Throughout the book One Hundred Years of Solitude, the theme of magical realism is present. From the theme of magical realism comes the idea of ​​looking at the extraordinary with a stone face and treating the ordinary as extraordinary. Additionally, if you further examine the magical realism of One Hundred Years of Solitude, there is a supernatural aspect that is common throughout the book. Melquíades, a gypsy who arrived in Macondo, possesses supernatural qualities, knowledge and aspects, which he uses to push the other characters, more specifically the Buendia family, in search of his knowledge. Melquíades is introduced to the reader in the first chapter, when his band of gypsies enter Macondo, when Macondo had just been founded. When Melquíades and his gypsies arrive in Macondo, they let the people of Macondo know many things. The first thing that was introduced was the magnet. Once Melquíades showed the lodestone to José Arcadio Buendia, Buendia became convinced that he could get the gold from Earth. This is just one example of how the inhabitants of Macondo try to deepen their thinking and their knowledge of things. All the different inventions, tools, and things that Melquíades brings to the people of Macondo are considered "magical" or extraordinary, even though to the reader they are everyday objects. Melquíades introduces things like ice and a telescope, which the people of Macondo pay to see. Of all the people of Macondo, Jose Arcadio Buendia is the most impressed by Melquíades' supernatural knowledge. With each new invention or object brought by Melquíades, Buendia goes to great lengths to purchase the objects, understand how it works, and promote the objects' uses. Every object brought by the gypsies is given to Buendi...... middle of paper......s. The fact that Melquíades wrote these manuscripts and delivered them to José Arcadio Buendia almost a hundred years before the end of Macondo proves that Melquíades cannot be more supernatural. Melquíades used his own supernatural knowledge to challenge the other characters' knowledge. Furthermore, Melquíades shows his supernatural qualities by returning from the dead and predicting the future of the Buendia family and Macondo. «But despite his immense wisdom and his mysterious breadth, he had a human weight, an earthly condition that involved him in the small problems of daily life».(6) Due to his supernatural qualities, Melquíades had to challenge others. knowledge of the characters and had to write the manuscripts. It was because it was supernatural; he had the burden of being involved in the rise and fall of Macondo.