Welcome to Week Two of our discussion. This discussion will last from Monday, March 2nd to Sunday, March 9th.
This week's discussion is on Setting. Please POST a 10-sentence comment on setting. Don't forget to comment on 5 other posts on this blog. You have all week to complete this assignment, but waiting is not recommended!
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In my opinion, a lot of what adds to the storyline of One Hundred years of solitude is the setting. Because this novel is written as something like a "folk tale" I think the purpose of the setting is to enhance the readers experience. For example, a lot of the setting described will help one feel as if they are there. Also a lot of the story line follows the setting. For example, when Jose Arcadio Buendia, and his wife traveled acorss the mountains to Macondo, we see a lot of event taking place because of the mountains. I think Marquex describes setting in a pretty general way. It doesn't seem like he uses a lot of vivid adjectives/verbs etc. but rather describes exactly what he see's in plain language. I am not sure if this is necesarily setting, but I think the descriptions of places helps us remember what time period the book is places in. An example of this would be, Jose Arcadia sneaks into Pilar's house they describe the hammocks she sleeps on. This shows the time period, cultural aspects, and the conditions they lived in. Overall, I think the setting is a good addition in the story of Macando.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said about how he describes the setting pretty generally. He certainly does describe it, because I think its almost a character itself, but he's not the sort of author to have pages and pages describing the beauty of the landscape in keen detail.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Linnea, and sometimes I feel Marquez describes the setting more than some of the characters. Not so say it's bothersome to listen to him speak of how the floorboard creaks, but I'd rather read about actions and dialogue than the room everything is taking place in.
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ReplyDeleteIt think its interesting how you compared the setting to that of an actual charecter of the book, I definitley agree with that. It seems what sometimes makes the chapters seem so long is the extensive descriptions of the setting.
Sam-
ReplyDeleteI also find the description of the setting to be somewhat tedious... but maybe as the book progresses, the setting will be more established therefore the focud will be more on the actions and dialogues of the charecters.
I would have to disagree somewhat, because I think Marquez will consistently focus on setting and leave the character's dialogue etc in more of a blurish form. Maybe I'm wrong, though.
ReplyDeleteLinnea, I feel like we said the same thing last week a bit. The "oh it'll get less confusing" part will probably not go away if we keep saying it week after week. But who knows! Let's hope it does clear up!
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