 Latin America 's history and culture , Alonso suggests , began with the loss of Bolívar 's dream of a united continent and as a result has developed under a melancholy shadow ever since . Thus , by forcing the reader to return to the origin of modernity in Latin America and confront its death in the most horrific way , García Márquez compels the reader to move from melancholy to mourning , " so that the phantom of the lost object of modernity may cease to rule the libidinal economy of Spanish American cultural discourse and historical life " . 
 Latin America <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>history and culture , Alonso <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>suggests</mark></a> , began with the loss of Bolívar <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>dream of a united continent and as a result <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>has</mark></a> developed under a melancholy shadow ever since . Thus , by forcing the reader to return to the origin of modernity in Latin America and confront its death in the most horrific way , García Márquez <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>compels</mark></a> the reader to move from melancholy to mourning , " so that the phantom of the lost object of modernity may cease to rule the libidinal economy of Spanish American cultural discourse and historical life " . 
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