Aureltio becomes

“Colonel Aureliano Buendía.” Aureliano’s leadership parallels his father’s leadership of

these young men’s fathers who helped him found the village of M

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