Muchos aos despus, frente al peletn defusilamiento, el coronel
Aureliano Buenda haba derecordar aquella tarde remota en que su
padre lollev a conocer el hielo.
Many years later, as he faced the firing squad,Colonel Aureliano
Buenda was to remember thatdistant afternoon when his father took
him todiscover ice.
FOR MONDAY:I. read sections 1-3
II. Look for and think about:1. Biblical references [events,
narrative structure,
other allusions]
2. The references to solitude/soledad3. How the narration
changes time references4.flashbacks and references to the future5.
The importance of ice6. The references to and descriptions of
nature7. Instances of magical realism8. references to alchemy [what
is alchemy?]
III. Think of something that might be consideredmagical to
someone from a different culture/part of thworld/time period. How
might this magical aspect beinterpreted or understood?
