Banana

Before we discussed it in class I hadn’t really thought of the economic or political aspect of Columbia in relation to the book and the characters therein. Now that I think about it, there hasn’t been any real government in the town and Jose Arcadio is the “unofficial” mayor of the town. It is just so foreign from what I am used to. In the United States there is significant infrastructure so when a town is started it isn’t “lost” for years like Macondo is. How long did it take for the Columbian government to stumble across the town? And I can’t help but wonder how much longer it would have taken if the town hadn’t started to do well economically. Speaking of economics, it is interesting that the town never seems to be in need, they are self sufficient and don’t seem to need to trade with other towns. At least not at first, but then even when they do trade it is for luxuries not for subsistence.