During the entire first chapter I had a hard time understanding what was going on because the story kept jumping back and forth to different times. The names are confusing and some are just variations of another name. There is a lot going on in such a short amount of chapters so I think that made me drift off the pages a bit at some points.
The Gypsies annoy me for some reason. maybe it's because they sell things, kinda like telemarketers and or peddlers trying to sell to naive' people. Gyp does mean to defraud or rob by some sharp practice; swindle; cheat.
It's weird how cousins can get married. Incest creeps me out. I guess the kid with the pig tail shows that when you commit incest your children may pay the price. Ursula and Jose Arcadio Buendia did not have sexual relations for a year because the fear of having weird children. They were lucky to have three normal looking children.
I'm beginnging to wonder why they named it One Hundred Years of Solitude, i felt like reading the first chapter took one hundred years, and I was alone reading it. hmmm makes me think. 100 years, but whose years are they..Macondo? Ursula? Jose Arcadio Buendia? His sons? Their family tree? The Gypsies? Who does the one hundred years belong too?
Ursula giving birth on the jurney could be a sign of new and great beginnings. If the son represents the start of their new lives than maybe their son leaving in chapter two represents bad endings. If he was the start him leaving could forshadow an end.
At one point Jose(Father) discovers for himself that the world is round like an orange and no one really believes him. People already knew the world was round. Macondo must be so off in isolation since they don't know anything. This means they can be ripped off by the gypsies who may pretend things are amazing discoveries , yet they are old and useless toys
Why is the guys name prudencio? If "prudence" means good judgment, but he assumes to much about Ursula's and Jose's marriage and judges them causing him to get hurt. I don't get why he didn't die either, he was stabbed in the throught wasn't he? Then again the synonym for prudence is foresightedness which is looking forward. Prudencio is the reason they leave their home and journey "forward" towards a new land.
Why did He name the town Macondo? Mac means fellow; or like an unknown name. So maybe he named it that because it's a far off place and some people don't even know of it.
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