Question

some writers use hyperbole or exaggeration, to make points about a character. For example, the colonel is described as "the loneliest man in the world". find one other example of hyperbole in this story and describe what it tells you about the related character?

Answer 1

The hyperbole or exaggeration is a rhetorical or literary figure which consists in increasing or decreasing intentional difference from the reality that is exposed, the character of the "Colonel" describes a hyperbole, when he points out that the colonel is the loneliest man in the world, said example corresponds to a character from the literary work of Gabriel García Márquez, How is "One Hundred Years of Solitude".

Likewise, another example of hyperbole is indicated in this work about a trait that Defines José Arcadio Buendía which "It retained its enormous strength which allowed it to tear down a horse by grabbing it by the ear", as he is the founder of the family in addition to Macondo He has to possess some characteristics of a hero and physical strength is very appropriate in this type of character of legends. A hero without strength is not possible, when José Arcadio is in full age and, he must still retain characteristics of Youth, in Summarizing what was wanted to stand out, was that this character still retained his young and huge forces.