One Hundred Years of Solitude
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Chapter 1  Chapter 2  Chapter 3  Chapter 4  Chapter 5 Chapter 6  Chapter 7 Chapter 8  Chapter 9  Chapter 10  Chapter 11  Chapter 12  Chapter 13  Chapter 14  Chapter 15  Chapter 16  Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20
Themes
All Themes The Circularity of Time Solitude Progress and Civilization Propriety, Sexuality, and Incest Magic vs. Reality
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Characters
All Characters José Arcadio Buendía Úrsula Iguarán Pilar Ternera Melquíades Colonel Aureliano Buendía José Arcadio (I) Amaranta Rebeca Remedios Moscote Pietro Crespi 17 Aurelianos Santa Sofia de la Piedad Remedios the Beauty Aureliano Segundo José Arcadio Segundo Fernanda del Carpio Renata Remedios (Meme) José Arcadio (II) Amaranta Úrsula Aureliano Prudencio Aguilar José Raquel Moncada
Symbols
All Symbols Names Tail of a Pig
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Ethos Flashbacks Foil Foreshadowing Genre Idioms Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Oxymorons Paradox Personification Satire Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone
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One Hundred Years of Solitude

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Gabriel García Márquez

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