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Ch. 11

Summary
Aurieliano Segundo marries Fernanda del Carpio, but goes back to Petra Cotes because sex with Fernanda sucks. The upbringing of Fernanda is also given, which we now know that she is destined be queen. They end up having two children, Jose Arcadio III and Renanta Remedios. Aurieliano's 17 sons return to Macondo. On Ash Wednesday, they all get the mark of Christ, but it doesn't come off. All leave except for Aurieliano Triste, who starts an ice factory. Eventually, his half brother Aurieliano Centeno works with him. Centeno accidentally makes my favorite desert, SHERBERT!!!

Quotes
"One day you will be queen." Fernanda being spoken to by her mother. She is destined to be queen because of her familys line of eloquence.

"She's still alive!" Ursula realizing the woman who raised a pistol to Aurieliano Triste was Rebeca.

Character Development
Fernanda is brought up to believe that she will be queen. Petra Cotes shows some dominance over Aurieliano Segundo, as he returns to her when he is having no fun with Fernanda. Ursula shows she is still the matriarch by getting all of Aurielianos sons baptized.

Themes
SEX. Past and present. AS is having lots in the present, while Aurieliano's sex in the past brought him 17 sons. The new generation is beginning to take over while the old is started to fade.

Magical Realism

• Petra Coats and her fertility with the animals.
• The ash not coming off the 17 sons.

Ch. 12

Summary
Mr. Herbert and Mr. Jack Brown start a banana plantation when the trains begin coming through Macondo. They also bring along black workers. A foreigner sees Remedios the beauty naked, and then dies. He falls from the top of a roof. Remedios the Beauty, who is becoming more weird and distant from her family, eventually ascends away to heaven (supposedly). Aurieliano gets sick of the white people being in Macondo, so he decides to use force. He gives guns to his sons, who all get killed except for one (Aurieliano Amador). Writes angry letters to president, but is not considered. Gets angry at the priest who marked his sons, because he felt he made them easy targets.

Quotes
"I just wanted to see you." A foreigner to Remedios the Beauty, but then he falls and cracks his head and dies when he sees her naked.

"I'm going to arm my boys so we can get rid of these shitty gringos!" Aurieliano, exclaiming he is gonna go to war with Mr. Brown and Mr. Herbert with his sons.

Character Development
Remedios the Beauty is not developing, but ASCENDING!!! Aurieliano hasn't changed either, as he still likes to go to war. The story also likes to have everyone die except Aurieliano.

Themes
Heaven vs. Hell: Remedios the Beauty ascends into heaven, but her stay on earth would point that she should be going to hell. Repitition: war and armed conflict seem to plague Aurieliano and Macondo. Also the fact that his people (this time 16 sons) are always dying while he lives.

Magical Realism

• Ghost of Jose Arcadio Buendia appears under the chestnut tree.
• Remedios the Beauty ascending into heaven.
• People dying because of Remedios immense beauty.

Ch. 13

Summary
Jose Arcadio is sent off to the seminary. Meme is also sent off to learn to play the clavichord. Aurieliano Segundo starts to live with Petra Cotes again because Fernanda is too strict. Doesn't even let AS brother into the house when he starts working for the banana plantation. When AS returns to Petra Cotes, he starts having that good sex and soon the animals start multiplying alot faster, so they become alot richer. Colonel Aurieliano dies when a circus passes. He then pees on the chestnut tree where his deceased father was tied and then dies.

Quotes
"Rebeca.... how unfair we've been to you!" Ursula shouting out how she feels Rebeca was the strong one of the family that she always wanted.

"Thats all we need.... A Pope!" Aurieliano exclaimed when Jose Arcadio went off to seminary school.

Character Development
Fernanda is becoming the new Ursula. The Segundo brothers are becoming like the 1st Jose Arcadio and Aurieliano.

Themes
The old generation is withering with the death of C. Aurieliano, while Amaranta and Ursula are at the edge. Another is repitition. The new generation is resembling the old generation.

Magical Realism

• C. Aurieliano mysteriously dying when he pees on a chestnut tree.
• Petra Cotes and her ability to make animals fertile.
• Ursula and her ability to understand, like a clairvoyant.

Ch. 14

Summary
Meme stops playing her clavichord after the death of Amaranta. She is a partier, opposite of Fernanda and Amaranta. After one drunken night, AS starts to take care of Meme more often. Fernanda was busy with the sick Amaranta Ursula, the daughter of her and AS. Amaranta before her death weaved a shroud. She announced she would be dying, so people started giving her notes to take to the other side. She proclaimed her virginity, which pissed off Fernanda. Meme starts to mess around with a guy named Mauricio Babilonia who works with the banana plantation. Fernanda finds out, and gets him shot and killed.

Quotes
"I was only now discovering how much I loved u both." Meme speaking to Fernanda and Amaranta, then later that night she awoke with mind-splitting headaches. The consequence of boozeing it up.

"Amaranta Buendia is leaving the world just as she came into it." Ursula telling everybody that Amaranta is dying a virgin, which we all know is load of bull.

Character Development
Meme is different from the other women of the house. She is more outgoing and not restricted by rules or ethics to a degree. Amaranta, about to die, still tells people that she is a virgin. Fernanda is becoming a more dominant figure, proof being her getting Mauricio killed. AS develops into a father figure, when he starts caring for his daughter.

Themes
Family ties: AS shows love for his daughter, while Amaranta does wish that she could change the past concerning Pietro Crespi and Rebeca. Another theme would death, concerning Amaranta, the mourning of C. Aurieliano, and Mauricio.

Magical Realism

• Death talking to Amaranta.
• The invisible doctors that would heal Fernanda.

Ch. 15

Summary
Meme has a child, but only her and Fernanda know that its hers. Meme is sent away without the baby and is never heard from again. The baby is named Aurieliano, something Fernanda did not want. Jose Arcadio Segundo organizes strikes. Wins one, that the workers dont have to work on Sundays. He organizes more and more, until the army is sent in. They flee to the jungle, but come back to Macondo when they hear that an arbitration meeting will be held. When they arrive, they are killed. JAS is the only survivor. Government lies about the massacre.

Quotes
"Let's go Renata." Fernanda speaking to Meme, which she takes her to a place away from everybody because of her having a child.

"That's all we need.... An anarchist in the family." Fernanda talking about JAS and him getting the banana workers to go onm strike.

Character Development
JAS is becoming the new C. Aurieliano because of all his strikes that he caused. Also, he seems to have this inabilit to be killed by anybody, just like the Colonel. Fernanda continues to have her way, sending off Meme. But did not like the baby being named Aurieliano

Themes
Repitition. C. Aurieliano is being relived within JAS, as well as Ursula being continued on through Fernanda. Conflict. There is always conflict in Macondo, the latest being the banana plantation versus its workers.

Magical Realism

• JAS being protected by the magic in Melquiades room.
• JAS ability not to be killed.

Ch. 16

Summary
Rains for 4 years, 11 months, and 2 days. Ursula proclaims she will die when it ends. AS becomes consumed with a dictionary in Memes room. Forgets about his other duties, but eventually comes to his sense. Realizes everyone is getting old. Learns that the hidden gold wont be found until 3 years after it stops raining. Ursula loses her mind. Macondo is nearly destroyed because of the rain.
Quotes
"I'm only waiting for the rain to stop in order to die." Ursula, proclaiming when she will die.

"It can't rain for the rest of our lives." AS speaking to Fernanda, telling when he will handle the business of food and the animals.

Character Development
Everbody is getting old: AS, Ursula (extremely old), Fernanda, Petra. Ursula is ready to die, loses her mind. AS is concerned with stuff other than his livlihood. Fernanda nags the hell out of him, until he throws a fit. He does then fulfill his duties soon after.

Themes
Repitition: the plague of rain is like the plague of forgetfulness, with new people who are being affected by it.

Magical Realism

• 4 year rain
• The fortune telling of the hidden gold.

Ch. 17

Summary
Ursula is somehow rejuvenated. She begins to clean the house and get rid of all the insects and parasites. Finds Jose Arcadio Segundo in Melquiades room. Ursula hears from Jose Arcadio that he will be returning before taking his final vows in Rome. This gives her more energy. But she eventually dies on Good Friday. JAS and AS die at the same time. AS while in bed with Fernanda and JAS while teaching little Aurieliano the parchments. The gypsies return.

Quotes
"Time passes." JAS to Ursula, when she finds him in Melquiades room reading the parchments.

"I'm talking!" Ursula to Amaranta Ursula and Aurieliano, but they cant hear because she is dead and Ursula doent even realize it.

Character Development
AS falls in love with Petra, who also falls in love with him in their ripe age. Ursula dies. JAS is lost in the parchments, but does teach Aurieliano how to read, write, and the parchments.Amaranta Ursula becomes a good person, no prejudices and is attractive. Fernanda kind of hates AS.

Themes
The end is coming. AS and JAS die, Ursula dies, Rebeca dies. All that is left is the two lil ones, Fernanda, Santa de la Sofia, and Jose Arcadio III.

Magical Realism

• The birds dying and flying in to walls.
• Ursula getting to be the size of a fetus.
• Her soul lingering after death.
• JAS and AS dying at the same time.
• The killing of a weird creature that bled green stuff.

Ch. 18

Summary
Aurieliano begins to decipher the parchments. Jose Arcadio III returns. Fernanda dies. Two kids try to destroy the parchments, but a mystical force lifts them up until Aurie returns. He finds the gold, and starts to live lavishly. Kicks out the kids who would bathe him and who found the gold. Aurieliano Amador returns, but no one knows him, so he is sent away. He is then shot and killed. J III is then drowned by the kids he kicked out, who then steal the gold.

Quotes
"So... You're the bastard." J III speaking to Aurieliano, whom he knows is an illegitamte child.

"I have nothing to do outside." Aurie to J III, when J III tells him he has permission to go outside.

Character Development
Aurieliano is obsessed with the parchments. J III is obsessed with the money and remembering Amaranta. He is also an ass. Aurie does develop "love" for him, but realizes it only after Jose is dead. Petra sends basket of food to Fernanda and the house, first out of humiliation, then out of love.

Themes
Repitition: Aurieliano is like every other Buendia male, obsessed with the parchments. J III also represents the other half of Buendia males, who endure hardships, then find pleasure, then die a weird death.

Magical Realism

• The mystical force that held the two kids.
• Melquiades in the room, but begins to fade away.
• The glow of the gold.

Ch. 19

Summary
Amaranta Ursula returns to Macondo. She brings along Gaston, her husband, an intelligent man who talks to Aurieliano. Aurieliano falls for AU, but does not understand what is happening to him. He starts to sleep with Nigromanta, but is still haunted by the happiness of Gas and AU. Aurie the makes 4 new friends, who argue with each other about different things. Eventually, Aurie proclaims his love for AU, which she denies him and tell him she is leaving. They eventually have sex when Pilar tells Aurie to go to her.

Quotes
"it's obvious there is no woman in this house!" Amaranta Ursula, when she arrives at the house and it is dusty and dirty.

"Everything is known." Aurieliano's response to Gaston when Gaston asked him how he knew of the corners of the earth, even though Aurie never traveled there.

Character Development
Aurie is still obsessed with the parchments but not as much. He has interests in the ladies as well as conversing with some friends. AU is just a free spirit, nothing seems ot bring her down. Gaston is an intelligent man whom Aurieliano eventually dislikes because of his theory about him.

Themes
Incest. AU and Aurie do the nasty.

Magical Realism

• The parchments and their deciphering.
• Aurielianos knowledge about the world.

Ch. 20

Summary
Pilar dies, which leads to people leaving Macondo. The only people who are happy are AU and Aurieliano. AU becomes pregnant. She is worried something bad will happen. They try to find out if they are related but no records show that they are. AU dies giving birth to the last Aurieliano, which is born with a pigs tail. Baby Aurieliano dies when he is carried off by the red antz. Aurieliano does nothing because of the loss of AU. Aurieliano is able to decipher and read the parchments, which he discovers is the story and family history of the Buendias. Aurie learns that AU is his aunt. The last line of the parchment says Macondo will be forgotten and destroyed by a cyclone, which Aurieliano notices.

Quotes
"You don't believe it either." Aurie speaking to the priest about Colonel Aurieliano Buendia. He is but a myth.

"We'll name him Rodrigo." AU telling Aurie what the name of the baby is gonna be. Aurie denys her and says his name is gonna be Aurielaino and that he is gonna win 32 wars.

Character Development
AU and Aurie are deeply in love. Whe she dies, Aurie becomes depressed and barely notices when his new born baby is taken away by red ants.

Themes
The end. Last chapter, all is coming to an end, even the city Macondo. The Buendia line ends with Aurie. Incest: AU and Aurie have a pig tailed child. Repitition. The family started with incest, and ended with incest.

Magical Realism

• The parchments knowing all.
• The random ass cyclone.