The character of Remedios in a hundred years of solitudeIn the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the saga of the Buendia family is used as an in-depth and contemplative representation of the nature of human detachment. The Buendias are plagued by a seemingly incurable loneliness; a solitude that they turn to and rely on when they find themselves in difficult times. When isolated, the Buendias lead a life of habit and routine that is meaningless and inescapable. One member of the family, Remedios the Beautiful, is apparently unlike any other Buendia. His life consists only of sleeping, eating and bathing. The simple and uncomplicated life she leads is deceptive because Remedios the Beautiful is the most complex character in the entire novel. Furthermore, Remedios embodies everything that the Buendias represent in terms of loneliness and the nature of human existence and is essentially the center of the novel. First of all, although she may seem simple-minded, Remedios is by no means such a person. -dimensional idiot. Colonel Aureliano Buendia constantly asserts that Remedios is "in no way mentally retarded" and that he is "the most lucid being" he has ever known. Such comments are not unjustified. Remedios ingrained in his mind the way of thinking that it takes some artists years to develop, if ever; the most important example is the abandonment of all conformism. "She calmed down into a magnificent adolescence, more and more impenetrable to formalities, more and more indifferent to malice and suspicion, happy in her own world of simple realities." If Remedios did not possess the mental abilities to think for herself, she would be more susceptible to the senseless trappings of society... middle of paper... Emedios have no place on this planet. Remedios is used not only to represent the Buendias, it is an earthly symbol of the disconcerting complicity of life. She is both heroic and disdainful of living only according to her own ideals and represents the daily struggles that everyone faces. Garcia Marquez ultimately comes to the conclusion that, although it is important to believe in one's ideal, distancing oneself from all of humanity itself is an irreparable crime. Even though the Buendias brought about the destruction of others, they never attempted to seek these essential qualities of human existence and life. They could have found love if they had wanted to from the start; but by the time they figured it all out, it was too late. Works Cited: Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. A hundred years of solitude. New York: HarperPerennial, 1991.