No One Writes To The Colonel By Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Suppression of Pride
In a state of martial law one individual does not have much to say.
This statement holds true in the novel, "No One Writes to the Colonel," by
Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The author discusses the political climate of one
man, the Colonel, who after fighting to create the governmen ....
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.... of natural causes; the first
in a long period of time. The government in attempt to avoid a
demonstration and possibly a riot, reroutes his funeral procession to avoid
the police barracks. Since the musician is a first to have died of natural
causes, we can assume that martial law has resulted in the untimely death
of many people. Another example is the death of the Colonel's son, Agustin,
Whom after his death has become the embodiment of the underground. It is
rightly so, being that he was ....
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Page count: 4 (approximately 250 words per page)
