Active Reading Part 2

Chapter 7
Magical Realism:
the officer who shoots Colonel Aureliano Buendia and all the soldiers in the squad, one by one, will be murdered, with no escape, sooner or later, even if they hide at the ends of the earth. pg. 13

A trickle of blood came out under the door, crossed the living room, went out into the street, continued on in a straight line across the uneven terraces, went down the steps and climbed over curbs, passed along the Street of the Turks , turned a corner to the right and another to the left, made a right angle at the Buendia's house, went in under the closed door, crossed through the parlor, hugging the walls so as not to stain the rugs, went on to the other living room, made a wide curve to avioid the dining-room, went along the porch with the begonias, and passed without being seen under Amarnata's chair as she gave an arithmetic lesson to Aureliano Jose, and went through the pantry and came out in the kitchen, where Ursula was getting ready to crack thirty-six eggs to make bread. pg.145

They found no wound on the body nor could they locate the weapon. pg. 145

Take good care of Papa because he is going to die. pg. 152

Prudencia Aguilar would come twice a day to chat with him. pg. 152

....through the window they saw a light rain of tiny yellow flowers falling. They fell on the town all through the night in a silent storm, and they covered the roofs and blocked the doors and smothered the animals who slept outdoors. pg. 153


Character Change:
Amaranta:She gets over her love for Pietro Crispi and falls in love with Colonel Gerineldo Marquez.

Aureliano: He retreat from the war and goes back to writing and his thoughts became more clear and started to think about his purpose in life.

Quotes:
"My son" pg.134 This is what Ursula shouted when she saw the soldiers bring in Aureliano as captive for execution.

"You knew all along that I was a wizard." pg. 136 Aureliano is being sarcastic with his mother about the fact that he can predict certain things.

"We won't call her Ursula because a person suffers too much with that name." pg. 143
Santa Sofia de la Piedad is saying that she will not name her daughter Ursula because she has noticed that Ursula has been through allot of pain.


Themes:
Identity: Aurelaino shows the introduction to self-identity when he questions his purpose for being in the war.


Summary:
Aureliano Buendia and Gerinaldo Marquez are sentenced to death by the Conservaives and will be killed by the firing squad, it takes place in Macondo. Jose Arcadio comes out shooting the soldiers and yelling so that he may save his brother. Aureliano Buendia continues to lead his army. He has many ups nad downs. There were many assassination attempts for him which helped realize that he has no perpose in the war. He returns home and continues to write his poetry which reminds him of Remedios. The wife of the late Arcadip who is known as Santa Sofia de la Piedad gives birth to the twins and names them Jose Arcadio and Aureliano Segundo. They all reside in the Buendia's house. The Buendia curse continues when Jose Arcadio dies mysterely. There are no wounds on his body or any weapon. The house continues to smell like gun powder. Rebeca feels guilty for the death of her husband. Rebeca buries herself alive in the earth and distants herself from society. Gerinaldo Marquez falls in love with Armaranta but she treats him how she treated Pietro Crespi. Ursula tells Jose Arcadio Buendia about the family but sometimes lies abotu it to make him feel good. Jose arcadio Buendia eventually dies and to signify his death it rains yellow flowers.


Chapter 8
Magical Realism:
,and like all men sent by the cards he reached her heart when he was already stamped with the mark of death. She saw it in the cards.
Character Change:
Aurelaino and Jose Arcadio Segundo: The twins, the sons of Arcadio and Santa Sofia de la Piadad.

Santa Sofia de la Piedad: She begin to work with Ursula in her pastry business .

Aureliano Jose: Escape from the army and returned home looking like a new man ready to marry Amaranta. He eventually became a different man. Because Amaranta didn't want to marry him he would go around sleeping with women and stealing from Ursula and would only come home to change clothes.

Pilar Ternera: She became depressed and lost all hope. She grew old and bitter with no one to love. She stops her fascination with tarot cards and became interested in everyone else's love.

Rebeca: She was in solitude. She buried herself alive in the earth and heart no longer existed. She was no aware of the war or anything that happened in Macondo. She was very frail, you could see her bones through her skin.


Quotes:
"At first they behave very well, they're obedient and prompt and they don't seem capable of killing a fly' but soon as their beards appear they go ruin." pg.166 Ursula is talking about how the two boys that she raised treated her like nothing once they got older.

"If it does happen that way, give him an embrace for me, because I don't expect ever to see him again." General Moncada knows that he is going to die but doesn't know if he will see Aureliano before he dies so he wants Ursula to give him a hug for him.


Themes:
Incest: Aureliano Jose wants to marry Armaranta but the problem is that she is his auntie. Amaranta feels that it is wrong but Aureliano Jose doesn't care because he loves her.

Solitude: Rebeca goes into solitude after the death of Jose Arcadio. She buries herself in dirt alive and is very unaware of her surroundings. Aureliano Jose shows solitary when he gets rejected by Armaranta he finds deals with his solitary by sleeping around.


Summary:
Aureliano Jose falls for his aunt, Armaranta. They sleep together naked and touch each other but never have sex. Armaranta rejects Aurelaino Jose's love and he decides to join the army. The Conservatives try to hold Aureliano Buendia but but he flees and takes Aureliano Jose with him. A man named Jose Raquel Moncada becomes mayor of Macondo.Jose Raquel Moncada and Aurelaino Buendia are quite close despite their differences. Aurelaino Jose returns to Macondo for Armaranta's hand but she denies bcause she is afraid of incest. Aurelaino Jose gives up and starts to sleep around with different women and it results to solitary. Aureliano is shot by an Conservative soldier in a riot. All seventeen sons of Aureliano Buendia that he haswith various differetn women accross the world come to the Buendia's house to be baptized and are all named Aureliano but with the mothers last name. Aureliano Buendia returns to Macondo with his own army looking strong and powerful or like a new man. He has to put Jose Raquel Moncada to death but refuses to kill his companion.

Chapter9
Magical Realism:
Ursula took the cover off the pot of milk on the stove, wondering why it was taking so long to boil, and found it full of worms. pg. 193

,and then she was Jose arcadio Buendia, soaking wet and sad in the rain and much older than when he had died. pg. 193

Character Change:
Aureliano: He looses all contact with the war. He returned calm and collective. He returned with three wives in which they reside in Ursula's house. His heart was confused, he didn't know how to love, he was very uncertain. He tries to kill himself but doesn't succeed


Quotes:
"You're rotting alive." pg. 179 Aureliano is turning into someone alse. He is starting to act like he doesn't care about anything or anyone. He should be dead instead of living a dreadful life.

"How awful" "the way time passes." pg. 186 Aureliano he regretting how much time has passed since he has seen his family.



Themes:
Solitude: Aureliano begins to loose direction. He gets tired of people cheering him on for his accomplishments in the army felt that everyone was against him. In the house he didn't realize anything about his family. Once he gain his sense back he destroyed all of his past positions, such as his laboratory, clothes, weapons, and his poetry.


Summary:
Colonel Gerineldo Marquez and Colonel Aureliano Buendia are giving up on the war. Marquez retreats to Armaranta but she always claims that she doesnt love hims but is relaxed in his presence. Aureliano Buendio remains in solitary with no types of emotions or sense of surroundings. He tries to destroy all of his past. Aureliano is told that he has to kill Marquez and this helps him realize that hte wart is useless. Areliano and Marquez have to fight against their own side which is the Liberals in order to end the war. He tries to sign a peace treaty but believes he is betraying his country. He attempts to shoot himself in the heart but he doesn't succeed. The troops bring him home and Ursula is relieved. With the return of Aureliano she tries to redecorate the house.

Chapter 10
Magical Realism:
one day Santa Sofia de la Piedad gave one of thema glass lemonade and as soon as he tasted it the other one said it needed sugar. pg. 198

Against the light from the window, sitting with his hands on his knees, was Melqquiades. pg. 200

His mares would bare triplets, his hens laid twice a day, and his hogs fattened with such speed that no one could explain such disorderly fecundity except through the use of black magic. pg. 206


Character Change:
Aurelaino Segundo: Was first involved in the army. He was a very greedy man. He tries to change the town of Macondo into something else. He married a women named Fernanda del Carpio. They had a son and named him Jose Arcadio. He slept around with one particular women name Petra Coste. Becomes fascinated with alchemy and has conversations with Melquiades. He eventually enters solitude.



Fernanda del Carpio: The most beautiful women chosen out of 5,000 women from France. She eventually became the wife of Aureliano Segundo.

Petra Coste: Arrived in Macondo with her husband who sold raffle tickets but once he died she continued the business. She was very generous and longed for love. She was the mistress of Aureliano Segundo and also enjoyed nature.

Remedios the Beauty: The daughter of Arcadio Jose and Sofia de la Piedad. She his the most beautiful girl in Macondo. Any man who sees her face is bound to die. She is very spoiled and childish because of her sheltering by Ursula.

Jose Arcadio Segundo: Was invovled in the army but when he witnessed his first execution he turned to church. He also slept with Petro Coste but she was the only women he ever had. he eventually became involved with cockfighting.


Quotes:
"He use to talk to himself." Ursula is saying that Aureliano is just like his great-grandfather, Jose Arcadio Buendia because when he studied alchemy he would talk to himself.

"This one will be a priest." Ursula wants to raise Aurelaino's son because she doesn't want him to be like the rest of the kids. She wants to make this boy different so that nothing bad will happen to him.

"hat woman has been your ruination." Ursula believes that if Aurelaino Segundo continues to sleep around with Petro Coste than his life will be destroyed.


Themes:
Self-Identity: In this chapter, Ursula is tired of everyone in the Buendia family having the same name. She believes that everyone who is either named Aureliano or Arcadio will have destriminted lives. After the birth of Jose Arcadio , the son of Aureliano Segundo, she bans the names Arcadio and Aureliano from the family.

Gluttony: The town is not how it use to be it is full of money and other unnecessary attractions. Jose Arcadio Segundo shows gluttony when it comes to him and his animals and how every night he would pour champagne and him and others to show how rich he was.


Summary:
In this chapter we met Aureliano and Jose Arcadio Segundo. Aurelaino Segundo picks up a fascination with alchemy. He spends most of his time in Malquiades' lab. Melquiades also comes to visit him and helps him with his experiments. Jose Arcadio Segundo becomes invovle with the chursh after he saw his first execution. He evantually becomes a cockfighter and strangley he has sex with donkeys. Aureliano and Jose Arcadio both sleep with Petro Coste but Jose Arcadio stos because he catches a disease from her but Aureliano continues their relationship. They engage in sex everynight and their relationship causes there animals to multiply. Jose Arcadio becomes very rich due to his farm. He shows off his wealthyness by throwing parties and pouring liquor everywhere. Jose Arcadio wants to explore and tries to create a river passage to the ocean. He is able to bring a boat to Macondo from France. A carnival is held in Macondo and Remedios the Beauty is declared queen of it. She is the most beautiful women in the world but is still a child. A riot is started at the carnival by two men who came with Fernanda del Carpio who eventually becomes the wife of Aurelaino Segundo.