Macondo

Believed by many to be one of the world’s greatest writers, Gabriel García Márquez is a Colombian-born author and journalist, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature and a pioneer of the Latin American “Boom.” Affectionately known as “Gabo” to millions of readers, he first won international fame with his masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude, a defining classic of twentieth century literature. Whether writing short stories, epic novels, or nonfiction, Gabo is above all a brilliant storyteller

Believed by many to be one of the world's greatest writers, Gabriel García Márquez is a Colombian-born author and journalist, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature and a pioneer of the Latin American "Boom." Affectionately known as "Gabo" to millions of readers, he first won international fame with his masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude, a defining classic of twentieth century literature. Whether writing short stories, epic novels, or nonfiction, Gabo is above all a brilliant storyteller

The Macondo Blowout occurred on April 20, 2010 and caused over four million barrels of crude oil, hydrocarbons, to spill into the Gulf of Mexico (Peterson et al.). This event is also known as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Subsequently, hydrocarbon plumes formed from the oil spill and with the natural water plumes that feed many corals, causing concern for coral communities from many researchers, so investigations were made to inquire about the health of coral communities nearby (Fisher et al.

Humans are a poisonous sludge, slowly poisoning ourselves and all other inhabitants. There are many ways we do this, offshore oil drilling being one of them. Offshore oil drilling is the process of drilling into the earth and pulling up petroleum, a natural fuel source made of decomposed organisms. While there are many positive effects, there are too many negative ones for oil drilling to continue. Offshore oil drilling is too dangerous to be considered safe for use in the ecosystem. Not only is

natural calamities or human activities affecting the microbial community structure (Kryachko et al. 2012) and the associated nutrient cycling at all trophic levels (Pomeroy 1974; Camilli et al. 2010; Atlas and Hazen 2011). On April 20, 2010 the Macondo Blowout, the largest accidental oil spill in the GoM and the second largest in the world, released an estimated 4.9 million barrels of crude oil (Atlas and Hazen 2011). This significant ecological perturbation of the sea and coastal region has led

environmental disasters; because of this the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and related policies have inadequate amount of tools that will help humans deal with these accidents. When the Macondo blow out happened, we had to assess the impact that it also had on human health, mental and physical because it had affected a large area. The Macondo spill unfortunately happened less than five years after Hurricane Katrina damaged Louisiana and Mississippi coast. Clearly, a lesson that was learnt from the oil spill was

"Magical realism," as described by Michael Woods, "is not a style of writing, just a modest fidelity to the magic of reality in places where we are not." Woods goes on to tell his audience of the allure of magical realism by explaining that reality in foreign places are more enchanting and exciting than probably anything a reader could think of. Woods sets out vague principles of what magical realism "rarely resorts to." His list includes: "dates, recognizable city streets, historical personages

Shortly following its creation, Macondo is introduced to its decline into destruction that continues for the majority of the novel. Macondo’s corruption and finally destruction is the result of its corruption of innocence from technology and modernization which both stem from pursued knowledge. This is another biblical allusion that serves as important evidence for Marquez’s theme. This begins with the introduction of outside institutions that end up creating more problems then benefits, starting

mirroring the first murder in the Bible, the founders of a new world civilization stop in Macondo because Jose Arcadio Buendia, like Cain before him, who was a founder of cities had dreamed of a great city” (Saldivar 33). Jose, like Cain, dreams of something greater than Riohacha; he dreams of “a noisy city with houses having mirror walls rose up” and the city’s name “had a supernatural echo in his dream: Macondo” (Marquez 24). Moreover, “there are

In his novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez utilizes a unique writing style to brilliantly convey the multi-generational origin story the town of Macondo and the Buendia family. By altering the conventional sense of time, and generating multiple characters with similar names, the novel becomes convoluted at times. Nevertheless, Marquez does an exceptional job presenting clear themes while sustaining separate character identities and using multiple narrative methods. The novel