One Hundred Years of Solitude. Wow that's a mouthful. I am still pondering on what Gabriel means and if the title is a part of the theme that this novel contains. After reading the chapters 3-6 it kinda seems like I'm watching a soap opera. Aureliano gets drunk and sleeps with his brother JAs ex- girlfriend and she has a son from JA, which is also Aurelianos nephew. Then Rebeca, Amarantas adopted sister is supposed to marry Pietro, but Amaranta is in love with Pietro too and would do anything to prevent them from getting married. Even kill her very own sister who she has grown up with.
So far I am only understanding that Garbriel is trying to tell us that just like these characters we have drama just like them and sometimes worse. I don't know what he is trying to teach us yet.
The actual plot of this novel is hard to follow though because there are so many allusions and magical realism and other literary elements that you are trying to keep up with that you get lost in the gist of the plot. Not to mention the diction that Gabriel uses. It gets a little confusing. I guess you just need to try to put yourself in his shoes to actually understand what he is trying to teach us. Maybe by researching about the history that Gabriel grow up with around the time that he wrote this novel, maybe then we might be able to understand what he is trying to teach us.
This novel is intriguing and suspenseful. To me that is. Its probably because I don't really see the point in this book or understand the morale. Give it a little time, and I will crack this mystery. I am determined!
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