I think that Marquez purposely makes time unclear maybe because he just wants to confuse the readers. Or maybe just because she felt it...but, somehow I get the feeling that Marquez didn't just go, "Oh, making time unclear would be cool to put in a novel. Let's do it!" But seriously, I think that Marquez purposely made time unclear to signify that time should not and cannot be measured or observed. The fact that J.A.B. is convinced that it's Monday at least three times is proof of that. In addition, Marquez changes the month several times. Maybe Marquez purposely made time unclear to demonstrate how time can't be calculated or observed. When the time machine broke, José Arcadio Buendía "spent six hours examining things, trying to find a difference from their appearance on the previous day in the hope of discovering in them some change that would reveal the passage of time" (78). Although José Arcadio Buendía spent hours trying to find something to indicate time change, he couldn't find it. His inability to find the change in time caused his insanity. José Arcadio Buendía's insanity supports the idea that Marquez wants to indicate to the reader that time can't be observed or measured.
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I think that you're right on here. The question remains, however, as to how he sees this indescribable, immeasurable sense of time relating to other aspects of the novel. Take, for example, the repetition of characters and events, or the many identical rooms through which José Arcadio Buendía passes just before dying. How does time (and it´s immeasurability) relate to these elements of the novel?
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