Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Why is Solitude becoming less and less apparent?

Hey everyone...tell me what you think.  As I have been covering the references to solitude in 100s of Solitude, I am beginning to notice that there are less and less obvious references to solitude.  Every chapter there seems to be less and less. Now that JAB is dead after being bound alone to a tree, Macondo is becoming more and more industrial, accessible to modern civilization,  and basically, for a lack of better words, less alone.  I came up with this theory about the title.  It is called 100 Years of Solitude...correct (rhetorical)? Now then, JAB lived to be somewhere close to 100 years old.  GGM even mentions that Urusula had to be a little older than 100 in chapter 11.  As those two main characters reached that age, Macondo began to change into a more modernized city.  Now that has been 100 years since Macondo's existence, the readers see a change in Macondo.  It just seems to coincidential for it to have been 100 years into the book and all of a sudden see less solitude references.  In my opinion since 100 years has passed in the novel, the solitude may be somewhat over, maybe....just a thought. The title kind of says it all

1 comment:

Ruth said...

I think that's an interesting thought, Lyndon, and a valid one. I agree with you, but I wonder why GGM decided to use 100 Years of Solitude. Why the number 100? I'm sure that number was chosen on purpose. Also, I think that its safe to say that the references to solitude start to become less apparent about halfway through the book (chapter 10). I'm curious to know why he chose the number 100. Just another thought...