Chapter 1

The story is about a man whose profession is a doctor; he arrived in a city with
a family that at one time took him in as a guest upon seeing him unknown
From the city, one day at dawn, only a voice was heard saying, come on daughter.
I need you to accompany me; he was the father of the young woman who had granted asylum.
that now sad deceased.

She, without asking further questions, informs her son, a boy of just 10 years old,
age at which they say today there will be no school will you accompany the child without more or
less than he says to his mother, he observes how to start dressing in black takes the
an old and tattered straw hat puts on a suit with a neat white tie
starch-coated, holding her mother's hand and observing each of the
steps of that elderly man.

Now your grandfather is heading to that house that is just 4 houses down.
from hers upon arriving at the cold house with a somewhat strange smell, the boy observes a
body lying on a pale bed with a handkerchief crossing over it
half-open mouth and eyes was where the doubts began in that child to
see his grandfather as he observed each of the objects found in that
room.

He saw his mother eager to ask him all those questions that for the
What was going through his mind when he saw her, she evaded his gaze.
worried to know that her son would ask a question at any moment
unexpected was strange everything the boy could not stop looking at that body that already
he was almost purple and listening to the instructions his grandfather was giving him.
men dressed in dark pants and white shirts upon seeing a coffin arrive
understood that the man she could not stop seeing was a dead person and
not asleep as he had thought, it was then when they started to arise on their own.
answers to so many questions that had previously crossed his mind.
Chapter 2

Meme was a girl who lived for 11 years in the same house where she was given
she disappeared from the city for a long time, never returned to the doctor.
I knew about her, she was there as a foster child and the doctor as a guest of hers.
The young woman's stepmother knew that the doctor was a bad person.
nature.

On a Sunday like any other, while attending Mass with his father, they realized that
the presence of Meme within the church as a whole pristine woman and
soaked in religion with a straight appearance that did not describe Meme
A few years ago, however, it was discovered that Meme was the companion or
doctor's partner at that time.

Two months later she stopped attending the temple, from there some other things arose.
doubts about how that man had committed suicide, what was the reason for it
he should have taken his own life would it be for the mistress? Or did the mistress do it?
murderer?

Arguments arose, not all very clear, investigations are being conducted.
questioning the gentleman and in another room the young woman, sometimes she believed that Meme was going
crying while speaking. But she held firm, satisfied to be atoning for the
The fall of having been happy and having stopped being so by one's own free will. After that
He smiled. Then he stretched out in his seat and fully humanized himself.

Chapter 3

Upon arriving in Macondo, there were some uninhabited lands that had not yet begun the
construction of the temple, then when the construction began they raised 4
boards in a corner away from the center of the land to be inhabited by 2
people, when the first parish priest arrived at the temple did not inhabit that room that
he was destined for fate but stayed in a house in Macondo.

As time passed, the parish priest was transferred to another parish, that's how it happened.
It is said that the little room was inhabited by a lady with a nursing baby.
For a while, no one knew how she had arrived at that place, the house already.
it was in poor condition, almost uninhabitable.
When the arrival of the new parish priest was announced in 1903, the woman still
living in the room with the child. Half the population. went out to the main road to wait for the
arrival of the priest.

Chapter 4

Tobias and Gilberto were walking towards the end of the dark ship. Since it had rained
in the morning, his shoes were slippery on the wet grass, one of
they whistled and their whistle echoed in that pasture like when one starts to
singing inside a tunnel.

Abraham was coming behind me. He with the sling and the stone ready to be
shot. Me with the knife open. Suddenly the sun broke through the roof of
tight and hard leaves and a body of clarity fell fluttering onto the grass,
Like a living bird, some doubts arose. If this man who has gone out to
talking to my grandfather in the other room will return shortly
we can be at home before four. Then I will go to the river with
Abraham.

He stayed to live in our house. He occupied one of the rooms in the hallway, the one that leads to
to the street, because I deemed it appropriate; because I knew that a man of his
character would not find a way to settle in the little village hotel.

He put a notice on the door (until just a few years ago, when they painted the house,
it was still in its place, written in pencil by him in cursive) and to the
The following week, it was necessary to bring new chairs to meet the demands of
a large clientele.

After he handed me Colonel Aureliano Buendía's letter, our

the conversation in the office lasted so long that Adelaida had no doubt that
it was about a military functionary on an important mission and he arranged the table as
for a party.

We talk about Colonel Buendía, his premature daughter, and the firstborn.
dizzy, I hadn't run a long way in the conversation when I realized
It accounts that that man knew the General Intendant well and that he held him in high regard.
to a sufficient degree to correspond to his trust.

When Meme came to tell us that the table was set, I thought that my
wife had improvised some things to attend to the newcomer. But
that splendid table, served in
new coat.

Chapter 5

They start to remember how that man arrived at the house; the boy recognizes smells.
that I had perceived before but was discovering one that I had never before.
smelled, it was that of the dead man who although it seemed that time did not pass
so that the tremendous story that the boy was living would come to an end
company of your grandfather.

His father started talking to Azalia and describing to her the smells he has perceived.
During the nights, just by closing your eyes and walking around the yard of your house.
I could recognize which room he was passing by, but upon reaching a floor of
Jasmine couldn't know where he was headed, he also talked to mom about that.
dead that was sitting on the rocking chair that was next to the stove that no longer
it was used for sitting but also for drying grandpa's shoes when they got wet
every time it rained.

They tried to explain to him that no dead person was sitting there in front of the situation that
that boy was living they misdirected the information and left him with that doubt
without giving authorization to ask questions or to answer their own, it was like this
as the adults continued chatting, paying less attention to the words of
that child who kept observing everything.
Chapter 6

That man arrived with his personality very high with that eagerness
elevadísimo sat at the table to eat with the family as they went
as the years passed, he started to get thin and stopped sleeping at home, now
I was sleeping in a hammock, rarely leaving the room, staying with the light off.
half-open door and only went out to have lunch.

When the railroad was opened, he took all his documents, which were of no use to him.
great usefulness, over time the mayor came to visit the house of that family
asking about the doctor who was locked in his room.
He requested his documents and titles and he refused outright.

It was then that more and more doubts started to arise about who will really be.
that man, Meme brought food to his room, only bananas and some
fruits, she ate the pulp and threw the skin on the floor, the cleaning lady.
He was cleaning his room every Saturday.

Which he didn't mind if the lady missed some Saturday he could be in

in the middle of that hovel, at first the young woman who was dazzled by her
Upon arrival, I began to think that her boyfriend Martin could be like him, which...
It wasn't like that. Martin married her and over time moved to another city to
to work which after 9 years I still did not know about.

Chapter 7

One day in the month of September, that man who was alone began to be seen in
the room well elegant and tidy like a gallant began to murmur
in the village where he was in love with the barber's daughter, who had suffered
a disorder of imagination about a man who filled his plate with fists of
land, and he would go into his room which was not clear.

It was rumored that the young daughter of the hairdresser had given birth to a child, which everyone already...

They were preparing the wedding with the doctor, which was not true; no one understood.
what was the interest in going to the hairdresser every afternoon in September, it was
As the years went by, one day, Meme felt unwell.
So when, after 5 years of having the doctor as a guest, they were needed.
of his services which he refused outright.
As time went by, it became clear why Meme was so radiant in the temple.
she had gone to live with the disgusting man who denied his services when she
I needed it, it was then that it was understood why the man was so upset.
when he saw her leave the temple that afternoon and the girl's stepmother had not yet
he understood why his father continued to have that humanistic attitude.

Chapter 8

It was a December when Martin returned from that trip of which she already had a
image that he would never see him again when Martin arrived he had none
conversation with the girl but with the father.

Some time later, they called the stepmother to indicate that the wedding would be moved up.
The wedding took place, and some comments arose among the few people who
They used to go to the temple, and over time the communication between Martin and the young woman diminished.
diminishing the conversation they used to have before had turned into a
Only silence was now the father of the young woman who was conversing with Martin, which made him...
was becoming unknown to her.

She stopped feeling excitement towards the young man and felt Martin as a stranger.
superficially, on Sunday night she tried on the wedding dress which simulated the
silhouette of her mother.

Chapter 9

The distrust between Isabel and Martin grew as time went by.
It was time, the moment when Isabel's father had regretted getting married.
to her daughter with that man whom she would have now turned her daughter into a
vegetarian.

The doctor decided to speak with the gentleman regarding the supposed illness that
I was suffering Meme which was nothing more than a pregnancy, which for the second time
On that occasion, Isabel's father didn't realize it for the first time because of the doctor.
I had prepared a drink for Meme to be able to abort and not bring into the world.
that creature.
By the doctor's decision since this time everything was different Meme wanted
to have her child but the doctor refused to do so and decided to take her far away from there
so that no one would know about that pregnancy and Isabel's father was dissatisfied.
with such an act that he said to the doctor, you cannot do this Meme is like my daughter, and
the doctor replied, if you compare your daughter to Meme you are offending her
daughter, and I say it with arguments you don't know what Mene does every night
when does it come out.

It is for this reason that I have made that decision, whether you like it or not. That night, watching
the germs of death that were making visible progress in his hard eyes
yellows, I understood that my attitude was selfish and that because of that single stain of my
consciousness would correspond to me suffering tremendously for the rest of my life
expiation. He, on the other hand, was at peace with himself; he said:

Chapter 10

The child's doubts continued as he watched his mother, now with an appearance
dying worried they discussed that they continued feeling obliged with that one
commitment that the colonel had obtained through his kindness and at the same time
it included the family, waiting for a response from the mayor which tormented them,
because the people would turn against him.

Chapter 11

It was in this way that Macondo, the town to which the doctor arrived with that family,
generous, it became the most despicable place anywhere, since the acts
unforgivable ones he committed for more than 17 years that supposed Doctor who
With his charm and presence, he managed to dazzle several people, mostly women.

Until the day came when he had to pay for all those atrocities that
he committed during his stay in Macondo, not forgetting the kindness of the colonel
wife and daughter, who were present until the last day of his life giving him their
santa sepultura despite the betrayal that the colonel had felt from the
demented man and the possible denials and rejections from people
inhabited by Macondo, and the moments experienced by her grandson while being in a place
never before seen for him. It was a very difficult moment for the family one day
complete that seemed like a year of torture.
INTRODUCTION

In the following work presented, it is about

describe a novel that bears the name of the
leaf litter whose author is Gabriel García Márquez, said
the work was awarded a Nobel Prize.

This work consists of eleven chapters, it is about

explain in reading reports, in which it goes
developing the story of a mysterious figure and their stay
in a village that became quite a sensation, and
It is explained below.

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CONCLUSION

The book was very interesting to me since it recounted the story of a

mysterious man who arrived in a town called Macondo, was welcomed by
a colonel and his family, the occupation of this gentleman was that of a doctor, this gentleman
he was gaining the trust of the inhabitants, most of whom were women, thanks to
His charm and demeanor managed to achieve that.

As time went by, terrible things began to happen in the

town, whose author of those deeds was the doctor, until one day life itself
he took it upon himself to take revenge by making them pay for all the atrocities he committed.
17-year-old, with his own life that he took himself.

He also recounts how the colonel was always boasting about

Generous and his family took responsibility for giving that body a holy burial.
of the deceased doctor, since no one in the town wanted to take care of that, more
that the colonel, until he had authorization from the mayor, tells us how cruel and how
bitter was that day, which made it seem like a year.

I consider that the author was narrating the story in a way that the
the reader became immersed in the ideas that were expressed in each one of
the chapters, such was the interest given to the reading that one becomes interested in reaching the end.
INSTITUTE
PEDAGOGICAL OF
POSTGRADUATE IN SONORA
WINTER 2008

BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION WITH

SPECIALIZING APPROACH

UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF
20th and 21st Century

MTRO. F. JAVIER SOTO

PALAFOX

FRANCISCO JAVIER MARQUEZ

GONZALEZ
Hermosillo, Son.