Outside Reading - Week 5, Post B

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The writing style of Sr. Marquez continues to amaze me. Originally, the story started off with no background, it just jumped into things with this quirky group of people, supposedly a family, supposedly living in Mexico. Nothing really major happened, and I assumed that the plot would take off and go somewhere, but it never did. That's when I realized that this weird story was about the main characters, and that the story was the main plot. Still, though, as I read on, I became more and more interested with the little stories about the Buendias that comprised their life. Marquez's writing style is that in which keeps you interested, looking for the bigger picture. I definitely was not bored although the story was going nowhere, which takes talent to plot out. I still wonder if something big will happen, and there will be dialogue about it, or if the entire plot will be about this same family and their little day to day fascinations?