the word killer

Yeah, totally hate this character too. she's gotta get her life together.

On an actual analytical level I appreciate the way the author reverted back to primal emotions to engage the reader.
In my opinion this had two effects on the writing, and both of them are conflicting. The first brought the love to a new level, validating it while at the same time it lowered the love making it worthless.
I know this sounds funny and is not exactly comprehensible, however I shall try to explain. First, to explain its validity, this love is not a logical thought out plan such as arranged marriages. In this sense they love each other truly and in the purest sense of the word (It's not anything convenient).

Inversely, this love can be viewed as pure infatuation. Essentially these are two kids enticed by the new and intriguing; both are delving into the unknown and loving it. He had never had anything concrete before and she had never had anything so feral. It is an elevated schoolgirl crush on the guy with a motorcycle.

All of this is very interesting considering the confusion the author is purposely imposing on the reader.

macondo had to go

i touched on it before but i shall elaborate here. Macondo is a great town, its magical and was referred to as a sort of paradise with jose arcadio buendia being the divine figure head so to speak. We have also talked about how since the beginning there was a subtle but steady downfall. I talked about saddam and gamorrah before. Biblically speaking, Saddam and Gamorrah had reached such a point in its corruption and godlessness that the only option left was a total apocalyptic, divine destruction. I feel that Macondo by the end of the novel reached such a point of total corruption with zoological brothels and banana company massacres that the only option left was a total destruction. The ending hurricane can only describe what i am referring too. This is a common literary technique. having everyhign tin the storm like their eyes were watching god and romeo and juliet. But i feel this is a refference to biblical cities being created and destroyed. There is countless more to talk about ut i'll leave you with that. chew on it

the gold

I have a really quick point that I made in class. Throughout the novel Ursula has been like a guardian of the gold left at the house. Even after she dies the gold is guarded beneath her bed. The person who left the gold always said that when the rain stops. Nobody came and it can be assumed that the person who brought the gold is dead and gone at this point. My theory is that one of the kids that spent time with Jose Arcadio was a descendant of said person. This is because just like in the buendia family, characters repeat i think a kid could very well embody the man who lef tthe gold there to begin. Also the gold showed itself to the kids when before it was hidden from everybody, even when they stopped at nothing to find it.