Gabriel Garcia Marquez takes a unique approach at how he uses time within his book. Time is somehow jumped weeks, months, or years later without the realization that it has done so, yet it the story is still understood and so is the time jump through description. On rare occasions, Marquez tells how much time has passed within the story just as the time jump happens such as on page 44. Marquez writes, "After several weeks, when Visitacion's terror seemed to have died down..." this was a straight forward approach that Marquez took that doesn't seem to be used in may other places.
Rebecca is an odd character to show up in the story but somehow she seems to fit right in. Rebecca had large eyes, "greenish" skin, and poor in health from lack of food. She wore a dress and had a bracelet that was a carnivorous animal tooth. She carried a rocking chair and a sack that held her parents bones that required a proper catholic burial. reflecting back on her character, she seems a little off. on page 41, Rebecca refused to eat and even drink water, yet a few days later she seems to be perfectly fine. When first coming to the village she carried a letter for Jose Arcadio Buendia, but for some reason they did not recognize the sender.To me, Rebecca is one of the most interesting characters in the story so far.
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