3-4 Binary oppositions in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel 100 Years of Solitude and discuss their significance. Some points that you may want to address:
1. Are these oppositions presented as mutually exclusive or complementary?
2. What is the effect of such relations of oppositions?
3. How do they relate to the overall meaning and structure of the novel?
4. Do they facilitate other aspects of the text, imagery, motifs, symbols, etc.?
5. Do they reveal the author’s worldview?
6. How do they follow the tradition of magical realism?
