![]() ![]() The fantastical and magical aspect of the flying carpet is lost as the author is more concerned about how it could be used to develop the village. ![]() When gypsies present the people of Macondo with the phenomenon of a flying carpet they are amused but not amazed. The people at once dug up their last old pieces to take advantage of a quick flight over the houses of the village.” (31) ![]() But they did not offer it as a fundamental contribution to the development of transport, rather as an object of recreation. “This time, along with many artifices, they brought a flying carpet. In addition, the people of Macondo treat the magical and supernatural as normal. Consequently, through Ursula’s firm belief, Marquez convinces the reader that the possibility of a child being born with a pig’s tail is not as ridiculous as it sounds. This “curse” fills Ursula with fear as she firmly believes that this will be the outcome of her incestuous marriage as well. This incestuous marriage resulted in Ursula and Jose having a child with a pigtail. “An aunt of Ursula’s, married to and uncle of Jose Arcadio Buendia, had a son who went through life wearing loose, baggy trousers and who bled to death after having lived forty-two years in the purest state of virginity, for he had been born and had grown up with a cartilaginous tail in the shape of a corkscrew and with a small tuft of hair on the tip,” (Marquez, 20) Incest also plays a large role in this novel and when the main character Ursula expresses her fears about marrying her cousin, Jose Arcadio Buendia, one learns of an old family story that fuels Ursula’s fears. This nonchalant reaction makes it easy for the reader to also accept the bizarre incidents that the people of Macondo call reality. In the town of Macondo, the people are unfazed by the supernatural as they encounter it in their daily lives. This method gives the culture a mystical aura which is an accurate representation of actual Columbian culture. In 100 Years of Solitude, Marquez ties in both aspects in order to represent the culture of this era. However, his approach to magic realism is somewhat unconventional as he uses exaggeration to create fantasy. It introduces the Columbian culture which the story revolves around and also forces us to question the absurdity of our everyday lives.Ĭolombian culture is made up of many old traditions and superstitions. More specifically, the magic realism used in this novel serves two main purposes. In addition he uses it as a representation of the Columbian culture which strongly influences the culture of the people living in the mystical village of Macondo. In the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, author Garcia Marquez uses magic realism as a tool to draw the reader in. Magic realism is a technique which combines the real and the imaginary to create a fantastical, yet believable story. ![]()
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