One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez) - Thug Notes Summary & Analysis

You gon make a brother start reading books

this book was like a weird fever dream, but i couldn't stop reading it and didn't want it to end lol

This book really shocked me. Ten years later I still get the chills when I remember it's last sentence.

This book hits hard, most of all, after everything that happened in that town, no one remembered who the Coronel was, no one knew if the massacre was real and even Ursula's endless care for her family amounted to nothing. This family was doomed to repeat the same mistakes

For the ones who don't know it, Cien Años de Soledad is an analogy of the lower-class Colombian society during its most violent age.

The banana plantation was real. That really happened over here and is not shown in history books and stuff.

Macondo.. say it MACONDO!!!

I think that the themes of the cyclical nature of life and solitude and prophesy are what makes this book so memorable. Because the story moves foward with a strew of MCs who are a reflection of the main MC Jose Buendia, you get a whole story about a generation and the effects of changing times but similar habits. Each MC struggles within themselves individually and even though they are a family, they don't get involved with each other very much. It challenges the reader to think if their own life actions and choices are a reflection of their parents and if they can break the mold and create their own destiny or accept them and stay stagnant. But even if you know your fate you can't escape the destruction and ruin that a higher power has foretold. I absolutely love this story and I will want my future generations to read this book and understand it too. And if Thug notes is still around in the future, I'll even show them this video.

I absolutely love this guy. Everytime I finish a book I come to hear him talk about it. Really makes the story come alive

Sounds like a great book.  Nicely done on the all the Spanish names.

I read this book 43 years ago when I was 12, and some of it still sticks with me. For example, when TN said "He viewed childhood as a period of mental deficiency," I remember reading that at that young age and agreeing, thinking that my childhood had been a period of mental deficiency that I was just then emerging from. Funny, the things that stay with you. That book really hooked me in and, with the help of the genealogy at the front, I was able to keep track of all the characters, despite it being seven generations of people who all had variations on a small number of names.

I second "I have no mouth and I must scream" to be put on the list!!

Awesome. Can't wait for the next episode.

Nice! One of the fact that I feel García Márquez captured perfectly in this book is how it describes Latin America's history up to the date of publication (and arguably, still to the present day): a land full of potential in the middle of nowhere, away from the rest of the world. A continent where its ruling elite, just like the Buendía clan, is completely oblivious to the rest of society since it isolates itself in order to "preserve" the family's fortune and influence. Outsiders and new ideas are welcomed only when they help the Buendías, if they prove to be counter to their self preservation they are quickly exiled with negative consequences for Macondo. Thus the cycle of chaos repeats itself generation after generation, leaving Macondo hopelessly behind in a turmoil of poverty and violence. Please keep up with the excellent work, long time fan here! Thanks!

Good Analysis. I didn't realise the mirror symbolism and how deep it is in the structure of the book.

This was one of the hardest books I ever read. It was very difficult keeping track of the characters as they all had very similar names and some cases, shared the same name. It's a fantastic book with incredible imagery and themes though.

Would love to see "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", thanks for the videos they are awesome

One of the best book ever written !

You made me buy this book. I just bought it today just because of you. I'm learning a lot from it!

Do A Clockwork Orange! Would be perfect for this show.