You must post 2 times before Monday, April 4th (regardless of the fact that we do not have school on this date). Your first post should be completed by Thursday, March 31st. 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 do you see connections between what we've learned about Freud's ideas concerning the unconscious 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.
- On page 68, Jose Arcadio Buendia says that "Love is a disease." What evidence is there of the destructive powers of love and lust in this novel in terms of how an individual can be affected and the impact it can have on relationships. Give specific examples and 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.
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ReplyDeleteIn response to pg. 68 "Love is a disease"
ReplyDeleteWithin a family there can be destruction within love. An example to that is the relationship between Amaranta and Rebeca because Amaranta says that she will do anything to stop the marriage between Pietro and Rebeca because she said that she is in love with Pietro. That is shown on page 73 when Amaranta say "Don't get your hopes up. Even if they send me to the ends of the earth I'll find some way of stopping you from getting married, even if I have to kill you."
Jose Arcadio Bunedia was tied to the tree, when he started speaking in latin and when people thought that he started going crazy. People would bring food out to him, make sure that he was clean shaven, and make sure that his hair wasn't infected with lice. He was forever tied to the chestnut tree. In the picture that I found it portrays a woman as a tree. Jose Aracadio Buendia was tied to the tree for so long it was like he was one with the tree
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While reading "One Hundred Years of Solitude" I can't help but notice how they refer to the point of time when Colonel Aureliano Buendia will be facing the firing squad. The first reference they make is on page one, and they make a few more before page 80 when they say he was wearing the same boots as he does when hes in front of them. I still haven't seen why this is relevant, even if he is just killed it wouldn't make since why they bring it up this many times. Anyone have any idea why they would make that event such a big deal?
ReplyDelete(Pages 81-83) I find the priest is worthy of discussion. This guy comes to this town for a wedding and decides to stay for awhile because he is worried about the peoples religious background. I think this guy is full of it and he is trying to scam them all out of their money. Maybe he has good intentions but now he pulls out his levitation tricks by drinking hot chocolate. I'm not believing this guy is good. JAB is on the right track by questioning this shady character.
ReplyDeletein response to love is a desease, i would agree that it is a desease. it drives three people to go crazy pretty much. on 63, rebecca gets so love sick that she goes back to eating dirt. on 73 Amaranta tells rebecca that she will kill rebeca before she marries pietro. Amaranta is very jealous of the love that has formed between Pietro and Rebeca.
ReplyDeleteIn response to smang boy hagz . you really hit it on the head of the nail there boy. i completely agree that the priest is a crook
ReplyDeleteIn response to Tommy:
ReplyDeleteMaybe because Colonel Aureliano Buendia hasn't been such a big character yet. Also when we were reading in class Miss Dale mentioned that a war breaks out during this chapter (which is probably where the Colonel comes from) and he takes charge of the troops? I'm not really sure, but some major event must lead up to him facing the firing squad.
In response to Ashley, I agree with him being tied to the tree for such a long time he becomes one with the tree. He is with it for so long, that he probably knows everything about that specific chestnut tree. Also, it could be seen as if JAB is married to the tree. Being with the tree so long and with it everyday is as if JAB and the tree have become one as does a couple in marriage.
ReplyDeleteOn page 2 JAB is obsessed with discovering treasure by using his magnet. This reminded me of the Spanish who always went to the New World looking for gold so i put a picture of the cover of the animated move "El Dorado" in which two Spaniards search for the city of gold and have many humorous adventures along the way. http://movie-shop.us/pictures/Road_to_El_Dorado,_The.jpg
ReplyDeleteOne thing that i find confusing in this book is that when someone has a kid they either name it the fathers first name or his middle name and it is quit annoying. One thing that i found interesting about this book so far is that father Nicanor Reyna used magic (levitated) to earn money for the church that he was building for Mocondo.
ReplyDeleteIn response to Ashley's comment, I think that is a great picture to show what is going on in the story. I find it strange that the village of Mancado would think that José Arcadio Buendia is going crazy. Towards the beginning of the book it seemed like they treated him with lots of respect and now they are literally tying him out with the dogs. I don't know about you guys, but if I was responsible for making a village, getting rid of the magistrate's soldiers, and providing everyone with a better life I would be pretty angry if they tied me up to a tree.
ReplyDeleteIn response to what Jose Arcadio Buendia said on Pg 68 "Love is a disease".
ReplyDeleteI agree with this statement. It is very evident in One Hundred years of Solitude that love can sometimes have destructive powers. One example is when Rebecca and Amaranta are turned against each other after they grew up so close. They turned against each other over a man. They fight and Amaranta swears that she will do anything to stop the marriage of Rebeca and Pietro. Amaranta says this on page 73.
Pages 81-83, im going to agree with SmangBoyHagz. He's trying to prove that God exist by eating chocolate and floating in the air. He just wants money and is going to do anything to get it. Does anyone think he might turn out to actually be a good guy and want to help the people find a religion?
ReplyDeleteGreat flick, Jack.
ReplyDeletealso in response to jacobs comment, id have to say that the town is foreshadowing some disruption within the macono after religion and government are trying to take over. they all lived on there own standards and followed there own rules, and now they are seeing some inforcement in there daily lives
ReplyDeleteI agree that love is a disease. It can destroy friendships and families. This is obvious in the fact that Amaranta threatens to kill Rebecca (pg. 73). Even though Amaranta and Rebecca were practically sisters before they met Crespi they both fight over him.
ReplyDeleteIn response to Tommy, I agree with Taylor- I feel that the mention of Aureliano being infront of the firing squad is a sign of foreshadowing. Didn't Ms. Dale say Remedios dies? Maybe that's why Aureliano goes to war and that may be the major event Taylor was talking about leading up to the firing squad.
In response to SmangBoy
ReplyDeleteMaybe this priest is a good guy but he knows the only way to spread the message of God with these people is to amaze them and awe them or else they will not pay him any attention. Once he has there attention he can start teaching them about God.
In response to SmangBoyHagz, i agree with what he says about the priest. At first it sounds like he is a good man but he does not seem very religious when he is using magic (levitation) to get money from the people so he can build them a church. It reminds me of the pardoner he is kind of a sneaky character.
ReplyDeletein response to love is a disease i agree that it is a disease. people change into a new person when they think they are in love. it can lead to many bad situations and choices. some people go crazy as xsecretassasinx said. on page 80-81 Pietro Crespi received a letter saying his mom was sick and going to die but they didnt know who the author was. they suspected that it was Amaranta. she pleaded that it wasnt her but they are sure it was and this just shows how people act crazy
ReplyDeleteOn Page 62 there is a union of dance between Pietro and Rebecca, as they dance. The book mentions Amaranta is dancing with Arcadio but we all know she is longing for companionship between herself and Pietro. The painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir is a perfect example for this scene in the book. In this picture the woman hidden in the background is symbolic of her envy regarding the Relationship between Pietro and Rebecca.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.allposters.com/-sp/Dance-in-the-Country-Posters_i290140_.htm
in response to smashboyhagz:
ReplyDeleteI think you are very right and like Ms. Dale has said maybe the author is trying to portray him as a pardoner. i also think that JAB is a lot more intelligent and wise then people give him credit for.
In response to "Love is a disease."
ReplyDeleteThis book portrays many examples of how love is a disease, one being that Aureliano has fallen in love with Remedios, on which page 58 tells us, is young enough to be his daughter. This fact alone is enough information for us not to question the statement that love is a disease. Others in Macando also have the sense that Aureliano is crazy, like Pilar when says on page 67 that he will have to rasie her first. On page 74 Aureliano also goes to the measure to teach Remedios how to read and write, which should send off an alarm for most people that you should not be dating a child. Love has truly blinded Aurelinao and in this sense is a disease.
In Response to Ashley, i like the picture she choose. it is a perfect picture to discribe Jose
ReplyDeleteArcadio Buendia and the tree. i agree that Jose Arcadio Buendia has been tied to the tree for so long that he is one with the tree. i also believe that he is crazier now that he has been tied to the chestnut than he was before he was tied to the tree. it was a very unusual punishment for being accused of being crazy.
In response to Jared I would agree, the fact that they name their kids all the same name is frustrating and confusing. I don't understand why they feel the need to name everybody such similar names. It's like they are having an identity crisis. I would never name my kid Ashley or allow my husband to give them the same name, I think it's annoying. And about the priest floating after drinking hot chocolate, that's ridiculous. It would never happen, so the fact that they believed it was just hard to believe, but I guess they didn't know any better.
ReplyDeleteThis book is very interesting, with the way the characters act to the hidden meanings. It is a weird book but the author has a weird way of keeping the readers attention, although it kind of creeps me out how intrigued he is with unorthodox marriages, with the incest and the 9 year old marrying a grown man
ReplyDeleteIm hiding in the book case---->
ReplyDeleteI believe Jose Arcadiois Buendia is crazy because how long he was tied to the tree. They shouldn't of done that because he was the one who found the town and they should have more respect for him. Probably not the best punishment for someone who might be crazy.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that I think is confusing is why does Aurelineo think it's ok to date a child? I agree with Emily's response that Aurelineo is blinded by love and it is a disease. One thing that I think is interesting is that in the family tree, everyone seems to have either the same first name or middle name. Why is that?
ReplyDeletehttp://images.free-extras.com/pics/f/family_guy-1119.jpg
ReplyDeleteI think this image is relevant to One Hundred Years of Solitude because the Buendia family is very dysfunctional, and this image represents a dysfunctional family. On page 20, it says, "They were cousnins." referring to Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula Iguaran, whom are married to eachother.
in response to love is a diesease: on pages 80-81 Amaranta writes a false letter about how Peitros mom is dying so that Rebbecca and Peitros wedding is delayed.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jack's comment about how the priest may be trying to grab the attention of the people in Macondo before he gets his message across because they are very stubborn and don't want to listen to other people telling them what to do. Trying to levitate is a little far out, but it all comes down to the first impression and maybe he knows that he can fool the people in Macondo because they are all crazy.
ReplyDeletecan anyone explain why the town of mocando mourns over the dead for so long? like when Melqudez died and on pages 110-111 when that Crispy guy dies.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the statement "love is a disease" because it is very obvious in this book that people will do terrible things for love and that love does strange things to people. Rebeca and Amaranta are pretty much sisters and yet on page 73 Amaranta threatens to kill Rebeca because of Pietro Crespi because they both love him.
ReplyDeleteIn Resonse to Ashley I find all the characters being named the same is very frustrating as well as confusing, due to the names beingso uncommon in our society. I dont feel as though naming your child the same as yourself is going to make you remembered but instead forgotton or less likely to be remembered in the short as well as long run because everyone has the same name.
ReplyDeleteThis is in response to Ashley's comment with the picture with the women as a tree. I agree that it describes Jose Arcadio Buendia's situation. that he is tied to a tree. The picture fits perfectly. So i agree with Ashley
ReplyDeleteto the response to love is a disese
ReplyDeletewithin in the family their is love is destorying the family. by amarntia and rebecca because amarntia will do anything to stop the wedding evening killing rebecca. that is found on pg 73
to the response to boyzhagz
ReplyDeletethat preist is just thier to scam everyone out of money