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Chapter 11
Magical Realism:
on one moonlight night Fernanda saw a beautiful women dressed in white crossing the garden toward the chapel. pg. 222

he discovered that the ,mark was indelible and so were those of his brothers. They tried soap, water, earth and a scrubbing brush, lastly a pumice stone and lye, but they could not remove the cross. pg. 233-234

He broke so many plates without touching them, pg. 237


Character Change:
Fernanda: The wife of Aurelaino Segundo. She was very lost in the world. She came into the house of the Buendia family taking over everything. She changed all of the traditions to follow her faith.

Aureliano Centeno: The first son of Colonel Aureliano Buendia who was brought to the house to be baptized. He eventually decided to stay in Macondo and opened up his on ice factory.

Aureliano Triste: The son of Colonel Aureliano Buendia. HE worked in the ice factory. He eventually began his own railroad system.


Quotes:
The only candle that will make him come is always lighted." pg. 220 Petra Cortes believes that event though Aureliano Segundo is married as long as he sees her lights on he will always come back to her.

"I married a Sister of Charity." pg. 226 Aureliano Segundo is making fun of the fact that Fernanda is a virgin and a very pure girl.

"She's still alive!" pg.236 Ursula is surprised to hear that Rebeca is alive since no one has seen or heard from her in may years.

"We have to bring in a railroad." pg. 238 Aureliano Centeno is trying to modernize the country and expand Macondo just like Jose Arcadio Buendia.


Themes:
Resentment: Fernanda resents the fact that Aureliano Segundo is sleeping around with Petra Cortes and that they are happy with one another.

Entrepreneurship: Aureliano Centeno wants to build a railroad system in order to modernize Macondo.


Summary:In the beginning of the chapter it talks about Fernanda and her family and how she was raised to be a queen. Aureliano Segundo comes to rescue her and marries her. Aureliano doesn't stay faithful to his wife and sleeps around with Petra Coste. Fernanda tries to change the Buendia house into a religious sanctuary. She throws away all of their customs so that they may be better people.Fernanda and Aureliano Sergundo have two children named: Renata Remidios and Jose Arcadio. Ursula wants to raise Jose Arcadio to be a pulp. The seventeen sons of Aureliano Buendia come to Macondo too receive ashes. The ashes are marked on their forehead until death. Aureliano Triste And Aurelaino Coste remain in Macondo and buils a ice factory and a railroad system.



Chapter12
Magical Realism:
It was an intricate stew of truths and mirages that convulsed the ghost of Jose Arcadio Buendia under the chestnut tree with the impatience and made him wander all through the house even in broad daylight. pg. 242

It was so deep in his body that the cracks in his skull did not give off blood but an amber-colored oil that was impregnated with that secret perfume, pg. 252

Remedios the Beauty was waving good-bye in the midst of the flapping sheets that rose up with her, pg. 255


Character Change:
Remedios the Beauty: She was very unaware of the world. She reside in her own world. She was very childish and didn't care about her appearance. She was loose but still pure. She was really dingy. She had the mark of death. She is very simpleminded and flirtatious.

Colonel Aureliano Buendia: Resume in solitary and was very upset with the production of Macondo. HE wants to start another war with the Conservatives.


Quotes:
" With any of them your children will come out with the tail of a pig." pg. 248 Ursula is warning Remedios not to get close to the Aurelainos because she might have kids with mutations.

"Be careful," pg. 250 Remedios does not really care about the fact that the man is watching her she only cares about the fact that he might fall because she knows that she carries the omen on death.

"We're going to have to raffle you off." pg. 254 Ursula was being sarcastic considering the fact the no man wants to marry Remedios and Remedios doesn't want to marry a man.


Themes:
Lack of Sense: Remedios doesnt realize how young she acts. She really doesn't realize the affect she has on her family or other men.

Summary:
The city becomes industrialized and becomes flourished with foreigners. Fernanda and Aurelaino Buendia do not agree with this. Remedios the Beauty continues to kill more men with her beauty and eventually disappears. Colonel Aureliano Buendia threat the banana company that they will go to war but in retaliation someones tries to kill his sons. Colonel Aurelaino Buendia goes into solitude and is upset that his childhood friend Colonel Marquez does not want to support him.



Chapter13
Magical Realism:
and the dead ghost of Jose Arcadio Buendia, who at times would come sit down with and inquisitive attention in the half-light while she was playing the clavichord. pg. 277


Character Change:
Ursula: She is getting very old and is not as functional as she use to be. She doesn't want to tell anyone because she doents want to feel useless. Her senses became better and she found ways to keep from bumping into things.

Aureliano Segundo: IS know a very fat man. He forgets about his family and stays with Petra Costes. He begins to spoil her with everything and neglects his family. When he has a near death experience he begin to spend time with Fernanda.

Camila Sagastume: She was known as the Elephant . She was very sturdy and gigantic and very beautiful. She is also a very compassionate woman because when she founds out that Aureliano Segundo is in pain she suggests that he should stop. She is very well mannered and believes that you should eat through the spirit.

Jose Arcadio Segundo: He was in solitude and hasn't been to see his family in a while. He comes to visit Colonel Aureliano Buendia sometimes to discuss private matters. He had a very depressing face when he was in presence of the family. He also worked with the banana company and was banned from the house by Fernanda.

Colonel Aureliano Buendia: Dies underneath the Chestnut tree.


Quotes:
"The years nowadays don't pass the way the old ones used to." pg. 263 Ursula is coming to an acknowledgement that she is getting old and wish that the days would go bye slow so she wont get old.

"You're not sitting where you're supposed to." Ursula is talking to Armaranta because she accidentally bump into her while she was sewing.

"You have a heart of stone." pg. 277 Ursula is talking ot Colonel Aureliano Buendia because he is a very darkened man. He doesn't have feelings for anyone and is definite to solitude.


Themes:
Solitude: Colonel Aureliano Buendia is in solitude because he stays in his room all day and doesnt conversate with anyone. He doesnt express his feelings for anyone. His heart is made of stone.


Summary:
Ursula is getting very old and is loosing her senses. She tries to stop time because she believes that time moves to quick. The house becomes emptier since there is no one left. Armaranta makes her own shroud because she was told that she was going to die on the last day that she would finish making it. Aureliano Segundo moves out of the house to stay with Petra Costes. He almost kills himself in a eating contest against the Elephant and request to go to Fernanda. Fernanda and Aureliano Segundo make an arrangement to play house when ever Meme returns from school. Jose Arcadio Segundo to visit Colonel Aurelia Buendia. Ursula wants Jose Arcadio Segundo to get him out of a slum. Colonel Aureiano Buendia is found by the oak tree dead the next day.




Chapter14
Magical Realism:
She saw it because it was a woman dressed in blue with long hair, with a sort of antiqued look, and with a certain resemblance to Pilar Tenera..... pg. 299

Maracio Babilonia was always in the audience at the concerts, at the movies, at high mass, and she did not have to see him to know that he was there, because the butterflies were always there. pg. 308


Character Change:
Meme: The daughter of Fernanda and Aurelaino Segundo. A very smart and artistic girl. She was very mature.

Armarant: She eventually dies. She knows that her time has come so makes her shroud that she may be buried with. She tries to prolong the project so that she may prolong her life.

Ursula: She is getting very old and is still trying to resist death. She morns over the death of Armaranta for nine months. She spent most of her time playing with Armaranta Ursula because she remind her of herself.

Mauracio Bablionia: The man that Meme falls in love with. He is the driver for the Brown's. He devoted most of his time to Meme. He gets shot in his spin and is put to bed for the rest of his life. He eventually dies and his symbol of butterflies disappear.


Quotes:
"I was only now discovering how much I loved you both." pg. 292 Meme is making up an excuse because she doesn't want to tell her parents how she truly feels.

"You can see in his face that he's going to die." Fernanda knows that Mauracio is going to die.


Themes:
Solitary: Meme doesn't talk to anyone after the death of Mauracio. She just goes along with whatever her mother says she is no longer herself.

Summary:
Fernanda and Aureliano Segundo have anothe child named Armaranta Ursula. Amaranta is preparing to die. She tells the whole town that she is going to. She is in solitude and doesnt know what time she is living. She dies a virgin. Meme and Aureliano Segundo become closer. They have a bond with each other that Meme cant have with Fernanda. Meme falls in love with Maracio Babilonia who is the driver for the browns. Fernanda finds out about their relationship and forbids them to see each other. Maracio is caught csneaking to see Meme and is shot in her spinal cord and cant walk for the rest of his life. Meme remains in solitude when she finds out that her lover has been shot.




Chapter15
Magical Realism:
It was as if the machine guns had been loaded with caps, because their panting rattle could be heard and their incandescent spitting could be seen, but not the slightest reaction was perceived, not a cry, not even a sigh among the compact crowd that seemed petrified by an instantaneous invulnerability. pg. 328

He event went through the small square by the station and he saw the fritter stands piled one on top of the other and he could find no trace of the massacacre.



Character Change:
Fernanda: IS treating her grandson Aurelaino wrong. She beliaved that the Meme would bring shame to the family. She would not let him outside. Aureliano Segundo didnt know about the existence of his grandson.

Meme: After the death of Mauracio, she did not conversate with anyone. She wasd always silent and remain in solitude.

Jose Arcadio Segundo: After he witnessed the massacre aand found no trace of it he went into solitude.


Quotes:
"Its as if the world were repeating itself." pg. 320 Ursula is talking about how Aureliano is just like her son Aureliano.

"We'll tell them that we found him floating in a basket." pg. 322 This was a lie to hide the baby of Meme because Fernada didnt want to look down on.


Themes:
Solitude: Jose Arcdio Segundo goes into solitude once he realize that he just witnessed the death of 3,000 people by the soldiers.


Summary:
Fernanda is embarrased that Meme is pregnant and sends her to a covent. The baby is brought back to the house and Fernanda locks him up in Colonel Aureliano Buendia's room. The boy is named Aureliano. Jose Arcadio Segundo wants to go on strike against the banana company and witnessed the death of 3,000 wiorkers. The bodies were piled onto a train and thrown into the river. When Jose Arcadio speaks of it no one believes him because there is no trace of the event. The government looks for Jose Arcadio at the Buendia's house. He is located in Melquiades room but they only see decay and instruments. Jose Arcadio remains in the room in solitude to acknowledge the death of the 3,000 people.





Chapter 16
Magical Realism:
It rained for four years, eleven months and two days. pg. 339

,and it did not rain again for ten years. pg. 355


Character Change:
Ursula: She is getting very old and loosing her sense of reality. SHe would always think about her past and think it was the present. She would always let Aureliano and Armaranta Ursula play with her.

Aureliano Segundo: Realizes that he is geting old and is close to dying. He eventually goes back to stay with Petra Costes to finish his life. He grew closer to Aurelaino. He tought him how to read and fight.


Quotes:
"These aren't times for things like that." pg. 346 Petra Costes is telling Aureliano that they cant have sex because they are getting old and close to dying.

"Please shut up." pg. 351 Aurelaino Segundo is getting tired of Fernanda running her muth about stupid stuff.


Themes:
Solitude: Aureliano Segundo turns to solitude because he cant go out and have fun becauses of the rain.

Summary:
It rains in Macondo for five years straight. Aureliano Segundo is in solitude. He becomes close to Armaranta Ursula and Aureliano. He teaches them how to read and write and other things. Armaranta Ursula and Aureliano play with Ursula as if she is a toy. The vast majority of rain destroys the whole town. Fernanda begins to write letters to invisible doctors because she is depressed. Fernanda complains about how less of a man Aureliano Segundo is. Aureliano gets tired of her complaining and finds enough food so that they will never starve. He then goes back to stay with Petra Costes.




Chapter 17
Magical Realism:
:the roses smelled like goose foot, a pod of chick peas fell down and the beans lay on the ground in a perfect geometrical pattern in the shape of a starfis, and one night she saw a row of luminous orange disks pass across the sky. pg. 369

He described him as a cross between a billy goat and a female heretic, an infernal beast whose breath scorched the air and whose look brought on the birth of monsters in newly wed women. pg. 369

,and a green and greasy liqued flowed from its wounds. pg. 370



Character Change:
Aurelaino: Remained in solitude. He learned about life through his grandmothers. He was very curious.

Rebeca: She finally dies.

Aurelaino and Jose Arcadio Segundo: They both leave the world at the same time. Their bodies were put into the wrong caskets.


Quotes:
"So much trouble teaching you good manners and you end up living like a pig." pg. 361
Ursula was talking about how Aureliano and Jose Arcadio Segundo were raised to be proper but act like pigs.

"Dont let it get away, life is shorter than what you think." pg. 377 Aureliano is trying to sell his raffle tickets but also knows that is almost time for him to die.



Themes:
Solitude: Aureliano is in solitude because he wants to learn about is family and the town of Macondo.


Summary:
Ursula finds out that Jose Arcadio Segundo has been residing in Melquiades room. She requests that they look after him once she dies. She dies at the age of 120. Petra Costes and Aureliano Segundo are struggling to survive since all of the livestock was destroyed in the rain. Aureliano regrets not spending time with his family and wants to send Armaranta to a school in Europe. Jose Arcadio Segundo and Aureliano are trying to decipher Melquiades language so that they can learn about Macondo. Aureliano Segundo and his twin brother Jose Arcadio Segundo both die at the same time and their coffins a mixed up.




Chapter 18
Magical Realism:
Actually, he was talking to Melquiades. pg. 384

Suddenly there was no forks in the silver chest and she would find six on the altar and three in the washroom. pg. 389


Character Change:
Aureliano: He sees the ghost of Melquiades and tries to decipher his language so that he may learn about his family.

Santa Sofia de la Piedad: She gets tired of trying to take care of the house and Aureliano and Fernanda and leaves.

Fernada: She is getting old and is tired of living such a miserable life. She eventually dies.

Quotes:
"This is too much house for my poor bones." pg. 386 Santa Sofia de la Piedad is getting tired and is old and she cant take anymore.

"the saints will let me know." pg. 397 Ursula is saying that when she is gone somebody will be watching them.


Themes:
Same as in chapter 17.

Summary:
Aureliano takes the state of solitary in Melquiades room and is occasionaly visited by him. Aureliano finds out that he has to buy a book to dicipher what Malquiades is saying and it wont be done until the book is 100 years old. The family survives off the food that is sent by Petra Costes who herself is starving. Santa Sofia de la Piedad is tired of taking care of the family and leaves. Aureliano gives her some money so that she may survive on her own. Fernanda dies and her son Jose Arcadio comes home. He only returns for inheritence and finds that gold that his father has been looking for under Ursula's bed. Him and Aureliano become close friends. The last son of Colonel Aureliano Buendia comes to the house and is shot in front of the Buendia house. Jose Arcadio is killed by some of his childhood friends.


Chapter 19
Magical Realism:
...by the noise of the dead people who walked through the bedrooms until dawn. pg. 420

, snakes with twelve rattles, and a turtle with a glided shell who dove in a small artificial ocean. pg. 423-424


Character Change:
Armaranta Ursula: Very beautiful and intelligent woman. She was very up on fashion and when she returned to Macondo she just wanted to revamp it and make it a better place.

Gatson: The husband of Armaranta Ursula. He was involved in science. He was an inventor too. He would spend his time disecting insects and tried to build a bike.

Nigoramanta: An African-American woman that Aureliano slept with on numerous occasions.

Aureliano: He wants to discover his past. He finds new friends and sort of has a new life.


Quotes:
"...it's obvious that there's no woman in this house." pg. 405 Armaranta Ursula is being sarcastic when she goes in the house and sees how junky he is.

"Back in your cave again?" pg. 420 Aramaranta Ursula is being sarcastic again since Aureliano never comes out of Melquiades room to talk to them.


Themes:
Incest: Aureliano falls in love with his aunt who is Armaranta Ursula and rapes her.


Summary:
Armaranta Ursula returns to Macondo with her husband named Gatson. She wants to revamp the town of Macondo so that it may look the way it use to. Aureliano falls in love with Armaranta Ursula . He also finds friends that always meet at the bookstore to talk about philosophical ideas. He meets and Pilar Tenera and she tells him about the Buendia family. He sleeps around with this prostitute named Nigromanta. Armaranta Ursula and Aureliano are dating after he forces her to have sex with him.




Chapter 20
Magical Realism:
It was the tail of a pig. pg. 443

Character Change:
Pilar dies at the age of 146. She is burried in her rocking chair instead of a coffin.

Aureliano: Is on a search to learn about his past and who is parents were and how did he become apart of the family.


Quotes:
"Who would have thought that wereally would end up living like cannibals!" pg. 441 Armaranta Ursula is being funny because she always use to call Aureliano a cannibal and now she is living like him.

"we'll name him Aureliano and he'll will win thirty-two wars." pg.442 Aureliano wants his son to be like his great-great uncle Colonel Aureliano Buendia.


Themes:
Solitude: Aureliano goes in solitude when he realizes that his newborn baby is being eatin by red ants.


Summary:
Gatson leaves to build his air mail service. He doesn't return because he learns about Armaranta Ursula and Aureliano's relationship. The Buendia house is destroyed due to the red ants that never disappear. Armaranta Ursula and Aureliano's baby is born with a pig tail which is something Ursula Buendia wanted to avoid. Armaranta Ursula has a major lost of blood ans dies after giving birth to their baby. Aureliano forgets about the baby and went to have a drink. When he returns the baby is being carried off by the red ants and is eaten alive. He locks himself in the house and finally deciphers Melquiadess book. He learns about the entire history of the Buendia famil. As he reads he finds out that as he is reading he is reading his life.The apocalypse comes and destroys the town of Macoindo and its memories.