Saturday, November 29, 2008
Introduction of Marquez Paper-Religion
In the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, religion is just one of the many themes in the first seven chapters of the novel. Gabriel García Marquez makes Biblical references to the events occurring from the creation of Earth to the Great Flood. Although all the events occurring in Macondo do not follow the Biblical stories, the religious references in the beginning of the novel are meant to demonstrate the corruption of mankind. For example, the simplicity and innocence of Macondo is comparable to the Garden of Eden. The progressive corruption of Macondo is comparable to the increasing corruption in the Bible before Noah and the Ark.
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Keep your eye on this as we continue to read. GGM draws examples that evoke the Bible as well as many other metanarratives.
I like this idea, especially about the corruption being similar to noah's ark story. Another thing evident is the likeness between JAB and God. Not direct analogies but just allusions.
Another possible parallel between the book and the bible could be the concept of a tragic plague....one thing I can't figure out about that possibility is how some people in the bible (Jews) were saved by putting the lamb's blood on their doors, but in Macondo, everyone's affected...i don't know though...just a thought
Lyndon, don´t forget that thought because we are going to see something similar a little later in the novel.
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