The story begins in Macondo, a small isolated island, the village is led by Jose Arcardio Buendia. He is an alchemist and strives to advance his village, however his wife, Ursula, is greatly opposed to it. Every March, gypsies travel to their village selling their wares to the villagers. Since the village is located on an isolated island, the objects they bring are seen as magical new technology. Jose, being an alchemist, buys a pair of magnets from the Gypsies in hope of finding gold. Melquiades, the Gypsies' leader, is the person who shows these "new inventions" to Jose. Jose thinks that with these tools he will find secret treasure, but his wife thinks he is wasting his time. Jose soon trades his magnets in, after he only finds rusty armor, for a telescope. With his telescope he discovers the world is round, which his wife strongly disbelieves.
Jose is the founder and planner for his village. Every house gets the same amount of sunlight and water. Jose has two sons Jose Arcadio II and Colonel Aureliano Buendia, both are weird in their own way. When the Gypsies return, Melquiades is not with them it appears that his illness finally got the better of him. This year the Gypsies bring ice to the small village. Many are astonished by and refuse to touch it.
Theme: Time is a major theme in the story. Time plays a major part, everything happens at a certain. The book starts in a different time then returns to the present.
Magical Realism: This chapter introduces magic with the inventions Jose buys. The magnets and telescope have a magical aspect in the way they work.
Character Development: We are introduced to Jose, thinking that he will be the leader of the village, however we find out that his wife is really the leader. Jose is seen as the protagonist, but there is a hint that he is hiding something.
Quotes: "It's the smell of the devil" it shows their primitive nature and isolation from society.
"The earth is round, like an orange" Jose has found out the world in round and that they have been living in the past.
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I'll say this, TJ.
You need to be VERY CAREFUL about what you write. If something is not yours, make sure you cite the source. I found writing in your blog from answers.com. Also, I still haven't seen you with a book, which leads to believe that you have not gotten it yet.
This is the only time you will receive the benefit of the doubt. Your themes saved you, and even those are a bit too vague to completly convince me.
If it happens again...you know the rest. See my page if you don't.
Your grade: B-
I aint steal nothin, you is wrong
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