Chapter 12
I. Elements of Magical Realism
l “The others, more honorable, were still waiting for a letter in the shadow of public, charity, dying of hunger, living through rage, rotting of old age amid the exquisite shit of glory” pg. 242 Magical realism because it is kind of impossible in reality
II. Character
l Colonel Buendia- falls into depression because his sons were killed and he decides to start a war
l Colonel Marquez- stopped Colonel Buendia from going to war
l Remedios the beauty- dies and never showed up forever
III. Plot Summary
Macondo starts to get more technology in the village. Foreign Capitalists built a banana plantation next to Macondo. Everyone highly gets influenced by all these new coming thing, except Remedios the beauty. She never noticed her beauty and was ignorant of love. One day, Remedios floats off the ground and up to Heaven and never showed up forever. The wealthy banana plantation owner set up a dictatorial police force, which was so stricked that they attacked citizens for the smallest sins. When Colonel Buenidiai said that he will start a war with his seventeen sons, then the unnamed assassins heard the news and went to kill all his son’s except one. Resulting Colonel Buenidiai to fall into depression and attempts to start a war, but Colonel Gerineldo Marquez refused and stopped him
IV. Quotes
l “A person doesn’t die when he does but when he can” pg.241 I like it because he said it with so much passion
l “I already knew that you were old, but now I realize that you are a lot older than you look” pg.243 I like it because it sounds funny
V. Themes
l Technology- many new inventions and new influences in Macondo
l Tragedy- Except one all the seventeen sons die
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