100 Years of Solitude

A detailed Summary of 100 Years of Solitude

Just as Edmund Spenser believes in "the ever-whirling wheel of Change; that

which all mortal things doth sway," so too does Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In One Hundred

Years of Solitude, Colonel Aureliano Buendia 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 Buendia 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 Buendia." Aureliano's leadership parallels his father's leadership of

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

He comes to understand his own thoughts by writing out his experiences in verse. In this

himself from the world around him. He does not have the capacity to love, and the fact

change never ceases to stop rolling.

trunk of poetry" that he has written. In addition, he repeatedly makes, melts down, and

Conservatives is the different hours that each party attends mass. Worse, he determines

Aureliano commands respect from his subordinates and has enormous power over other

continually alter his attitude on life. The views which he once had, slowly disappeared, just

solitude" in order to recover some compassion for others. What results, though, is not

way, he comes to the terrible realization that "[he] is fighting for pride." As for what

Approximate Word count = 848
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels

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