7/29/2019 Openinglines First Reading Assignment

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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?