Chapter 13
I. Elements of Magical realism
l “After some time she discovered that every member of the family, without realizing it, repeated the same path every day, the same actions, and almost repeated the same words at the same hour” pg.247. It is impossible for someone to speak the same words at the same hour every day.
II. Characters
l Jose Arcadio 2- hitting adolescence and getting ready to go to school
l Meme- hitting adolescence and getting ready to go to school
l Ursela- gotten really old, becomes blind but no one notices
l Amaranta-starts weaving her own shroud to prepare for her own death
l Fernanda del Carpio- gains increasingly domestic control
l Petra Cotes- almost kills himself with an eating competition
l Coloenl Aureliano Buendia- dies slowly at the end of the chapter
III. Plot Summary
Uresula becomes very noticeably old and she becomes old but no one notices that she is blind because she acts as if she can see. However she becomes so depressed the house is becoming lonely, and after Jose Arcadio and meme leave the house it becomes emptier and sadder. . Petra Cotes one day had an eating competition and almost killed himself. When meme comes back from school Aureliano comes home to play a role of a father. At the end of the chapter Jose Arcadio Segundo came to talk to Colonel Aureliano, however he is still depressed and still makes gold fishes but not as much as he used to. He looked as if he lost hope to live. Finally one morning he was found dead in his room.
IV. Quotes
l “Jose Arcadio helped Ursula in the exhausting task of keeping herself up to date on the smallest changes in the house” pg.247 I like it because it shows Jose Arcadio’s kindness.
l “Aureliano Segundo grew fat, purple-colored, turtle shaped” pg. 255 I like how magical realism is used to make things funnier.
V. Themes
l Loneliness- Uresula is sad and lonely that the house keeps getting empty.
l Hopeless- Colonel lost his hope and he even gradually stoped making fishes which was his only hobby
l Death- Amaranta gets ready for her death and Colonel dies.
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