He stopped sleeping,” to emphasize José Arcadio Buendía’s complete obsession with technology. Márquez also personifies José Arcadio Buendía’s imagination, claiming that it could drag him away, to reinforce his immense and uncontrollable desire for information. The narrator also depicts José Arcadio Buendía as an isolated character, “He would spend the nights walking around the room thinking aloud” (76). As José Arcadio Buendía wanders around his home, he spends less and less time with his family. José Arcadio Buendía’s isolation from his family is another recurrence of Márquez’s theme of solitude, and José Arcadio Buendía’s solitude eventually leads to his mental deterioration as he becomes completely obsessed with his search for knowledge. Márquez states that José Arcadio Buendía would “[think] aloud,” which foreshadows his eventual mental breakdown. Through short declarative sentences, personification, and foreshadowing, Márquez creates José Arcadio Buendía’s curious, obsessive, and isolated
He stopped sleeping,” to emphasize José Arcadio Buendía’s complete obsession with technology. Márquez also personifies José Arcadio Buendía’s imagination, claiming that it could drag him away, to reinforce his immense and uncontrollable desire for information. The narrator also depicts José Arcadio Buendía as an isolated character, “He would spend the nights walking around the room thinking aloud” (76). As José Arcadio Buendía wanders around his home, he spends less and less time with his family. José Arcadio Buendía’s isolation from his family is another recurrence of Márquez’s theme of solitude, and José Arcadio Buendía’s solitude eventually leads to his mental deterioration as he becomes completely obsessed with his search for knowledge. Márquez states that José Arcadio Buendía would “[think] aloud,” which foreshadows his eventual mental breakdown. Through short declarative sentences, personification, and foreshadowing, Márquez creates José Arcadio Buendía’s curious, obsessive, and isolated