Chapter 9

 1.       “He’s a wild beast worth watching… That man is more dangerous to us than then Minister of War.” Pg 165. This magical realism because it has been exaggerated, no man is a wild beast, and I doubt he is more dangerous than the minister of war.

2.

• ·         Colonel Aureliano Buendia- He became more of a tyrant. He is worse than he has ever been. It is as if he has lost his heart. His heart has gone to the dogs. He feels no emotion or pain whatsoever.
• ·         Ursula – She has seen who her son has become, and is very surprised. She cannot believe it, and she hopes that changes. However he does not, she even swears that if he harms anybody she will kill him herself with her bare hands, and would not be afraid to do so.
• ·         Genaraldo Marquez – He realizes what a tyrant his friend has become and tries to stop him. However Colonel Aureliano sends him to be executed then he brings him back.

3.

In this chapter Colonel Buendia becomes such an evil man, it is unheard of. He becomes cruel and rude. He does not even put into consideration the lives of his people. He only thinks about himself and the benefits he will receive from the war. His mother sees this in him and is very disappointed. She cannot believe that this is who he has become. She even threatens to kill him if he kills Generaldo Marquez. Colonel Buendia feels isolated, and decided to kill himself. However, he survives, and his mother decides to redecorate the house and dress better. She seems happy, then one of Colonel Buendia’s solidiers, dies under Remedios the Beauty’s window.

4.

• ·         “ Watch out for your heart…, your rotting alive.” Pg 165. This quote stood out to me, because it showed just how much Colonel Aureliano has changed, than even his soldiers say that he is rotting alive. It shows the degree of evil that Colonel has in his heart.
• ·         “Lost in the solitude of his immense power he began to lose direction.” Pg 166. This quote screamed out of the page. It shows that because of Colonel Buendia being so involved in the war, he has become lonely, and therefore he is not even thinking straight. He has become a tyrant for no reason.

5.

• ·         Isolation- Colonel Aureliano Buendia is so isolated. He is not even thinking straight and this is causing him to make bad decisions. He is so alone because of the war, that the more children he has, who are scattered everywhere, and the lonelier he feels.
• ·         Wild. Vs. Mundane- Even Ursula’s day to day life. There are so many things that pop up here and there, for example, her son going mad, and a man dying in her house under her great granddaughter’s bedroom.

Chapter 7

 1.

“Went down steps and climbed over curbs, passed along the Street of the Turks”. Pg 132. This quote represents magical realism, because it shows how blood has a life of its own. That it can move around, on its own, it has its own life. It is as if it is a real person or animal.

2

·         Jose Arcadio- He made Rebeca very happy, in fact that was the only happiness she knew. However he died. He was shot, and no one could wipe of the gunpowder he was covered in. He smelt like that forever, until a company built over his body with cement.

·         Rebeca- She initially was a woman who was in love, had life and was feisty. However, after her husband died, she put up shutters internally. She did not associate with people anymore. It was as ig she died with him.

·         Jose Arcadio Buendia- He grew closer with his ghost Prudencio, and he went to join him. He died, though it was predicted by Colonel Aureliano Buendia. On the day of deaths, so many flowers fell on the streets.

3.

This chapter was about how Aureliano was about to be killed because he was liberal. His mum was strong enough to come, to look at her son for the same time. He was taken to the street and put in front of the firing squad. He then was able to escape when war broke out with the officers. He then fought several wars after that. Jose Acadio Buendia remained in his spot, but was taken away by Ursula to live in a normal house. He then chose to go back because that was what he was used to. Sooner than later, he died. It was predicted by his son. He was then buried, and the day he was buried, yellow flowers fell on the ground. Jose Acadio was also shot and he died. Aureliano Jose joined his father in military.

4.

·         “ I am not going to marry anyone… much less you. You love Aureliano so much that you want to marry me because you can’t marry him.” Pg 138. It is interesting how Amaranta wants to remain celibate, yet she was the one who many years ago wanted to marry Pietro Crispi. Also the fact, that a guy who truly loves, Colonel Gerineldo Marquez loves her so much, and that she does not want that. It is also shocking how cruel she is to the love he is showering her with.

·         “Take good care of Papa because he is going to die.” Pg 138. This stood out to me because, it shows how strong Colonel Aureliano’s powers are, wherever he is. It also shows no matter where he is, he is forever thinking of the family, and wants to make sure they are alright. That in essence, no matter how hard the war has made him, he still cares.

5.

·         Ursula became more isolated, because her son and her husband died one after the other, yet she still exhibits strength. 

·         Even when the flowers were falling on the ground, and it was seem beautiful, there was a funeral that was about to take place. So it was a beautiful and ugly at the same time.

Chapter 6

1.

“Pilar Ternera, his mother, who had made his blood boil in the darkroom, was as much an irresistible obsession for him as she had been first for Jose Arcadio then for Aureliano.” Pg 111 This stands out as magical realism, because of how all the brothers and even her own son, want to sleep with her. It does not make sense. It is so much unbearable lust. It is hard to understand at what degree, and secondly why they all want to sleep with her

2

·         Colonel Auriliano Buendia- Became a hardcore sergeant in the military. E led his army to war several times, but they all lost. The seventeen children he had with seventeen people all died in the army. He is living off some steroid in his coffee. His life seems miserable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

·         Arcadio- Became very violent. He began to kill everybody in his sight. Apparently it was to enforce law. However, he killed anyone who even questioned him. Ursula went with a whip to try to discipline him, but it did not work. He continued gis violence. He was then shot before the firing squad for his violence. He is no longer alive, because of his carelessness.             

·         Amaranta – told Pietro Crispi that she was not going to marry him because. Hmslef, and he then killed himself. After that, she then burnt herself on her arms, and lived the rest of her life single and celibate.

3.

In this chapter Acadio goes wild. He decides to kill everyone in his way, because he has the power. He becomes the worst Tyrant in the History of Macando. He is the only person who has killed someone in Macando. He becomes very annoyed, even at his own mother who is trying to discipline him after he acted that way. He was then killed on a wall, with so much pain and sorrow on his mind. Aureliano Buendia became so involved in war elsewhere. He never won one, but he continued to fight. He even produced 17 illegitimate children who were all killed in his battles. Pietro Crispi killed himself after Amaranta rejected him. Amranta burnt herself for this and wore a black scarf around her hands for the rest of her life. Urusla found out about Acadio’s child with Sofia. She decided to take the child under her wing. Jose Arcadio Buendia was still tied to a tree. The family is a mess.

4.

“Come along o=in the name of God.. There has been enough madness.” Pg 117. This quote stood out to me because, it shows how much Ursula wanted to save her grandson. She wanted him to stop all his destruction. It showed how much she loved him and cared about his well being. Yet he did not listen. It was the yearn she had to get her family back to normal.                                                                       

“They had not seen him since they had left the house, but he seemed so friendly and familiar that they invited him to share the stew.” Pg 113. It showed that many of Acadio’s family members, were naïve to seeing how he had destroyed the city and its residents. That no matter how far he went, they would always love him and welcome him, into their home.

5.

·         Isolation was an important theme in this chapter. Ursula who had a house full of people, is now alone. Amaranta is the only one with her. Ursula is not even proud of her family and where they have ended up, some of them have even died or gone mad. She is just alone

·         Within mundane everyday life, there are countless number of deaths in Macando. Several number of incest relationships, and people who have gone crazy. It  is sad but true. The town’s culture is destroyed.

Chapter 5

“Thereupon, Father Nicanor rose six inches above  the Level of the ground.” Pg 82. This is magical realism, because one cannot levitate after drinking a cup of chocolate. In real life it is not possible. However, in the novel. It seemed like an everyday circumstance. They were no moved or surprise, they honestly believed Father Nicanor when he said it was the power of God. It was as if, he had done so before, after somebody else’s wedding.

Many characters have developed and changed. Aureliano Buendia- He has changed quite abit. He has now married, the woman of his dreams, who is Remidios. He is happy and content. His child with Pillar Ternera is also born, and they take him as their first born son. Rebeca- falls even more in love with Pietro Crispi, until one fine day Jose Arcadio returns, and she has an affair with him, and marries him instead/ Which was not only a disgrace to her, but also a disgrace to her whole family. Ursula Igurian- She feels that her world is turning upside down. She is more down trodden, tired and sad. She no longer has joy or hope.

In chapter 4, Jose Arcadio Buendia remains tied to a tree, because he is still crazy. He even tells people that he thinks, that his family thinks he is crazy. Aureliano Buendia married the girls of her dreams, but she then died, after she was ill for a few days. She died with twins in her stomach. Amaranta took in the baby as her own. Rebecca continued her relationship with Pietro Crispi, until she slept with Jose Arcadio. They were married a few days later at the 5 pm mass.      They were then exiled from the town, for the shameful act. Aureliano was then convinced into the military, and he was the one keeping watch, when the army was beating up and killing people. He then became Colonel Aureliano Buendias. He left to embark on his journey.

“ And I have come to tell you, not to bother with Rebecca again.” Pg 92. This quote stood out, because it showed gravity of the innocence that was taken away from the town. This is because Jose Arcadio is committing a form of legal incest by marrying Rebecca. No one, is happy with it, yet they seem content. It also shows how cruel one can be to another. Pietro made sure he kept coming back, yet Rebeca chose her brother over him. “Pietro Crispi asked her to marry him.” Pg 94. This stood out, because now Pietro Crispi is marrying his ex girl friend’s sister, which would make things more complicated. No one, it seems will ever be happy.

Isolation in this case could have been a good thing. If they were completely isolated and Jose Arcadio did not leave, he may have not gotten these ideas of marrying Rebecca into his head, because he would have grown up with her as his sister, and would have loved her like one. Even though the marriage between Rebeca and Jose Arcadio seems ugly and disgusting, they are one of the only happy people in the novel. They love each other, and they are content for now. So this is a beautiful thing. Even in this mundane simple life, Jose Arcadio and Rebecca were able to marry. This is wrong and uncivilized. Father Nicanor, even initiated the wedding, which is even worse, and he was able to levitate after drinking chocolate which is not something one sees often.

Chapter 4

“He is immortal”,… and he himself revealed the formula of his resurrection.” Pg 72. This was interesting because in real life no one is able to resurrect from the dead. It is magical realism, because people are just going about it as if it is a normal scenario. No one was shocked or no one questioned him as to how he resurrected from the dead, since this is not humanly possible.                                                                                                                                         Aureliano- Aureliano Buendia wants to experience how it feels to sleep with somebody, so he sleeps with Pillar Ternera. He opens up to someone for the first time. He teller of how he loves a young girl called Remedios. He told her of the love he had for her. He even got the guts to go and see her, and ask for her hand in marriage. He is becoming brave and taking risks. Remedios- She was initially very jumpy and feisty, she was also immature. She then became very mature, and she began to hold herself with dignity and composure, something she had never done before. Melquides died, suddenly, after his old age. This time he died forever, and was buried in the garden.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Aureliano fell in love with a nine year old. He saw her when he went to visit her family. He was not interested in other girls, he was only interested in her. He desired her so much. When he slept with Pillar Ternera, he confessed to her, his love for the young girl. She understood him and felt sorry for him.  Melquides died suddenly because of old age. He went into the river, and was found, stomach devoured by vultures. He was given much respect. Pietro Crispi and Rebeca continued their courting, and Amaranta wanted him all for herself, but was not able to get him, for he loved only Rebeca.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       "I have found Immortality.” Pg 72. This quote stood out to me because immortality is something we associate with heaven. Here on earth we are only mortal, so the fact that he has found immortality is quite interesting to me. In fact it is quite intriguing. I was puzzled, however, that is part of the magical realism. “You will not be happy as long as your parents remain unburied.”pg 75. This is a foreshadow of Rebeca’s fate I believe. She will never be happy because she was a child who came with problems and issues. A child who brought the insomnia plague to the family, and who ate paint from the walls and dirt from the earth.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Isolation is not a good thing in this chapter. I say this because whenever Rebeca was isolated, she would go back to her old ways. Where she would curl up into a ball, and eat white wash and dirt, when she was surrounded by people, she would never do so. So isolation in this case was negative. If Melquides was not by himself that time in the river, his life may have been saved. So in this case as well isolation was not good. The past affected the present and maybe even the future in Rebeca’s case. This is because she had not buried the bones of her parents, a death that had happened several years ago. Even though Melquides was bound to die a peaceful death, the way he died was peculiar. Also how the vultures came to scavenge, showed some sort of wildness in Macando.

Chapter 3

“It was the insomnia plague.” Pg. 43. This is evidence of Magical realism, because the insomnia plague has never existed and it will never exist. It is one of those magical diseases that are made up by Gabo.                                                                                                                                               Rebecca Buendia- A character that was introduced. She is the daughter of a distant relative. She initially would eat soil and white wash, however, after Ursual Igurian tied her up, and whipped her, she began to eat like a normal person and talk too in a native Indian language. Aureliano was no longer a young boy. Instead he was an adolescent who grew a moustache and was more mature. He began to take even more interest in the science of constructing items. Melquides came back from the dead. He said that being dead was too lonely and solitary. He neede to be alive again, however, he came back old and ailing.                                                                                                                                                                                                      In  the novel Pilar Ternera gave them their grandson. This was the son of Jose Arcadio. They decided to take custody of him, and they looked after him like their own son. However, so as to avoid confusion, they called Arcadio. Rebecca. Their niece also arrived. Her parents were relatives of Jose Buenida and Ursula, however, both of them were dead. With her she brought the insomnia plague, which was the reason their housekeeper escaped her town. No one was able to sleep, but they never felt tired or exhausted. However, because of not sleep, they began to forget several things. So they wrote on all their planks, because they wrote on all the names on every plank thanks to Aueriliano Buenida, who came up with it helped and Melquides came with a portion that got rid of the plague.                                                                                                                                                “ At the beginning of the road in the swamp they put up a sign that said MACANDO and another large oneon the main street that said GOD EXISTS” pg. 47. This quote stood put to me, because even in their own magical happenings, they still believe that God exists. It also stood because even when they believed in the future telling, they also believe that God does really exist. “That night he could not sleep, thinking about the girl, with a mixture of desire and pity.” Pg 52. This stood out because it shows the heartfulness hehas for people. It shows he has kindness,  that his brother did not exhibit. It showed his gentle and caring character.                                                                                                                                            Isolation in the novel was bad, this is because when they developed the plague, if Melquides had not come, no one would have known what to do. They would never have known where to go find the cure, and no one would have known that they were sick. They may be very wild, however, the fact that they believe in God shows that they have been quite exposed to the passer bys of the outside world. The love that Aureliano had for his workmanship was very different from that of pity he had for the girl. He was sorry that the girl had to endure that and he wanted to protect her.

Chapter 1 and 2

“We have still not had a death; a person does not belong to a place until there is someone dead in the ground.”  P. 13. This quote stood out because, it showed some elements of magical realism. How is it possible that no one has died yet? That is impossible in real life.                                                                                                                                                                Jose Arcadio- eldest son. This character changes quite a bit. In the few chapters, he becomes a man. A conscious man. However, he is not interested in his father’s inventions. Melquides, gypsy trader. At first he was vibrant and he was funny and, however after a few tips back he became ill. He began to look old and tired; he was no longer vibrant and happy. Jose Arcadio Buendia, father. When the gypsies came to trade, he was very astonished, one that they could find Macando, and secondly that they had brought such good inventions with them. Jose was very intentions, and spent all his days and interested in these inventions glued to building and seeing how things work.  He began to neglect his children and his wife; it was as if she they were not even there. It came to a point, where he used most of his money to go see the inventions.                                                                                                                                       Melquides always traded with Jose Buenida. They would always be in the house trying one of the new inventions, Melquides brought. Ursula disapproved of it, and she let the whole village know so, so she. Melquides grew ill, however he later recovered and he even bought fake teeth. It was revealed the origin of Macando, from Jose and his peers, walking trying to discover the sea, and finally there was a patch of earth next to a river. He then set up the town in an organized fashion.  Jose after the trading became very lazy and unfocused, he looked sloppy. He stopped being an example for all, as the ideal. He got an alchemist’s laboratory.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      “Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aueriliano Beundia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.” P. 1. This quote seems like magical realism because ice was never a huge necessity in the world. It was never shown as such a big deal in history.    , However, it was important to the people in the novel, and the importance was logical and relevant. “god dam nit … Macando is surrounded by water on all sides.” P. 12.  I like this quote because it describes Macando in a nutshell. This shows that the town is completely isolated. And it would be very hard for them to travel.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Isolation is one of the themes. They are isolated from everything that is why their town is so simple and humble; they really have no way to get in contact with the outside world. Wild vs. Mundane- Where they live in, are a wild area, in the middle of nowhere, however, their lives are pretty monotonous and very similar, and nothing has changed. They do not hunt wild boar for food, nor do a rain dance. They are very simple. They have different types of love. Jose has love for his lab and also for his family, but seems his love for his lab is greater than that of the family.

“A pig’s tail; that was never to be seen by any woman and that cost him his life when a butcher friend did him the favor of chopping it off with his cleaver.” P.20, In reality, no one can grow a pigs tail, it is not possible, however in this story, it is part of life, not magic.                                                                                                                                                      Jose Arcadio Buenida won a cock fight with Prudencio Aguilar, he was made fun of, by his competitor, and it eventually led him to stabbing him to death. At first Jose thought nothing of it, until the ghost haunted them, and Jose felt guilty, hence they had to move to a new place. Ursula Iguaran, let her guard down and eventually slept with her husband for the first time. Jose Arcadio grew up, became a man, and had an affair with Pilar Ternera. He then has another affair with a young gypsy girl and runs off with them.                                                                                                                                                                                                  In this chapter the discovery of Macando is made clearer. Jose Arcadio Buenida and Ursula left their hometown because of how scared they were of Prudencio’s ghost that haunted them. Jose Arcadio had an affair with Pilar, and she became pregnant with his child. However before that he was falling in love with her, and wanted to make their love public. He then described to his younger brother Aureliano Buenida how sleeping with someone feels like, and Aureliano is interested. Jose Arcadio left with a gypsy girl that he had an affair with and he never returned. His mother went looking for him, but she never found him, instead she found people that looked like them.                                                                                                                                                            “I hope its true… that way he will learn to be a man.” P.34 This simply shows that Jose Buenida did not think of his son as a man, but young untamed boy, who had no ambition. Yet he was far from wrong. “Ursula had not found the gypsies, but she had found the route that her husband had been unable to discover in his frustrated search for the great inventions.” P.36. This shows that women are just as capable as men to find things and to be explorers. I like this quote because it shows the importance of women in a society.                                                                                                                                                          Isolation- Now they, are not as isolated as they thought, because Ursula found people like them, and she even dressed differently, meaning she came in contact with them. The past affected the present because Ursula found a place that Jose was searching for in the past, and that he never found. The even in their mundane world, strange things happen like Armanta’s basket moving on its own.

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Don Quixote is quite fond of Sancho Panza. He wants Panza to be the one to fight crime with him, and to go on his errantries. He wants Sancho Panza to be there with him whenever, not only as a squire who obeys his every orders, but also as a friend. He knows that Sancho Panza may not always agree with his decisions and the battles he picks because he believes they are dangerous, or the sort, but he still wants to spend time with him. He still wants his input and wants to hear what he has to say. He respects his squire and does not want to treat him like any old bloke he met on the road he values him and respects what he has to say and who he is. He then thinks that he is intelligent and humble, just like a knight should be.                      Sancho Panza really admires Don Quixote and his quests. Yet I believe that in back of his mind, he wonders when a real one would come a long. This is because he knows that he is slightly delusional yet he does not want to disrespect him. He trusts him so much. That is why he has not regretted his decision to leave his family. He believes that he is meant to do the best service to Don. So he does, and he enjoys it. He respects Don, and knows that the respect is mutual. He may even want to someday be like Don Quixote.

God's battle

My beautiful Aude. I will leave you; to go fight a battle I am not sure I will be able to finish alive. I will not see your beautiful face or look into your gorgeous eyes. I will miss you each time, I fight my enemy. I am fighting for what I believe in, for what we believe in. Christianity is supreme and no one should defy it. However, what would Oliver think of my techniques, we are good friends.  I am sure he knows that I will never make a cry for help. Never. He knows it is a sign of weakness, and we will look like imps on the battle field if we do. I can never do that to my reputation. Every Tom, Dick and Harry thinks I am the most powerful and skilled Count in France, kingdom of Charlemagne, so will I let that crumble to the ground? No. I will fight as best I can. Lord I hope you are seeing what I am writing. I pray that I am able to fight for you almighty. I hope I glorify your name, in this religious war. I hope that you see to what lengths I would go to, to make sure your name is exalted on high. I will make sure that my men will see the same, and do it. So when I lay to rest Lord, come for me and let me rest with you, Father. Gamelon may have something up his sleeves, but he has been awfully quiet about it. He thinks I want to kill him, but I cannot be bothered, I have more important things to do. Uncle Charlemagne will hopefully be impressed with how heartily we fought, and how much we wanted to be there. He would be impressed and honour us, and our families that we will leave behind. I have fear; however, I know not to show it.

Roland. A leader?

I believe that the saying that states that every man is for himself is false. When in battle or in any other situation what you do will affect others. Organization is the key to success, or else we would all fail, and pretend to admire ourselves. Leaders should learn a thing or two from these sentences. A leader is only as good as his/her people. If the leader has skills that may outshine everybody else’s, that is great. It is admirable, and probably a good example for all. However, it may not solve a problem, and the leader’s people will not be involved in that equation. However, if the leader is able to organize his people and lead them to function as one, then they will definitely be prosperous. When a man organizes his people, for the greater good, and shows companionship, then it is a sign that he cares for his people. It also shows that he feels that he is part of his people. The issue of superiority, and the question of who is inferior, does not seem to factor. So everyone is happy, and then his people admire him for leading them as one people, and not as individuals with great skills. They are also confident in their leader, and trust him. They are able to work together. The captain in a football team may have be able to score well; but if he cannot give the team spirit and spank and tell people what their role is, then the team may as well forfeit, and say they will never play again. With your leader you are one body, and what use is a head, without the rest of the vital organs and limbs? What use is a leader without his people?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       A good leader: 

1)       Is Courageous

2)      Kind to his people

3)      Communicates well

4)      Puts his people before himself

5)      Makes good decisions most of the time                                                                                       

6)      Trusts his people

7)      Is loyal

8)      Is trustworthy

9)      Never gives up

10)   Never gives reason for people to doubt him

11)   Is organized

12)   Is humble

13)   Is giving

14)   Gives good advice

15)   Tries to be fair to each individual

16)   Has a good heart

17)   Does not discriminate

18)   Congratulates for good work done by a citizen

19)   Is assertive

20)   Has a “backbone”

21)   Has strength, no matter the kind

22)   Is intelligent

23)   Is selfless

24)   Is mature

25)    Is a servant

Roland is not necessarily a good example of a leader. He has too much pride and that is why he did not blow the horn to warn the King. Oliver was complaining that they needed help, and Roland refused to acknowledge that. In this case he was not doing what was good for his people because he put his pride before his people. This shows selfishness and immaturity. He does not make good decisions that benefit all. This is why many of his people died, and he overlooked it. He left people to fight alone while he lay to rest. He gave up in other words. He did not properly communicate with Charles about what they needed. He bragged to other people about how good his skills were instead of reminding them that they were in it together. It was as if, he were the master and they were the servants; instead it should be the other way round. He was also not very organized. It was very immature of him to refuse to summon the king, because he did not want to look like he was failing miserably.