100 Years of Solitude
Just as Edmund Spenser believes in "the ever-whirling wheel of Change; thatwhich all mortal things doth sway," so too does Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In One HundredYears of Solitude, Colonel Aureliano Buendia experiences life and the changes whichaccompany it. Spenser views human life as a constant change from one stage to another.The change may be either good or bad; but one thing is certain, change is inevitable.Colonel Buendia is a dynamic character who transforms from an idealistic leader into anincreasingly cynical and corrupt man. Toward the end of his life, he isolates himself from In the beginning of Aureliano's career, he is an idealistic leader who is respectedby his peers. He leads an uprising of "twenty-one men under the age of thirty, armed withtable knives and sharpened tools" against the Conservatives occupying Macondo. Headamently disagrees with their form of government and begins the reform movement ledby the anticlerical and democratic bourgeoisie. After the Liberal victory, Aureltio becomes"Colonel Aureliano Buendia." Aureliano's leadership parallels his father's leadership ofthese young men's fathers who helped him found the village of M
In the latter part of his life, the once glorious Colonel Aureliano Buendia isolateshimself from the world around him. However, asAureliano's attitudes change, he loses their love and respect. " His indifference to his surroundings andcircumstances lead to his loneliness. While the spokesof Aureliano's wheel are becoming loose going downhill on the road of life, the wheel ofchange never ceases to stop rolling. Throughout Aureliano's life, he undergoes a transformation from a lively leader toa corrupt cynic, and ultimately dies a dispassionate loner. In addition, he repeatedly makes, melts down, andthen remakes little fishes out of gold, just to keep himself from thinking about hiscondition. He comes to understand his own thoughts by writing out his experiences in verse. The warfare isfutile and has caused him to "rot alive. Worse, he determinesthat his heroic struggle has simply been another Latin American power play. The views which he once had, slowly disappeared, justas the hands of time turn into fading memories. After being captured by the enemy, Aureliano is not executed because theConservative firing squad is only too happy to switch sides and follow him into the Liberalarmy.
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