100 Years Of Solitude Summary

In 100 years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez we follow the many generations that have come after the man named Jose Arcadio Buendia who was the founder of the made up town called Macondo and his wife Ursula Iguaran. Jose Arcadio and Ursula had two sons Jose Arcadio and Colonel Aureliano and also a daughter named Amaranta. There were many things I found strange about this family for example the fact that Jose Arcadio and Ursula’s first born also named Jose Arcadio married Rebeca who was taken in by his parents as a young girl so they were basically raised as siblings. For me something like this seems a bit taboo, and it seemed like the Buendia family didn’t quite accept the relationship either. Also the fact that it seemed as if most
The strike was due to terrible working conditions, no access to medical services, and unfair wages which actually they didn’t really receive cash but some sort of credit system that only allowed them to buy Virginia ham. All these problems were hidden and basically secrets and when they were revealed there would be a punishment. In the case of Jose Arcadio Segundo, he was a union leader who revealed the way in which the workers were not actually being paid and because of that he was jailed. The book also talked of a massacre as a result of this strike, which I am still not sure whether that actually happened or not but I do think that possibly massacres such as this have happened in order to instill order and basically own people by threatening them with their lives. Injustices such as this have occurred and workers have had to deal with consequences, and once the problems are brought to the surface and workers start striking it could go two ways. On the one hand the workers and their union could come to an agreement that seems fair for both sides. Or even then some people are so desperate that they are willing to work under such conditions. This makes it difficult for the workers that are striking in hopes of better treatment, wage, and working