Colombian And Proud!

            Gabriel Garcia Marquez, one of the most, if not the most recognized writer in Colombia and Latin America, has filled the worlds minds with his extraordinary and emotion evoking stories, consequently winning a Nobel Price of Literature in 1982. In his acceptance speech Marquez, as he does with no fault in all his written and spoken works, touches everyone’s hearts, proudly representing the culture of Latin America, not only in the present, but also in the past.

            Anyone who has read pieces of Marquez knows how he mixes reality and fiction, just like this, he starts his speech, already catching his audience attention, with the mind catching and hooking picturesque details allowing to depiction every word he says and writes.

            The way Marques poses allusions to other characters and incredibly known and talented writes such as Magellan and Thomas Mann, not only requires his audience to be at the least scholarly and have knowledge of other important pieces of literature.

            The Nobel price winner and proud representative our Latin America, knowledgably references to historical facts, making his audience realize how Latin Americas past full of war, reforms, different political leaders and inner conflicts juxtaposed with the beauty of the nation too, but what is really important is how he emphasizes the reality of all of it, appealing to his audiences pathos, move them by realizing what our nation went through. “Countless daily deaths, and that nourishes a source of insatiable creativity, full of sorrow and beauty, of which this roving and nostalgic Colombian is but one cipher more, singled out by fortune.” The audience, if adequately educated will completely be charmed by Marquez’s words.

Rhetorical Triangle:

Title: Solitude of Latin America

Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Audience: A cultured & knowledgeable audience

Purpose: Represent and show the hard past of Latin America