Tres Marias and Macondo as places of revitalization for characters in the works - In The House Of Spirits and One Hundred Years of Solitude are two books that use the place of habituation to develop themes and characters.
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Tres Marias and Macondo as places of revitalization for characters in the works
Billy Degnan
05/19/02
1,247 words
Tres Marias and Macondo as places of revitalization for characters in the works
In The House Of Spirits and One Hundred Years of Solitude are two books that use the place of habituation to develop themes and characters. Throughout these books, Macondo and Tres Marias are extremely similar in the event that happen in each place, also they both develop the theme of starting over. The main characters retreat to these towns to begin new lives and become new people, as the towns become new places. The towns and the characters and unraveled and motives are exposed.
Esteban Trueba, a hard working, lonely, stern, Spanish man went trough many tragic events. Estebans life which should have gone quite smoothly, started to turn into a downward spiral of problems. The death of his first love and would be future wife, Rosa the Beautiful, put Esteban into a sever depression. He could not function nor get along with anyone following her death. His life was in ruins and he had to do something about it. Esteban had to get away from civilization. He moved out to a new rural home, Tres Marias. At Tres Marias Esteban began his new life. Tres Marias for Esteban was like whipping the slate clean and starting all over. He moved to a place where no one knew him. He wanted to try and forget about what happened with Rosa the Beautiful. He was successful at this. Esteban has many sexual relationships with peasant women. He also wanted to establish himself as a power and have the ability to dictate to a group of people. Basically, Esteban wanted to turn his life around and accomplish something successful and meaningful with his life. Tres Marias resembles Esteban in many ways. Tres Marias and Esteban start their “lives” over when they come together. Tres Marias, which was in shambles before Esteban came, needed major restoration. Tres Marias was basically being built from scratch. The building was untouched since Esteban visited it as a child. Tres Marias is now the place where Esteban will fight off the sadness that has been overwhelming him since the death of Rosa. Tres Marias and Esteban were not going to be rebuilt by just sitting around. The rebuilding would take hard work and struggle. Tres Marias allowed Esteban to discover what kind of a person he is and what he wants to do in life. Tres Marias is established as a place where life is rejuvenated. Esteban put the peasants that lived around Tres Marias to work. He put them to work and in return they received food. Esteban was the dictator of these peasants. They listened to him like he was their leader and he received the power that he wanted. In no time at all Tres Marias and Esteban were revitalized and placed on their correct pathways of life. Esteban was in mourning from the loss of his only love, Rosa the Beautiful. Tres Marias abandoned and left with no one to take care of it. Both Tres Marias and Esteban are falling were apart and are at a complete low. Next, Tres Marias and the restoration begin and all of the new parts are being installed. Esteban is also having new parts installed. New women are in his life and he has a new job (directing peasants). The sexual relations with the new women help Esteban forget about his loss of Rosa the Beautiful. At the end of Tres Marias and Estebans development, both overcome their problems. Tres Marias is now a beautiful fully restored structure that has a working class and a type of leader. Esteban is now a fully restored and rejuvenated person. Esteban is now able to handle the realities of civilization in his hometown. This is when Esteban goes in search of his future lover in which he pursues a marriage with Clara. Clara, Rosas sister, marries Esteban and has a fairly successful life together.
