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How Is Technology Used In 100 Years Of Solitude

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“100 years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is about jose, who lives at the riverbank and gypsies always come to bring in new inventions; inventions that change their way of seeing the world. Ice turns into water represents liquid turning into a solid. Ice is a persevering item, it keeps things fresher longer. The magnet helps find treasure and also lost items around the house like nuts and bolts. He traded a mule and 2 goats for a magnet that was pretty much useless. The telescope and magnifying glass technically eliminated distance, it's like you're traveling through space. The telescope was also used to start fires, with the use of solar energy; he shortly contemplated on solar war. The invention of astrolabe, compass, and the sextant are used to ascertain noon and directions. And the last invention was the commas with represents the fountain of youth. Some technologies are useful, useless and some have toxic second natures. Technological advances help us live longer and make things more efficient. The medical field increase out …show more content…

However Jose was fascinated with Magic Realism created by technology. Magic realism is a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy. “Magic realism has deep roots in the real, because it grows out of the real and illuminates it in beautiful and unexpected ways, that it works.”(Salman) Because of technology, it changes the viewpoint of the first generation people of Macondo, to them it is magic because it changes there perspective on nature and life. Also, it is real because it is backed by sciences and

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