 García Márquez depicts the General 's body itself as a labyrinth . His doctor observes that " everything that enters the body , adds weight , and everything that leaves it is debased . " The General 's body is described as a " labyrinth coming to a literal dead end " . The labyrinth is also expressed in geographical and architectural imagery . The country 's destiny is imagined as a break @-@ up , a folding of north into south . The seas offer the hope of a new life and a new world , but the closer the General is to Colombia , the less chance he has of moving on . García Márquez describes buildings as " daunting , reverberating ( if not exactly reiterating ) with the echoes of a bloody past " . The portrayal of the General 's world as a labyrinth is underlined by his constant return to cities and towns he has visited before : each location belongs to the past as well as to the present . The General in his Labyrinth blurs the lines between perdition in a man @-@ made world and wandering in the natural world . 
 García Márquez <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>depicts</mark></a> the General <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>body itself as a labyrinth . His doctor <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>observes</mark></a> that " everything <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>enters</mark></a> the body , <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>adds</mark></a> weight , and everything <a href='null_relcl' title='7'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>leaves</mark></a> it is debased . " The General <a href='null_genetive' title='9'><mark>'s</mark></a>body is described as a " labyrinth coming to a literal dead end " . The labyrinth is also expressed in geographical and architectural imagery . The country <a href='null_genetive' title='10'><mark>'s</mark></a>destiny is imagined as a break @-@ up , a folding of north into south . The seas offer the hope of a new life and a new world , but the closer the General <a href='drop_aux' title='11'><mark>is</mark></a>to Colombia , the less chance he <a href='uninflect' title='12'><mark>has</mark></a> of moving on . García Márquez <a href='uninflect' title='13'><mark>describes</mark></a> buildings as " daunting , reverberating ( if not exactly reiterating ) with the echoes of a bloody past " . The portrayal of the General <a href='null_genetive' title='14'><mark>'s</mark></a>world as a labyrinth is underlined by his constant return to cities and towns he <a href='been_done' title='15'><mark>has</mark></a> visited before : each location <a href='uninflect' title='16'><mark>belongs</mark></a> to the past as well as to the present . The General in his Labyrinth <a href='uninflect' title='17'><mark>blurs</mark></a> the lines between perdition in a man @-@ made world and wandering in the natural world . 
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