Biblical References

I think that there are some biblical references in the novel so far. For example, the creation of Macondo could be seen as the creation of the Garden of Eden. Macondo was also a very primitive town with no language and no corruption. The town was very innocent, just like the Garden of Eden. Jose Arcadio Buendia (J.A.B.) becomes even crazier when he is tied to the tree and becomes this crazy because of his quest for knowledge. Adam and Eve both realized that they are naked after they ate the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. J.A.B. becomes insane when he attempts several of his "projects". Melquiades can be seen as the "serpent" in this Eden-like world. We all know that the serpent persuaded Eve into eating the apple from the Tree of Knowledge. In the book, Melquiades was the reason that J.A.B. went on his "quest for knowledge". One example is that Melquiades brought a "daguerreotype" when he came back from the dead because he couldn't stand solitude (okay...), J.A.B. decides to take the "daguerreotype" on a quest to capture God in picture. Oh, one more...Macondo seems to be ruled by more and more corrupt people...first, Don Apolinar Macoste, who rigs the election, then Arcadio, who is a dictator, then Ursula, who tries to bring back the town for its corruption but Arcadio comes back (whoohoo), then Conservative general Jose Raquel Moncada, who is executed and Colonel Aureliano Buendia takes over. With the exception of Ursula and Jose Raquel Moncada, Macondo is being governed by progressively crueler mayors. It almost seems to me like The Great Flood. Before the flood, people were becoming increasingly corrupt and straying away from God's Word, and so God got pissed off and decided to wipe out the corruption from the Earth and save those who were following His Word (Noah). I wouldn't be surprised if there was a flood or an Armageddon in Macondo because of the corruption that seems to be happening with the leaders.