Multiple Themes of One Hundred Years of SolitudeHow the theme of the novel is developed and enriched by the plot, characters and setting. This novel seems to have multiple themes. An important theme is that every action causes a reaction and a person's action can cause something unexpected. Likewise, it also seems to say that fate is bound to happen, no matter what is done to try to change it. In this novel, when José Arcadio Buendia marries his cousin Ursula, the two are condemned to have a son with a pig's tail. I think this is just a way of saying that they are doomed to fall and failure. They are afraid and tired of people whispering and pointing, so after Jose kills a citizen, they decide to retreat to the jungles of South America. With the help of other settlers, they founded their own small town, called Macondo, in hopes of escaping the wrath of fate. Their family lives this way for a hundred years before their destiny is fulfilled. This novel is about how a family manages to survive, for a certain period, in solitude. So, it's fitting that the setting is a newly settled village, deep in the jungle, far from the world that doomed them. One Hundred Years of Solitude is an almost magical story in which past, present and future seem to merge into one. It tells the story of a family, rather than an individual, and how two people's mistake results in the downfall of their descendants. If the setting had been in an urban environment, the story would not have made sense, or at least it would have lost some of its impact. Instead, these people start from scratch and build their own civilization. Over the course of a century, civil wars occur, along with tragedies, the appearance of angels, and family members losing their sanity. The novel is written in decades, each exploring a main character and with the lives of the other characters, the book intertwines until everything merges, returning to the beginning of the book, as Macondo continues towards his inevitable self-destruction.