Passage of Time in HOS and OHYS
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PASSAGE OF TIME AND WINDS OF CHANGE Charles Darwin once said, 'It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.' This quotation fits in perfectly, as only in one line, it describes the cause that led to the downfall of the Buendias and the Truebas in the novels 'One hundred Years of Solitude' and 'The House of the Spirits' respectively. In both the novels, the winds of change blow throughout passages of time. However, since the characters fail to accept this change in the best spirit, time for them moves in a circle, as history repeats itself-again and again. One of the main themes in both these novels of magic realism is the role that fate plays in the progression of events and during the lifetimes of both the Buendias and the Truebas. And it is precisely this fate that...


