You must post 2 times before next Monday, November 8th. Your first post should be completed by this Thursday, November 4th. It should be in response to one of the prompts below. The second time you post, it must be in response to or in reaction to the post of another student.
- Where in this text do you see the connections between what Freud says about human motivation and our dreams and the way Gabriel Garcia Marquez has chosen to write this text? Give specific examples including passages from the text. Cite page numbers.
- Find a piece of art which you feel represents a passage or portion of the text. (You will need to paste the link to the artwork in your blog post so that other students may view it.) Explain your choice. Support your explanation by comparing the passage from the text with details from the artwork. Cite page numbers. Do not simply Google One Hundred Years of Solitude art, do a little more of an in-depth searching on your own.
- Identify elements of the story that you find particularly confusing, interesting, or worthy of discussion. Pose your own questions. Include portions of the text that you feel contribute to your questions/your point. Cite page numbers.
I'm confused as to why Rebeca and Jose Arcadio got married right away (pg. 92 "Three days later they were married during the five-o'clock mass") and it was going to be a long time until Pietro Crespi and Rebeca could marry?
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ReplyDeleteThis is a picture of a cup of coffee. The picture I chose is dark and looks kind of creepy, I wanted it to look this way since the coffe was poisioned and done out of evil.(Pg. 86) "Amaranta made several mistakes in her crocheting and pricked her finger with the needle, but she decided with frightful coldness that the date would be the last friday before the wedding and the method would be a dose of laudanum in her coffee".
What I found strange was that Amaranta killed Remedios instead of Rebeca, because it didn't seem like she was in love with her brother. . . (pg.88 "and relieve her from the involuntary laudanum that her mad beseeching had thrown into Remedios' coffee") And when I read further, I still couldn't find any motive for killing her when she liked her so much. (pg. 86 "Amaranta suffered a crisis of conscience..... Remedios had brought a breath of merriment to the house")
ReplyDeleteI dont understand why Jose Arcadio Buendia has been tied to the tree for so long. And how he is still surviving even though Remodios died? Pg 86 "She plunged into the fatiguing chore of taking care of Jose Arcadio Buendia."
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ReplyDeleteI'm having trouble figuring out why Aureliano is suddenly in charge of an army and war has broken out. On pg. 100 Aureliano says "Get the boys ready. We're going to war." What was the part with the liberals and conservatives about? I think that is who the war is between -- on pg. 96 Aureliano says "If I have to be something I'll be a Liberal because the Conservatives are tricky."
ReplyDeleteI'm getting confused on why Pietro Crespi died. On page 109-110 it says "he found Pietro Crespi at the desk in the rear with his wrists cut by a razor and his hands thrust into a basin of benzoin." Did he die because Amaranta wouldn't accept him? And why did Ursula feel some what sorrowful or responsible? Page 110 also says, "In a way that neither you nor I can understand, that man was a saint, so I am going to bury him, against your wishes, beside Melquiades' grave." Ursula decreed that the wake would be in her house.
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ReplyDeleteThe image I chose correlates with the events that happened on page 105 and a little bit on page 106. I thought that it depicts how Úrsula would have looked after she gained power. She looks powerful and strong but the eyes show loneliness and sadness. In the book, she goes against Arcadio and yells at him but when she begins to rule the town, she becomes lonely and starts to feel sad over the news of the family.
I'm confused why Amaranta didn't want to marry Pietro Crespi. Page 109 she tells Crespi "I wouldnt marry you even if i were dead." I thought she loved him because on page 73 it says "Amaranta found a chance to confess her love to Pietro Crespi..." And she didn't want Rebeca to marry him. That she was going to stop the wedding even if she had to kill her own sister. She tells Rebeca on page 73 "...I'll find some way of stopping you from getting married, even if i have to kill you."
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ReplyDeleteThis picture of a metal gold fish reminds me of the fish that the second son of ursala and JAB made because they are very detailed
In response to Cassie, I think Amaranta didn't marry Pietro Crespi because she wanted to punish him for choosing Rebeca first. We discussed this in class today, but I also believe that it was because he insulted Amaranta. (pg.73 dealt with Amaranta as with a capricious little girl who was not worth taking seriously. "I have a younger brother, he told her. "He's coming to help me in the store.")Hope that helps!
ReplyDeleteI think, like we have kind of already discussed, Macondo is somewhat like Eden from the Bible, it was at one point a perfect place. I also think JAB, in going crazy because of inventions and other stuff, is kind of like Adam in the garden of Eden searching for knowledge and eating from the tree. Him going crazy (pg. 83 "Hoc est simplicissimus," he replied. "Because I'm crazy.")is kind of an allusion to Adam eating from the tree, because they are both searching for "knowledge".
ReplyDeleteWhen I was reading this part of the book I got really weirded out. On page 92, It said that Jose Arcadio had gone to Pietro Crespi and told him that he wanted to marry his sister...(which is weird). And Pietro told him that that was weird and against nature. I am confused because on the next page Father Nicanor said that Jose Arcadio and Rebeca were all of a sudden not brother and sister. And I am also a little confused because why on earth would someone want that.
ReplyDelete"Two years before, far away from there she had fallen asleep without putting out the candle and had awakened surrounded by flames. The house where she lived with the grandmother who had raised her was reduced to ashes.Since then, her grandmother carried her from town to town, putting her to bed for twenty cents in order to make up the value of the burned house. According the the girl's calculations, she still had ten years of seventy men per night." (Pg. 52)
ReplyDeleteWhy did her grandmother make her make money this way? Couldn't there be any other way? I think this is a horrible thing her grandmother is making her do.
I am really confused about the time in this book. I feel like I have started to understand most of it better, but I don't really get how the time is used. Sometimes it says after a few years and I don't know if years literally passed. Also when Arcadio was ruling Macando it said he was like "schoolchildren playing grownups" (pg. 104), but I considered him kind of older. I haven't been able to follow how old these people are getting and how much time passes through different stages of the book.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Nick. I was going to blog about that too. I find the elements of time in the book rather confusing and difficult to wrap around. It's hard to realize what's present, foreshaddowing , or if someone is alluding to something. Picking out the details is tedious but that's the only way I can seem to figure it out. How do other people find ways to figure out what time references the book is making? I don't have specific references as the whole book is presented this way.
ReplyDeletePersonally I thought the revoulition of the Liberals vs the Conservative Mancado government was alot like the American Revolution. Families were separated just like the American Revolution and people died for their beliefs. I chose the art piece post to represent the revolution.
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The snake in this image shows that you either join the revolution or you will die. Now the image isnt literal and it didn't happen in the Mancado revolution or in the American Revolution but it showed that the people of the Revolution were serious about the change they wanted. Aureliano betrays his father-in-law, DAM, and joins the Liberal side. (Page 96) Aureliano still decides to protect his family but he does end up thinking he his better then his father-in-old.
When Ursula and Arcadio are fighting in the town why does Ursula call Arcadio the son of an evil mother when she is his mother? p105 "And kill me too, son of an evil mother"
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ReplyDeleteIsn't it because Ursula isn't his real mom and Pilar is? Ursula raised him like she was his actual mother. So in that way she's referring to his birth mom, Pilar as the "evil mother".
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ReplyDeleteYes Pietro Crespi died because Amaranta wouldn't accept him. (pg. 109 "He would spend the day in the rear of the store writing wild notes, which he would send to Amaranta with flower petals and dried butterflies, and which she would return unopened.") I think Ursula felt bad becuase of how Pietro Crespi and and Rebeca didn't marry, and now the same thing was happen to Pietro Crespi again, but with Amaranta.
I am confused of about the timing in a certain chapter because at one point Ursula is upset with Arcadio for being a dictator so she is "whipping him without mercy, she chased him to the back of the courtyard"(p 105) and "you're the shame of our family name" (p. 115) and then at the end of the chapter when the town is at war and Arcadio is being targeted it seems like a different time because she is being more motherly and caring about Arcadio "Protecting Arcadio with her body, Ursula tried to drag him toward the house".(p 117) so can someone clear this up or why does it to go in this order?
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ReplyDeleteI think Father Nicanor said Jose Arcadio and Rebeca weren't brother and sister because they aren't blood related. Ursula raised her as a daughter because her parents were dead and she had no one else. Also, Jose Arcadio went off with the gypsies so he wasn't really around when Rebeca was growing up. I agree it still is pretty weird!
Haley the doesnt say what amarants motive was it doesnt even say if she killed remidios. the book just says she thought about killing her
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ReplyDeleteThis book is definitely a bit confusing on time but there is a saying that time is relative. Time in this book changes all the time just like the plot lines, characters, and town of Mancado change. The time for each person moves at a different pace I think, depending on what character is being put into focus. Such as for Colonel Buendia, when he returns from his war time he is not enthusiastic about seeing his family and kind of drifts around, so time for him is un-noticed.
I agree with Maria. There are a lot of "interesting" and weird relationships going on in this book. I'm not sure if there is symbolism or meaning, but marrying a sibling or having sex with your mom is not really what we would call normal. I'm not really sure what to get out of it when the book talks about it, except for that it is kind of screwed up.
ReplyDeleteYes, Im double posting. I think Jeff touched on an interesting note of the religious significance of JAB's predicament. Aside from the Eden correlations, I feel there is also significance in the fact that he is tied to the tree, symbolic of Jesus being nailed to the cross. "When Ursula and Amaranta returned he was still tied to the trunk..."(pg.78)
ReplyDeleteIn response to Colleen: It seems the combined efforts of Ursula and Amaranta are keeping JAB alive. "Amaranta would bring him(JAB) his meals..." and "Ursula would bathe him..." (pg.106)
In response to Colleen and John: on page 139 it says that Ursula took care of him, fed him, and brought him new of Aureoliano. But then it goes to say that the only person he was actually having contact with was Prudencio Aguilar and that Prudencio was the one who cleaned him, fed him, and brought him splendid news of an unknown person called Aureliano who was a colonel in the war. Is that just another example of JAB being crazy?!
ReplyDeletein response to Maria, Jose Arcadio and Rebeca were raised as brother and sister but they were not actually birth siblings. so its like an adopted sister which is still messed up. "They kept her, because there was nothing else they could do. They decided to call her Rebeca" p41
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ReplyDeletePietro Crespi died because of his lover for Amaranta. Amaranta maybe felt that he only chose her because he couldn’t have Rebeca and that wasn’t a good enough reason for her and she wanted him to really love her. And surprisingly he did lover her but she never truly realized that until he was so depressed without her that he took his life.
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ReplyDeleteI was going to write about that too. When Aureliano said "Get the boys ready. We're going to war" I was really confused to why he was taking charge. (and that was on page 100) Did the people sort of look as him as a leader? Because nothing ever showed that people looked up to him like that. Last thing, I don't completely understand what this war is about or over??
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ReplyDeleteYou're right, this is really confusing! I went back in the book and re-read the pages that you mentioned. I personally think that it is just Ursala being loving& protective because she saw someone that she cared for being shot at...therefore she momentarily forgets about being angry. That is my best guess. I don't feel like it is in a different time period though.
I do think Amantra still loved pietro even though she said no to his proposal. I think the main reason she said no was to get back at him for picking Rebecca over her. I also think she was upset that he waited so long to ask her.
ReplyDeleteCeci..I like your idea of using black coffee as your picture. It is very creative and I never would've thought of coffee representing evil, but since it is black coffee, I guess it could represent evil...GREAT idea =)
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ReplyDeleteI think your connection to Eden in the bible and this book is very interesting. It's weird because it's after these places have gained knowledge, that they became worse off. Once political parties, and government, and other stuff came to Macondo, it became a place of war and death. In the Eden story, they ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge and since they did they we gained original sin and they were in trouble with God. Good correlation baby j.
In response to Ceci, I thought you chose a great picture. I like the lighting of it because the foreground is light but the background is dark. To me it represents that the coffee looks normal, but behind it are dark intentions.
ReplyDeleteIm really confused about how Jose Arcadio Segundo goes to confession with Father Antonio Isable and the father asks if he has done bad things with women, and he feels guilty as to if he had done them with animals? (pg. 186 "It did not surprise him that the priest asked him if he had done bad things with women, and he honestly answered no, but he was upset with the question as to whether he had done them with animals.")
ReplyDeletethe symbolizm of Amaranta rapping her hand in the black cloth after she burns her hand is to show that he carried the grief and guilt until she died
ReplyDeleteI agree with Mary. I think Amarantra keeps the black cloth on her as a form of a punishment. It shows that she'll carry the burden with her forever. I think the black symbolizes guilt.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite character is Amaranta. She is my favorite, because she is strong and full of pride, BUT she is stubborn and doesn't follow her instincts. Life is too short, and she should have learned that when the man she loved committed suicide. She needs to stop blaming herself and start finding happiness.
ReplyDeletei agree with Erika that Amaranta needs to stop blaming herself for Pietro Crespi's death. She's had many opportunites to marry again but she wont take a chance. I think if she were too take a chance in love she would then be able to finally be fully happy and it would allow her to stop feeling guilty about pietro crespi.
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ReplyDeleteI think that Amaranta says no to Pietro Crispi because she wants to play mind games with him and to show that she is in control of him. I do agree that she is still bitter about him picking Rebeca over herself
in response to Sara Pietro killed himself becaause amantra said "i would not marry you even if i were dead" p 109. she lead him into thinking she licked him and was going to marry him and then rejected him.
ReplyDeleteIn response to Erika i do agree that Amaranta is stubborn. I think she is stubborn for denying Pietro. I think she denied Pietro just to get back at him when she really loved him. For that she is stubborn.
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ReplyDeleteIm confused as to why Amaranta cares so much if she dies before Rebeca. pg. 277 "The only thing that she asked of God for many years was that he would not visit on her the punishment of dying before Rebeca."
ReplyDeleteI think she cares because she's still bitter towards Rebeca and just wants the satisfaction of seeing Rebeca die.
ReplyDeletei agree with colleen and think Amaranta is just looking for revenge and Rebeca's death would be the greatest form of that
ReplyDeleteWhat im most curious about is where Macondo is? The book is fiction, but the book is based on real life people and experiences, so i would think that Macondo would be based off some real life place.
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