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 Friday, April 1st. 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?
- 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.
"Love is a disease"
ReplyDeleteThis book is full of examples showing the harm that love can do. When Rebeca first falls in love with Pietro, her longing for him causes her to return to eating dirt and whitewash off the walls. It slips her, as well as Amaranta, into a state of a depression which seems can only be cured by finally uniting with the one they love.
JAB said "Love is a disease."
ReplyDeleteThis quote is proved by the example of Amaranta and Rebeca both falling in love Pietro. Amartanta says that she will kill Rebeca before they get married. This destroyed Amaranta's and Rebeca's relationship.
Love is seen as destructive between Amaranta and Rebecca. They both like Pietro, the Italian piano man, but Pietro only likes Rebecca. The two talk about getting married, and Amaranta threatens to kill Rebecca before she allows them to get married. This man took two girls that used to be really close and now has them hating each other and threatening to kill one another.
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ReplyDeleteThis book shows how love can spread like a disease. Everyone in the book is trying to find their true love and when they can not achieve this task they become depressed until they can find their true love.
Amaranta also plots to murder Rebeca because of her upcoming marriage to Pietro. She claims that it will happen over her dead body. She makes a promise about this. Then Jose Arcadio comes back home and instead of marrying Pietro, she runs to Jose Arcadio. I don't really think this is that big of a deal because they are not blood related and when they took Rebeca in, Jose Arcadio had already left with the gypsies.
ReplyDeleteLove is a disease. One hundred years of solitude is full of examples of what love can do to relationships and people. One example is when Pietro is loved by both Rebecca and Amaranta. Amaranta is jealous and becomes relentless about breaking off the marriage between Rebecca and Pietro. It ruins the realtionship between the two girls and ruins how they live their lives. Pietro is stuck in the middle until Rebecca dies suddenly where he then opens his heart to Amaranta.
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ReplyDeleteThere are many examples in 11 Years of Solitude showing how love can be so destructive and become a disease. One example I found is when Amaranta and Rebeca both fall in love with Pietro, when he chooses Rebeca Amaranta's love for him made her mad. She said that she would stop their marriage even if she had to kill Rebeca in the process.
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting that JAB is still tied to a tree.... I mean years have elapsed now so wasting time to take care of him out of the house is only going to become a hassle. Do y'all think it's worth the work to keep him tied up only because he thinks it's constantly Monday???!?!
ReplyDeleteLove isa "disease", because it made Amaranta pray that something terrible would happen to stop Rebecca and Pietro's wedding and the girl that was making Rebecca's wedding dress ended up dying in a terrible way. In the end she kind of felt bad was pretty pleased that Rebecca's dress wouldn't get finished before the wedding.
ReplyDeleteDue to gabby's comment i would like to respond saying no i would just lock him in his laboratory so he could continue to do his business and experiment with things there.
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ReplyDeleteI chose this picture because it's close to the image that appeared in my mind from the line "Thereupon Father Nicanor rose six inches above the level of the ground.(pg. 82)" Levitation is something we've all heard of, but not something I believe in. I think it's a joke, and it seems to be the same in the book. Father Nicanor is just trying to get the people to give money to build the church.
I agree with Gabby. JAB seems crazy and obsessive with certain things. He seems like a failure with hardly ever accomplishing his goals, journeys or inventions. There is too much drama in this book between his and Ursula's kids, he doesn't need to come back into the story.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Logan Marvin. I feel like the work that JAB is doing is worthwhile and could help Macondo be more successful in the future. Therefore, they should lock him in a lab instead of tying him to a tree
ReplyDeletei agree with David Allen
ReplyDeleteI agree that Logan Marvin agrees
ReplyDeleteI also agree with David.
ReplyDeleteIn response to Gabby Wilson's post relating to JAB being tied to a tree, I really think that they are wasting their time keeping him tied to a tree. He clearly has some type of mental disease and keeping him tied up only can make it worst. If they let JAB go it would probably add interesting events to the book making it more enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Nick because I thought that this part of the book was a little ridiculous in the fact that it wasn't at all believable. I think that this book has a lot of experiences and moments that wouldn't really happen and aren't normally heard of. The picture he posted is exactly what I saw in my mind as well. I also agree that this Priest isn't a very good one in the sense that he will do anything to get money for the Church.
ReplyDeletei agree with Jose arcadio buendia when he said "love is a disease". only in this book though. because in this book, love is what has messed up everybody's relationships. also because people are loving somebody else just because the other person loves them. there is a lot of jealousy going around in this story and it is ruining other character's marriages/relationships.
ReplyDeleteNick, nice pic. Some comparisons could perhaps be drawn between Father Nicanor's behavior and the Pardoner in "The Canterbury Tales". They are both hypocrites appearing to represent the sacredness of church and Religion when, in reality, their motives for appearing "holy" are purely for monetary gain.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a picture to represent the drink that makes father Nicanor rise above the ground. He is just trying to make more money to help build a church.
When Pilar Ternera read Rebeca's future she said that she would only be happy until the bones of her parents were buried. After she told that to JAB he searched for them and buried them and then he told Rebeca "You will be happy now." But the story continues and she is still not happy because her sister is jealous of her and Pierto Crespi.
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ReplyDeleteI think Jab isn't crazy, because he said he was crazy and only a crazy person would say that he was just getting saner every day. Since this is book is a work of fiction, I don't know wether or not he's crazy.
ReplyDeleteMidgets are awesome, I once saw a the type of jewish person who keeps their hair hisedic jews a saw a midget one of them at clear lake once funniest thing I ever seen before.
in response to Kruse i would agree that these characters are strange and seem to be self centered or overwhelmed with love.
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ReplyDeleteThis is what I pictured the gypsy that Jose Arcadio left his home for. The girl in the pictured is wearing a lot of jewelery, which is similar to the passage that says ".. who was weighted down by beads and was the most beautiful woman Jose Arcadio had ever seen in his life" (p.32). The girl in the picture is also very pretty, going along with the description in the passage.
I agree with Evan. Who leaves there baby unattended for so many years and return and act as if nothing has happened?
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ReplyDeleteI agree with Kayla. The love Rebeca and Armanta have for the same man forces them to become enemies. The love for Pietro was destructive enough to ruin the two girls' relationship.
ReplyDelete"Love is a disease." This book shows some of the negative side affects of love. One example of this is between Amaranta and Rebeca. There love for Pietro causes a lot of strain and tension between them.
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ReplyDeleteThis painting of the piano reminds me of the piano the Buendias have in their living room. Ursula only wanted it so she would have a classy house, but she never suspected that the italian that came to set up the piano would cause so many problems between Rebeca and Amaranto. On p.59, there is a description of the living room once Ursula remodels the house, similar to the painting
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ReplyDeleteIn response to Nick I agree. What the is goin on with Gabe Marquez??!? I mean he kills the sane young only hope for the Buendia familia (Remedios :O) But they keep krazy JAB??! This book is krazy, good pic Oprah!
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ReplyDeleteThere are a few examples of this in the book. The main example is that Amaranta and Rebeca are both in love with Pietro and Amaranta plots to kill Rebeca before her and Pietro's wedding.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with Evan about how it is weird how all the characters act upon their primitive instincts. It seems they don't really have morals or common sense for example when Jose Arcadio and Rebeca commit incest. That is pretty gross.
ReplyDeleteI agree with nick. I think that father nicanor is just trying to trick the people of the town to build his own giant church. He doesn't seem to like anyone in the town and thinks they are all savages since they haven't been to church in a few years
ReplyDeleteANIMAL CRUELTY?!
ReplyDeleteEvan that is uncalled for
ReplyDeletewell at least the cats will land on their feet
ReplyDeleteI agree with David. 101%.
ReplyDeleteI bet the Italian guy kills himself any takers?
ReplyDeleteHmmmm...if printed words on a piece of paper is driving you to end the lives of innocent creatures, you should probs see a doctor of some kind...
ReplyDeleteKilling/torturing animals is the first sign of being a serial killer......just sayin...
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone that said that the priest isn't very good. If he was a good priest and true to his religion then he wouldn't doubt his own faith when talking to JAB. I found it kind of ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteevan seriously your spamming this creative blog and frankly its pretty annoying. leave cats and the rest of this class alone. kthx
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ReplyDeleteLove is shown to be destructive in many parts of this book. One example is when Pietro commits suicide because Amaranta refuses his hand in marriage even though she loves him.
ReplyDeleteTalking about "love is a disease", This book shows many different forms of love. The fact that Aureliano gets married to Remedios is disturbing in many ways, one, her being a child. Also how the two sisters fall for the same guy and due to Pietro picking Rebeca, causes a death threat.
ReplyDeleteIn response to Derby's post.. i have to say that i was not picturing the room to look like that and i went to reread the description and now realize that the painting is an excellent choice. I also agree that Ursula only wanted it for show and that because of it, there is now multiple problems.
I agree with Frankie. It isn't really a big deal because Pietro makes Rebeca wait for so long. She has a right to leave.
ReplyDelete"Love is a disease" This book shows love is many ways being real messed up. First off there is way too much incest in this book for me. Also the women in this book fight over Pietro. He wishes to marry Rebeca, but Amaranta is really mad about it. She plots ways to keep them from marrying. After a while Rebeca is just so fed up she ends up just marrying Jose Arcadio, her brother kinda guy. Pietro ends up killing himself later. All bad things because of love. Love is a battlefield.
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I think the girl named rebecca is way messed up. she eats dirt, carries her parents bones, and wants to get married by 2 men. WTF. how many followers do i have?
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ReplyDeleteThis surrealism picture reminds me of when JAB when he was forever tied to the tree in their backyard.He was tied their so long because people thought he was going crazy because he was speaking Latin.
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ReplyDeletein responce to what vacco said, i agree. She does seem pretty crazy and on top of it she just showed up at the Buendia family household with a note saying shes aparently apart of their family..seems pretty sketchy that no one in their family knows who she is in the first place...
ReplyDeleteI feel that the author did something with a cousin or a close relative when he was young. I mean he could be from Arkansas with all this incest in this book. This guy probably should be in therapy if he could write up this much incest
ReplyDeletein response to Holly's picture i agree with her in that it portrays how he is tied to a tree for the majority of the book. the painting shows how he is not only actually tied down but he is mentally tied down also.
ReplyDeleteIn response to Evan's picture, I like the picture and I agree with him. The book is somewhat chaotic, the family has many people in it, many with the same name. The stories and events jump from event to event, which is also chaotic. But, just like the picture, there is an underlining of peace to it. There is peace to these people's lives when you realize that they do leave pretty simply, and the artwork has a theme of peace.
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Click Clack I Think They Hear Us Coming
This whole story is confusing, and it isn't very interesting. Columbia is pretty boring pre-drug cartel. What is the time frame of this book? Is the colonel in the jungel making some of his delicious fried chicken. I don't like books with hidden messages in it, and using characters to represent the crisis in their country. If they dont like their country then they shouldn't have a terrible constitution.
ReplyDeleteThis last chapter we read was very confusing but i thought it was very cool how when Jose Aradio Buendia died that yellow flowers fell down on the night of his death. He discovered Macondo and i dont believe that he was crazy when he went to go sit under the chesnut tree for all that time. I think he was just sick of people
ReplyDeletein response to vaccos post i agree. i dont understand why incest plays such a huge role in this book. it seems like every chapter there is a different love affair and it is getting difficult to keep them all straight.
ReplyDeletewhat is the point of this book is it the guy at the begging who is telling the story or is the author. See i told everyone that the tree guys isnt crazy because he said he was crazy.
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