In the structure of a play the climax, or crisis, is the decisive moment, or turning point, at which the rising action of the play is reversed to falling action. It may or may not coincide with the highest point of interest in the drama.

Macondo, Colombia

The mother might have decided to arrive in the town during the afternoon siesta because she didn’t want to be judged by people in the town while she went to see her dead son. The purpose of the mother and daughter’s trip was to get keys to the cemetery, in order to see their dead family member.

The major theme in “Tuesday Siesta” is to show dignity and self-esteem regardless of social class. In the face of all obstacles, the woman insists on being treated with dignity and as a human being, in spite of her class in society.

Aracataca, Colombia

Gabriel García Márquez was one of the best-known Latin American writers in history. He won a Nobel Prize for Literature, mostly for his masterpiece of magic realism, Cien años de soledad (1967; One Hundred Years of Solitude).

The Best Books by Gabriel García Márquez You Must Read

• One Hundred Years of Solitude.
• Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
• Love in the Time of Cholera.
• Of Love and Other Demons.
• News of a Kidnapping.
• The General in His Labyrinth.
• The Autumn of the Patriarch.
• Living to Tell the Tale.

In his novels, novellas and short stories, Mr. García Márquez addressed the themes of love, loneliness, death and power. Critics generally rank “One Hundred Years of Solitude” (1967), “The Autumn of the Patriarch” (1975) and “Love in the Time of Cholera” (1985) as his masterpieces.