In the events pertaining to Aureliano, Amaranta Ursula, and Gaston, we see the plural nature of the novel again. At first, this seems to be showing some modern elements, with the relationship of Amaranta Ursula from this village with a more modern man from Europe.

When she goes back to tradition and visit their village, it seems completely reasonable, and the expected ending of a modern short story showing this would involve her learning and leaving tradition behind. However, we see her fall back into it, starting an affair with Aureliano from the village, and staying there, where she will die.

So we see both modern and old-fashioned clash in an interesting way with this small sub-branch of a story.

Through this rain, we can see this novel's plural nature. Such intense rains for such a long period of time are next to impossible, but in having this event takes place it does several things. In the Bible, we see massive rains come and clean the Earth because God had become tired of the wickedness of man, and so too do such biblical-level rains happen here, giving the idea that the town is being cleared of it's wickedness.

Earlier, the banana massacre occured, and while not only did no one remember it happening, this rain comes and erases nearly all evidence of the banana company.

So, through this rain, we see both a very fictional idea of cleaning the earth, and a very real concern with the fact that the Banana Massacre of 1928 has gone so unrecognized.

http://www.conservapedia.com/Great_Flood

I do realize I did this last time. Sorry, it's an easy example.

In these passages, we can see yet again the effect solitude has on perspective, and a forced perspective at that. Of course, there are good and bad sides, and if there were a correct answer to if solitude was the "best" way to live life, there either would not be hermits, or we would all be hermits.

In this instance, they discover a galleon, interestingly enough covered in age and beautiful flowers. Much like in the book The Time Machine, such warships seem beautiful and innocent in this context, despite the fact that they are literally ships of war (warships). So one positive of solitude is the very fact of being able to see beauty in this ship, as they don't know it's purpose or the ongoing war outside from which it likely originated.

One of the cons, that becomes obvious as we go later in to the book, is that often times the real world comes crashing in, destroying the illusion of peace with harsh truths. While in The Time Machine this does not happen necessarily (they illustrate an interesting and different message), in 100 Years the people of Macondo learn the truth of the world, and learn of the horrors of war.

So the pros are that ignorance can be bliss, but the cons are that the same ignorance can kill you (e.g. Oh what's this L-shaped banger, better point it at something and pull the trigger)

The Time Machine Summary: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/timemachine/

Throughout our readings so far, we see the perspective of several different characters, for instance Jose versus his wife Ursula. As I said in my earlier annotation, we also see different chronological perspectives, with the beginning sentences as a simple starting example. Now, we see even more of their subjective reality, in a simple remote instance of Jose's confusion at all the discoveries.

He finds the galleon (which likely looked like http://static-30.sinclairstoryline.com/resources/media/484283ba-3c8e-444c-b893-c7d6bfb6f196-8651575_G.jpg?1442348911676), and suddenly realizes that there is sea nearby, something that he should have realized quite a while ago. He is prone to jumping to conclusions, as that is the reality he has grown up living in. From seeing this galleon and the sea, he concludes that Macondo is surrounded by water on all sides.

This goes to show, just as Ursula completely disagrees with him on many occasions shown from her perspective, that everyone sees things differently, and has different perspectives of reality. Perhaps it was sending a message to colonialists, that just because a large group perceive reality to be one way, does not mean it is how everyone should, and that they are wrong for trying to force that upon the Latin Americans.

And suddenly, the parallels to colonization are extremely prevalent. Just as they capture the leaders of the tribe with ransom for retribution, so did the Spanish with the Aztec leader, Montezuma II: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Montezuma-II

It is when violence arises that the charade is thrown aside and the true nature of both the colonizers and the colonized arises.

While I can't help but see the parallels between the Ibo & Christian religion and that the only real difference preached here is that of "just don't murder people", this passage does wrap up quite well some of the "cracks" in Ibo culture, why the missionaries were so successful.

The interpreter/missionary responds to why the Christian religion's God is better simply with a variation of "he doesn't tell you to kill your friends or family". Both of these are practiced by the Ibo culture, as seen with the ruthless murder of Ikemefuna, and with the murder of twin children.

Looking at Nwoye, to whom Ikemefuna was like a brother to, it is immediately obvious why this religion is more appealing, as the cracks are much more evident in his life. For those in the culture for whom the cracks are not as evident, such as the higher up class members, this takes longer.

Here we perhaps see the origin of Okonkwo's entire perception of masculinity and femininity from his father. The third person narrator brings up that his fear was "...of himself, lest he should be found to resemble his father." He goes overboard in his discipline of his household because he does not want any weakness or mercy to come from him, as this would remind him of his father. This is where his view of masculinity comes into play, in how he expects his sons to behave as he does, so as to not raise anyone like his father.

As for femininity, we see that agbala is another name for a woman at this time, and if he associated his father in that way, then it only makes sense that he would see femininity as an extension of his father. So I believe that his thoughts on masculinity and femininity all originate from his father, as much of adolescence in males can be influenced by father figures, for the better or worse. This article makes some good points on this influence: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-long-reach-childhood/201106/the-importance-fathers

In this, and the previous passage, we see several lessons that Okonkwo learned from Unoka. Okonkwo learned negative lessons from him, as in things not to do as a result of the shame that he brought.

With his time in front of the mirror done, he leaves to the cold outside world, where he finds the details for Giovanni's executio n in his mailbox. Having left behind his thoughts on Giovanni and himself, he tears it into pieces and throws it into the wind. Ho wever, just like how his problems still remain, pieces of the letter blow back onto him.

I've attached a picture that I believe illustrates the imagined scene of Giovanni's execution well.

http://theappendix.net/images/issues/2/4/large-Edwards2.jpg

He wonders how he can be saved from his own fate a t the end of his life, as Giovanni is near execution himself. He concludes his mirror introspection with the hope that "...the hea vy grace of God, which has brought me to this place, is all that can carry me out of it". At the same time, he concludes his thoughts on Giovanni, relating his oncoming death to him being freed from "this dirty world, this dirty body"(earlier but I can't annotate two things at once disconnected).

In this passage depicting the somber and ambiguous ending of the story, we see David skipping between his imagined rendition of Gi ovanni's execution and his own thoughts on his fate. In a way, we see the thoughts of both Giovanni and David, from David's perspe ctive and imagination. This gets quite intriguing at parts where he says his own body is "...under sentence of death", all while t he played out scene of Giovanni's last moments is happening in his imagination.

In this passage, Marlow decides it is better to lie about what Kurtz's actual last words were ("the horror, the horror!"), in place of telling his mistress they were "[her] name".

This is interesting, in that just earlier he was extremely prejudiced against his fellow countrymen for "not possibly [knowing] the things [he] knew", just because they had not seen what he had seen. Yet now, he feels it would be too dark for him to tell Kurtz's mistress the truth, and instead lies. It is likely this guilt only adds another dark and gloomy change onto his already cynical personality after his experiences.

In this passage, Marlow finds himself back in Europe, from whence he came, but with a different outlook. He has developed a sort of superiority complex, stating that they could "not possibly know the things I knew", and how he "had some difficulty in restraining [himself] from laughing in their faces so full of stupid importance". He has been changed by his experiences in a foreign land, but they made him worse, not better. In the place of his joyous excitement that triggered his departure, he now has cynical condescension and a dark sadness about him.

On another note, this is an example of the Hero's Journey Trope, in which a main character departs from his familiar land, has adventures and survives in the unfamiliar land, and then returns to his familiar land with new knowledge and character change(TV Tropes). http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/heros_journey4_8462.png

Bibliography

"The Hero's Journey - TV Tropes." TV Tropes. N.p., 10 Aug. 2016. Web. 01 Sept. 2016.

Yet again it is shown the difference between Watson and Holmes, and perhaps one of the great strengths Holmes is able to show in his ability to seperate emotions or feelings from his outlook on the problems.

This is in stark comparison to Watson, who makes this remark, whilst Holmes is thinking about the problem at hand. Not only this, but he does get emotionally involved with her multiple times later in the story, whereas Holmes is able to focus his mental capacity on the pressing matter at hand

Judging from the fact that it is said her father was in the "Indian regiment", in "the year 1878", we can get a pretty good idea of the war they are referring to, being the Second Anglo-Afghan war between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan, in the years of 1878 to 1880.

The offensive was done by British India, invading Afghanistan, so this is with all likelihood what is referred to by the "Indian regiment", stating that Miss Morsten's father was a senior captain of his regiment in the British Indian invasion of Afghanistan in the Second Anglo-Afghan war.

This really speaks to Sherlock's rigorous logical discipline that he keeps in his work, as he never lets his emotions get in the way of his observation, his work, and his thought process.

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