Since I love fantasy/sci-fi novels I naturally relate those books to other books I read. So as we've been discussing and I've been reading One Hundred Years of Solitude, I can't help but relate it to fantasy novels I've read. Gabo's book is filled with magical realism which makes the comparisons really easy.
In class on Tuesday another student mentioned how time almost stops in Macondo and we made comparisons to the Garden of Eden. Thats when I started thinking that the people of Macondo are like the elves in Dragonlance Chronicles. In those books the elves have cut themselves off from the world and are resistant to change. They are self-sufficient, long living and time almost stops for them, since they have such long lifespans. The elves take a lot of convincing to do anything with or for the outside world and just want to be left in peace and alone; this is almost exactly how the people of Macondo are. Very interesting correlations to be sure.
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Good work.
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