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Fifty years, nine months, and four days is the time it takes to trace the lives of the three main characters in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel , set in an unnamed country on the coast of South America. This is also the amount of time that one man has dedicated of ....

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.... him in her life. Since that day he feverishly concieved poetry, and claimed a vow of devotion for her. And then finally, more than 50 years later, he was given the chance to renew his fow for Fermina at the Dr. Urbino's wake. But Fermina is offended by his ill timing and throws him out of her life once again. But by proving his love for her as a person rather than just being a shadow, Fermina eventually accepts him back into her life and they decided to escape all of lifes problems by heading down the river with no hopes of ever returning. Social criticism plays a role in Florentino's life. One of the main reasons that he was not allowed to be ....