Colonel Aureliano Buendía is One Hundred Years of Solitude 's greatest soldier figure, leading the Liberal army throughout the civil war. At the same time, however, he is the novel's greatest artist figure: a poet, an accomplished silversmith, and the creator of hundreds of finely crafted golden fishes. The Colonel, Aureliano Buendía, is the first human being born in Macondo. We learn early that he is already doomed to a kind of cyclical fate in that as leader of the revolutionary forces, he follows the same route from Macondo to Riohacha, discovering the same Spanish galleon as had his father.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude ( Spanish: Cien años de soledad, Latin American Spanish: [sjen ˈaɲos ðe soleˈðað]) is a 1967 novel by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez that tells the multi-generational story of the Buendía family, whose patriarch, José Arcadio Buendía, founded the fictitious town of Macondo. Key Facts Characters Character List José Arcadio Buendía Colonel Aureliano Buendía Úrsula Iguarán Aureliano (II) Literary Devices Themes Motifs Symbols Other Literary Devices Quotes Important Quotes Explained Quick Quizzes Book Full Book Chapters 1-2 Chapters 3-4 Chapters 5-6 Chapters 7-9 Chapters 10-11 100 Years of Solitude Colonel Aureliano Buendía Character Analysis Colonel Aureliano Buendía After surrendering to the government, the Colonel declines a pension and retires to his occupation of manufacturing little metal goldfishes and writing poetry. José Arcadio (I) The first person born in Macondo. He is silent and withdrawn even before he is born, as his fetus was said to weep inside Úrsula. When he was born, his eyes were open, indicating the gift of clairvoyance.
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Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. And, of course, we must have it in the original Spanish: English Spanish Excerpt from One Hundred Years of Solitude Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. Colonel Aureliano Buendía Talk about a transformation. After a bookish childhood, and a late-life marriage to a young girl who dies mid-pregnancy, Aureliano Buendía becomes involved in Colombian politics, calling himself a colonel and becoming the head of the Liberal party's rebellion against the deeply corrupt Conservative government. Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
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Colonel Aureliano Buendía José Arcadio II Melquíades, the Gypsy Úrsula Buendía Pilar Ternera Gabriel García Márquez Biography Critical Essays The Theme of Solitude The Use of Fantasy The Use of Cyclical Time and Fate Sense of Illegitimacy Machismo vs. Heroism The Use of Prophecy Study Help Quiz Essay Questions Cite this Literature Note June 5, 2020 - Monte Monreal. With equal parts clarity and gilded nostalgia, I recall the first time I read the opening line of Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. "Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.".
Key Facts Characters Character List José Arcadio Buendía Colonel Aureliano Buendía Úrsula Iguarán Aureliano (II) Literary Devices Themes Motifs Symbols Other Literary Devices Quotes Important Quotes Explained Quick Quizzes Book Full Book Chapters 1-2 Chapters 3-4 Chapters 5-6 Chapters 7-9 Chapters 10-11 Colonel Aureliano Buendía is taken prisoner two weeks before the end of the war. Only Colonel Gerineldo Márquez accompanies him at the final moment of defeat. He returns to Macondo with his hands bound, accompanied by an officer. Large crowds gather to watch his return. Úrsula visits Colonel Aureliano Buendía in jail.
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Colonel Aureliano Buendía fathers seventeen sons with seventeen different women while away fighting in the war. They all arrive in Macondo for the first time in a small span of time, and are baptized with the name Aureliano and the last names of their mothers. During the mourning period for Colonel Aureliano Buendía, Fernanda del Carpio gives birth to her third child with Aureliano Segundo, Amaranta Úrsula. For years, the elder Amaranta, who is the last living second-generation Buendía, has been retreating into her memories. Amaranta lives more in her lonely, regretful past than in the present.
