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One Hundred Years of Solitude Questionnaire

Directions: Answer the following questions to help you remember the main concepts of the text. Once you are finished fully answering, then continue you on with your scale. After that, you may start on your homework. (Note: all class work must be finished in class- no exceptions!)

1.What is magical realism?



2. How does the author use magical realism through out the twenty chapters? Is this magic or a magical sense?


3.With which character in One Hundred Years of Solitude do you most identify? Why? Is there any character in the novel who is wholly admirable, anyone who is wholly evil?
4.In what ways can One Hundred Years of Solitude be seen as a fable about the history of human civilization?




5.How might one argue that One Hundred Years of Solitude is a realistic novel, despite its fantastic and magical elements?




6. What is the attitude of One Hundred Years of Solitude toward modernity? What is its attitude toward tradition?




7.One Hundred Years of Solitude is a vastly ambitious book, attempting to bridge many dualisms and appeal to many audiences: it is both general and particular, both realistic and magical. Is the book successful in its attempts to encompass such a vast scope of experiences and voices? What are the narrative shortcomings of One Hundred Years of Solitude?