Active Reading for Chpt 3-6

Chapter 3 summery: We are first introduced to the third generation of the Buendias, Arcadio, JAs son. JABs tragic flaw is to run away from his problems instead of accepting or solving them. Instead of accepting his new grandson he chooses to ignore it and keep Arcadios true identity a secret. With the discovery of a new route that leads to other neighboring villages JAB is inspired to improve his own village. Aureliano, JABs younger son, however takes over the abandoned laboratory. The audience is also introduced to another character, Rebeca Buendia. Adopted into the Buendia family, Rebeca adapts to a new way of life with the Buendias. The disease, insomnia, that Rebeca carries with her soon infects the Buendia family and the entire village. The symptoms of insomnia prevents the victim from sleep and causes severe memory loss. Under this spell, Melquiades helps the village with their memory problems. Aureliano falls in love with nine year old Remedios when the Moscote family moves in.

Summery for Chapter 4- Rebeca Buendia and Amaranta secretly falls in love with Pietro Crispya young, blond, handsome, well mannered man. Aureliano gets drunk and sleeps with Pilar, JAs old girlfriend. Rebeca and Pietro decide to get married but Amaranta does not want them to. Melquiades drowns in a river and dies. Aureliano decides to marry Remedios, the little nine year old girl he fell in love with. JAB is tied to a tree because he loses his sanity by speaking a different language.
Chapter 5 Summery: Aureliano and Remedios are betrothed and Remedios gets pregnant with twins.A christian priest comes into the Macondo village and tries to convert and teach the Macondans his religion. Amaranta desperately tries to prevent Rebecas wedding because she is in love with Pietro. Remedios dies with her two unborn twins still inside of her. Pietro falls in love with Amaranta and decides to propose to her instead. JA finally comes back home and marries Rebeca.
Chapter 6 Summery: Aureliano decides and leaves for war. Ursula takes in her grandson, Arcadio, because he becomes crazy and kills anyone who are against him. Arcadio wants to sleep with Ursula, but he doesn't know that she is his grandmother. To prevent Arcadios mixed feelings she introduces him to Santa Sofia de la Piedad. They fall in love and get married and also have a son. Pietro because Amaranta denies him.

Magical Realism: In the midst of all of the drama of every day lives stories of ghosts, sea worms, and sea dragons portray the element of Magical Realism.

Quotes
"You can see that we still don't have any cemetery." (56) Because Macondo does not have a dead body under the ground they don't belong to the land, meaning they could leave anytime they wanted.

"Love is a disease."(68) symbolizes all of the pain and death love has created in relationships. Amaranta and Pietro.

"i wouldn't marry you even if i were dead."(109) In the beginning Amaranta would rather die than Rebeca marry Pietro ironically she now wouldn't marry him even if she were dead. The epigraph 'The greatest riches aren't as good as they seem' applies to this.