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    like character sin the Bible did. The events that mirror the Bible the most are: Macondos incest‚ the great flood‚ and Jose Aureliano Buendia as Abraham. Within One Hundred Years of Solitude man is not able to redeem themselves. The last line of the novel‚ “Because races condemned to one hundred years of solitude [do] not have a second opportunity on earth” (417) shows that from the beginning of time the Buendias family history was predetermined and they would never be able to be forgiven for their

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    potency‚ without relationship or compromise with the outside world. He is pure in communication‚ a solitude that devours itself and everything it touches. He does not pertain to our world; he is not from our city; he does not live in our neighborhood. He comes from far away: he is always far away. He is the Stranger. It is impossible not to notice the

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    Defying Roles of Sexist Stereotypes The book 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is centered around an eclectic family living in the solitude of Macondo for seven generations. As the members of the Buendia family live their lives‚ they find themselves in a repeating cycle of sins committed by the original Buendias. Out of everything the family does to escape their troubles‚ nothing seems to work. In and around the family there are only few individuals who keep them from completely

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    Hundred Years of Solitude The word “exile” is rarely brought to mind in today’s busy society. With the current technological advances‚ there are few people in the world living in complete solitude. A modern man may wonder “Why would a person want to live in isolation?” As outlandish the concept sounds‚ it can be a stirring experience that exposes one’s great potential. Gabriel García Márquez attempts to illustrate perspective of solitude with the Buendías in One Hundred Years of Solitude. Through the

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    Solitude is the state‚ one-time or permanent‚ of a single individual who is engaged in any relation with others. Loneliness has a different meaning depending on whether it is chosen or endured. Thus‚ the isolation or others concerning state distancing can have beneficial effects on the individual‚ but also harmful. Loneliness has also been described as a social suffering - psychological mechanism alerting an individual to an unwanted isolation and motivation to seek a social connection. First of

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    a recurring subject‚ theme or idea found in a literary‚ artistic or musical work. These are structures or literary devices that can help to develop a major theme within a work. In One Hundred Years of Solitude there are several motifs that contribute to conveying the theme of a cycle of solitude that the characters are unable to escape from. In his novel‚ Gabriel Garcia Marquez creates an imaginary town called Macondo where the inseparability of the past‚ present and future becomes clearly evident

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    all determined by how they are raised‚ whether it is telling them to believe in god‚ or telling them they are the queen. How one is raised regulates how he/she will be like in the world for the rest of their life. In the novel‚ One Hundred Years of Solitude written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez‚ one sees the impact of the ways of being raised. This story is about a series of events also known as the beginning of the end for the Buendia family. The Buendia family is the family that founded the confined town

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    in One Hundred Years of Solitude Literature has been used to question our everyday lives‚ a history or a culture. More specifically‚ an appearance of magical elements in a novel combines the real and the imaginary and creates a fantastical but believable story. The use of symbol‚ emotions of characters or dilemmas characters face has a capability of letting the reader connect the unrealistic world in a literature with a real world. In the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude‚ author Garcia Marquez

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    India Demographics Profile 2013 Home > Factbook > Countries > India Population | 1‚205‚073‚612 (July 2012 est.) | Age structure | 0-14 years: 29.3% (male 187‚386‚162/female 165‚345‚284)  15-24 years: 18.2% (male 116‚019‚042/female 103‚660‚359)  25-54 years: 40.2% (male 249‚017‚538/female 235‚042‚251)  55-64 years: 6.8% (male 41‚035‚270/female 40‚449‚880)  65 years and over: 5.6% (male 31‚892‚823/female 35‚225‚003) (2012 est.) | Median age | total: 26.5 years  male: 25.9 years 

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    The Influence of Solitude Robert Frost’s poems‚ Desert Places and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening are about similar settings in nature. The setting in each poem is a cold night with nothing surrounding the speakers but nature. Through the use of basic stanzas and simplistic diction‚ Frost is able to reveal more than the just the characteristics of nature By comparing each speaker to their surrounding Frost is able to express a sense of solitude within the natural environment as well as within

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