The character of Remedios in One Hundred Years of SolitudeIn the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Márquez, the saga of the Buendia family is used as an in-depth and contemplative representation of nature of human detachment. The Buendias are tormented by a seemingly incurable loneliness; a solitude they turn to and rely on when they find themselves in difficult times. When isolated, the Buendias lead a meaningless and inescapable life of habit and routine. One of the family members, Remedios the Beauty, is apparently unlike any other Buendia. His life consists of little else than sleeping, eating and bathing. The simple and uncomplicated life he leads is deceiving 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 naive, Remedios is not a simple person at all. two-dimensional idiot. Colonel Aureliano Buendia continually states that Remedios is "not mentally retarded at all" and is "the most lucid being" he has ever known. Such words are not unjustified. Remedios has ingrained in his mind the way of thinking that takes some artists years, if ever, to develop; the most prominent example of this is the abandonment of all conformity. “She remained calm in a magnificent adolescence, ever more impenetrable to formality, ever more indifferent to malice and suspicion, happy in her world of simple realities.” If Remedios did not possess the mental capacity to think for himself, he would be more susceptible to the senseless traps of so... middle of paper... emedios have no place on this planet. Remedios is used not only to represent the Buendia, it is an earthly symbol of the disconcerting complicity of life. She is both heroic and disdainful because she lives only by her own ideals and represents the daily struggles that everyone faces. Garcia Márquez ultimately comes to the conclusion that, although believing in one's ideal is important, turning away from all of humanity itself is an irreparable crime. Even as the Buendia brought destruction upon others, they never once attempted to seek those essential qualities of human existence and life. They could have found love if they had wanted it from the beginning; but by the time they understood everything, it was too late. Works Cited: Garcia Márquez, Gabriel. One hundred years of solitude. New York: HarperPerennial, 1991.