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.