tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743710294218199902.post3593712123357266639..comments2010-04-15T22:06:50.176-07:00Comments on Siena's 365 Blog: The last bit of Cien Anos de SoledadSienahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06149534349568924259noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743710294218199902.post-60925989027294516612010-03-21T23:41:06.350-07:002010-03-21T23:41:06.350-07:00Agreed that the event of the banana company eerily...Agreed that the event of the banana company eerily symbolizes the many Latin American stories of cultural erasure and deterritorialization as big businesses invade peaceful lives in search of fabled utopias. When GGM describes the scene on the ominous night train as "los muertos hombres, los muertos mujeres, los muertos niños, que iban a ser arrojados al mar como el banano de rechazo" (p. 425), it prickled my skin. These people were nothing to those who shot them. This scene is very similar to the movie 'Rojo Amanecer'. It's about the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and the 300 student protesters who were massacred and then disposed of. The games continued because it was seen as an 'isolated incident'. Bull shit. I don't understand how governments and militaries become this corrupt. Oh yah, money and the chance to be seen on a global scale. <br />Sorry about the rant. I'll end off with saying that that was an excellent connection between the relics of Macondo and the rusty armor that Jose Arcadio Buendía found. Cyclical indeed! :)pura vidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07196884672980561074noreply@blogger.com