Incest

After reading 100 years in solitude for a couple of pages i seem to notice the theme of incest. much of what we discussed in class was the theme of incest in the god of small things at the end of the book. I see the two books closely related. I think that they both dabble in the theme of incest because it is taboo and it is regarded as disgusting in the western culture. However, in some cultures they see it as keeping the bloodlines pure.

What i see between these two books are the authors trying to push the boundaries of normalcy and seeing how fat they can go into the human subconcious to mention the subject of taboo. Both authors seem to have a different view than most western authors when it comes to incest. I beleive that they have had some experience with incest and therefore it pushed them to bring it up in the book to see if they would recieve any objections from readers.