Analyzing Marquez's literature
The hardest part of life is living in a society. Before think about what to wear , we think "what are others going to say?" No matter who we are, we always think about how others feel about something before we think about how we feel about it. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a Spanish writer who is known for writing in magical realism. However, he is also known for writing about society in Columbia, where he was born in. Gabriel wrote a great novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, in which he speaks of our fear of society. In this novel he uses his personal experiences to reveal how people fear society. We are puppets of society. We are controlled by society and act the way society wants to make us act. Marquez uses several literary elements to express his ideas in the excerpt: Meme Buendía’s exile. He uses similes and parallelism very well especially.
This excerpt shows that Meme’s mother, Fernanda sends her away from home. Her mother is ashamed that Meme is illegitimately pregnant. She is an unmarried pregnant female in a Spanish community. Also, she was impregnated by a poor, lowly mechanic. Unable to deal with the shame of how society will take this her mother sends her off to a convent. The family cannot bear to face society with an unmarried pregnant daughter. They were forced to send her away from themselves.
Marquez uses parallelism very well in the excerpt. “She did not see the shady, endless banana groves on both sides of the tracks. She did not see the white houses of the gringos or their gardens, dried out by dust and heat, or the women in shorts and blue-striped shirts playing cards on the terraces. She did not see the oxcarts on the dusty roads loaded down with bunches of bananas. She did not see the girls diving into the transparent rivers like tarpons…” He uses the phrase “She did not see” to add emphasis and bring attention to how Meme was feeling. It shows how deep in thought she was that she didn’t notice and thing in her surroundings. She didn’t notice the most natural or obvious things. She was unaware of her surroundings. She had no care of what anyone was doing, or saying. In a society where her parents threw her out because of their fear of society, she was so engrossed in sadness that she had no care of society.
Marquez uses similes to compare feelings, ideas and actions. The comparisons help the reader to visualize what the characters are going through. “When her mother ordered her out of the bedroom she did not comb her hair or wash her face and she got into the train as if she were walking in her sleep…” This quote shows how lifeless he was. She didn’t have a care for the world. Meme is so depressed and sad that he has lost all interest in society and life. This is the irony of life, where Meme’s mother sent her away for the fear of rejection by society, whereas Meme has lost interest in engaging in society.
In conclusion, Marquez is not only known for his style of magical realism. He is also known for writing about life in Columbia. Columbia is a country where people are very conscious of what society thinks. Meme’s mother throws her out due to being ashamed of having an unmarried pregnant daughter. This excerpt shows Meme’s reaction to this; she loses all interest in life and society. Meme’s mother gave up her daughter to keep society happy, people she barely knows. Whereas Meme lost interest in life and society because she lost the love of her family. We do as society makes us do.
This excerpt shows that Meme’s mother, Fernanda sends her away from home. Her mother is ashamed that Meme is illegitimately pregnant. She is an unmarried pregnant female in a Spanish community. Also, she was impregnated by a poor, lowly mechanic. Unable to deal with the shame of how society will take this her mother sends her off to a convent. The family cannot bear to face society with an unmarried pregnant daughter. They were forced to send her away from themselves.
Marquez uses parallelism very well in the excerpt. “She did not see the shady, endless banana groves on both sides of the tracks. She did not see the white houses of the gringos or their gardens, dried out by dust and heat, or the women in shorts and blue-striped shirts playing cards on the terraces. She did not see the oxcarts on the dusty roads loaded down with bunches of bananas. She did not see the girls diving into the transparent rivers like tarpons…” He uses the phrase “She did not see” to add emphasis and bring attention to how Meme was feeling. It shows how deep in thought she was that she didn’t notice and thing in her surroundings. She didn’t notice the most natural or obvious things. She was unaware of her surroundings. She had no care of what anyone was doing, or saying. In a society where her parents threw her out because of their fear of society, she was so engrossed in sadness that she had no care of society.
Marquez uses similes to compare feelings, ideas and actions. The comparisons help the reader to visualize what the characters are going through. “When her mother ordered her out of the bedroom she did not comb her hair or wash her face and she got into the train as if she were walking in her sleep…” This quote shows how lifeless he was. She didn’t have a care for the world. Meme is so depressed and sad that he has lost all interest in society and life. This is the irony of life, where Meme’s mother sent her away for the fear of rejection by society, whereas Meme has lost interest in engaging in society.
In conclusion, Marquez is not only known for his style of magical realism. He is also known for writing about life in Columbia. Columbia is a country where people are very conscious of what society thinks. Meme’s mother throws her out due to being ashamed of having an unmarried pregnant daughter. This excerpt shows Meme’s reaction to this; she loses all interest in life and society. Meme’s mother gave up her daughter to keep society happy, people she barely knows. Whereas Meme lost interest in life and society because she lost the love of her family. We do as society makes us do.
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Gabriel García Márquez – One Hundred Years of Solitude (Excerpt: Meme Buendía's exile). (n.d.). Retrieved April 27, 2014, from http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Gabriel-garcia-marquez-one-hundred-years-of-solitude-excerpt-meme-buendias-exile-annotated
One Hundred Years of Solitude Study Guide & Essays. (n.d.). Retrieved April 27, 2014, from http://www.gradesaver.com/one-hundred-years-of-solitude/
Gabriel García Márquez – One Hundred Years of Solitude (Excerpt: Meme Buendía's exile). (n.d.). Retrieved April 27, 2014, from http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Gabriel-garcia-marquez-one-hundred-years-of-solitude-excerpt-meme-buendias-exile-annotated
One Hundred Years of Solitude Study Guide & Essays. (n.d.). Retrieved April 27, 2014, from http://www.gradesaver.com/one-hundred-years-of-solitude/