My Food for Thought Contribution
So, I looked at Oprah's website, and a couple of things really struck me, so I'll share:
One part said something to the effect of "The characters only find peace when they opt out of emotional social life, and accept their solitude."
And then another part noted that the characters all lived in the same house, yet were very different; and referred to this as symbolizing the entire human race.
So, if you go along with those two statements, is Marques saying something about humans needing to retreat to (maybe communal?) solitude in order to find peace? Is that a link that should even be drawn?
posted by Anonymous @ 8:50 PM
1 Comments:
I find the phrasing symbolizing the whole human race hard to swallow to some degree, but really it's a valid reflection. I think the whole town and community of Macondo and the evolution it over the years represented a cross section of all humanity. As the town developed from a small village to an industrial area with capital in the bananas, the townspeople were subjected to the highs and lows experienced by all cultures.
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