 In The General in His Labyrinth , García Márquez voices his political views through the character of the General . For example , Alvarez Borland points out that in the scene where the General responds to the French diplomat , his words closely reflect García Márquez 's 1982 Nobel Address . The diplomat is critical of the barbarism in Latin America and the brutal means used in attempting to achieve independence . Bolívar replies by pointing out that Europe had centuries to progress to its current state , and that South America should be left to experience its " Middle Ages in peace " . Similarly García Márquez remarks in his Nobel Speech that " venerable Europe would perhaps be more perceptive if it tried to see Latin America in its own past . If only it recalled that London took three hundred years to build its first city wall ... " . 
 In The General in His Labyrinth , García Márquez <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>voices</mark></a> his political views through the character of the General . For example , Alvarez Borland <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>points</mark></a> out that in the scene where the General <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>responds</mark></a> to the French diplomat , his words closely reflect García Márquez <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>1982 Nobel Address . The diplomat <a href='drop_aux' title='5'><mark>is</mark></a>critical of the barbarism in Latin America and the brutal means used in attempting to achieve independence . Bolívar <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>replies</mark></a> by pointing out that Europe had centuries to progress to its current state , and that South America should be left to experience its " Middle Ages in peace " . Similarly García Márquez <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>remarks</mark></a> in his Nobel Speech that " venerable Europe would perhaps be more perceptive if it tried to see Latin America in its own past . If only it recalled that London took three hundred years to build its first city wall ... " . 
In The General in His Labyrinth , García Márquez voice his political views through the character of the General . For example , Alvarez Borland point outt dat in the scene where the General respond to the French diplomat , his words closely reflect García Márquez  1982 Nobel Address . da diplomat critical of the barbarism in Latin America and tdabrutal means used in attempting to achieve independence . Bolívar reply by pointingouttt tdatEurope had centuries to progress to its current state , and thdatouth America should be left to experience its " Middle Ages in peace " . Similarly García Márquez remark in his Nobel Speech thadatvenerable Europe would perhaps be more perceptive if it tried to see Latin America in its own past . If only it recalled thatdatdon took three hundred yrs to build its first city wall ... " .