Hey everyone! The second half of Garcia Marquez's book was interesting for this week's text. My puzzlement grew as I read further into the book. But I enjoyed the narrative and am glad I read it because I would not have chosen it otherwise. There are various themes in this book. Still, the two primary ones are the time continuum and how memory can alter our perspective of the past. Time, in the book, is circular. Which means it has repeating and recurring themes and characters intertwined in the story. While reading, the view of reality is tested by the concept of magical realism, which clarifies the distinction between what is real and what is imagined. In the story, I appreciated how isolated the Buendia family felt, even though they were close to one another. Both physically and mentally, the characters frequently feel cut off from their surroundings and experience a sensation of loneliness. The quote, "he made one last effort to search in his heart f...