ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE POST 5

"The Street of the Turks, enriched by well-lit stoes with products from abroad, displacing the old bazaars with their bright colors, overflowed on Saturday nights with the crowds of adventurers who bumped into each other among gambling tables, shooting galleries, the alley where the future was guessed and dreams interpreted, and tables of fried food and drinks, and on Sunday mornings there were scattered on the ground bodies that were sometimes those of happy drunkards and more often those of onlookers felled by shots, fists, knives, and bottles during the brawls."

The author uses imagery and diction to create a visual of a festive night scene that results in a dark outcome when daylight breaks. "Well-lit", "bright colors" and "overflowed" set up the street as lively and bustling. The mentioning of "future" and "dreams" relay the thought process of the attendees as wanting to search for something more than what they already have, and food and drinks show good spirit. However, sprinkled throughout the elated scene, there are hints of wrong doings and guility pleasure-gambling, and shooting. The final result in the morning of "bodies" scattered all over as a result of "shots, fists, knives and bottles"--more negative and violent words-- contrast from the original image conveyed when there is still darkness to sequester the evil. Marquez uses all of this to further enforce the theme, found throughout the book, of loss of innocence and introduction of evils that can change the path of one's desires. Many of the attendee's "futures" and "dreams" are halted by violent brawls after the eventful nights, leaving many of them dead in the street. The evils like "gambling" and "shooting" act as sidetrackers composed of greed and the immediate satisfaction of urges, causing them to stray from original intent of a good time and positive self progression.