《活着》与《百年孤独》同是讲述家族的悲剧,《活着》是不完善的社会影响了人物的命运,《百年孤独》则是病态的社会导致了人物存在意识的改变。观察作品中的人物,发现人物没有自由意志,而是在一种预先安排好的环境(抑或是时代背景)下生存,作品中人物的抉择与家庭命运的趋向都已形成既定的规则。本文将从三个方面探讨两部小说中的命定性。 “Living” and “One Hundred Years of Solitude” are tragedies about the family. “Living” is an imperfect society that affects the fate of characters. “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is a pathological society that leads to a change in the consciousness of the existence of people. When we observe the characters in the works, we find that the characters have no free will but survive in a pre-arranged environment (or the background of the times). The choices of characters in the works and the tendencies of the family have formed the established rules. This article will explore the fate of the two novels from three aspects.