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Pictures of Gabriel Garcia Marquez Literary Works Random Facts

http://www.themodernword.com/gabo/gabo_biography.html
 * All Information was off of this website: **

Colombia won its independence from Spain in 1810. With its independence came conflict between Spain and Indians. The Spanish began to rip through the land in search for gold. They also wanted political power. Through out Columbia's history there has been many different types of rulers until 1820 when it had its very first president. Then in 1849, the country had two political parties, the Liberals and the Conservatives, which exist to this day. Throughout the nineteenth century Colombia had multiple rebellions, civil wars of both the local and national variety. These rebellions were the result of the two political parties. Another element that would influence his work was the Banana Strike Massacre of 1928. Bananas were the basis of the Columbian economony.
 * How Country effected his Writings: **
 * His relatives fought in these wars which is reflected in his characters. He based them off of his relatives.
 * He was Born during the banana boom (strike) in Aracataca. It was a very sad time and is shown in his writings.
 * Issues in his countries past often come up in his books. (search for gold, new inventions, wars, ect.)

**How Life effected his writings:** Márquez was mesmerized by his grandfather's stories and his grandmother's superstitions. Besides the Colonel and himself he lived in a house of all women. His grandfather was a pensioned colonel from the civil war at the beginning of the century.
 * Later García Márquez would write: "I feel that all my writing has been about the experiences of the time I spent with my grandparents."
 * He also stated, "The tone that I eventually used in //__One Hundred Years of Solitude__// was based on the way my grandmother used to tell stories."

** How will this help us out? ** By Knowing more about the author and his life we establish credability (ethos). Also we can connect more with what we are reading if we know someone actually went through it. It makes the reading material seem more real and interesting. We can understand the reason of him writing and we know more about his point of view. For example if the author's life caused them to feel strongly for a certain topic we know that their book will probably be a little biased. In this case, the wars that Márquez talks about were told to him by his grandparent. So his stories will be in the point of view of what ever his side his grandparent was on. It will probably be one sided in that way.