Act Reading Journal 2

I. Elements of Magical Realism

“It’s all right, Prudencio, we’re going to leave this town, just as far away as we can go, and we’ll never come back. Go in peace now.”p.23

This is what Ursula said to Prudencio’s image. After he died she is suffering by Prudencio’s image which is pierced throat.

II. Characters

Ursula Iguaran- she has afraid get a child with Jose Arcadio Buendia

Jose Arcadio- falls in love with gypsy and betrayed Pilar Ternera.
Prudencio Aguilar- he mocked Jose Arcadio Buendia about getting child also he killed by Jose Arcadio Buendia .

Pilar Ternera- She is the local woman who pregnant Jose Arcadio’s child. .
Amaranta- she is the Jose Arcadia Buendia and Ursula’s daughter.

III. Plot Summary

Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula get married in Macondo. After they got married, they also got a problem of getting child because they are the relatives. They are afraid of genetic disorder to child. Moreover the village people mocked at Jose Arcadia Buendia. And Jose Arcadia Buendia had a cock fight with Prudencio. Even though Jose Arcadia Buendia was won Prudencio mock him. But this time Jose Arcadia Buendia killed Prudencio. That night Jose Arcadia Buendia and Ursula had sex. However after that Ursula suffered from Prudencio’s ghost so they decided leave the village. Meanwhile, the older son, José Arcadio, made Pilar Ternera pregnant. He also betrayed her because of fall in love with gypsy girl and they left village together. When they leave Ursula also followed and discovered that route of other village.

IV. Quotes

“I don’t care if I have piglets as long as they can talk.” P. 20

“If you bear iguanas, we’ll raise iguanas. But there’ll be no more killings in this town because of you.” p.21

I know that they are in the hard situation of getting child. So I like to his mind of wanting child. if he said this quote without anger it should be better quote.

V.Themes

Love- Jose Arcadio fall in love with girls also he betrayed girls.

Anger- because of the anger, Jose Arcadio Buendia killed Prudencio Aguilar

Child- most characters in this book have problem of child.

Act Reading Journal 1

I.  Elements of Magical Realism

 “Very soon we’ll have gold enough and more to pave the floors of the house”

I think this is the magical realism quote because Jose Arcadio buendia had serious dream about alchemy.

II. Characters

Jose Arcadio Buendia- He is the First generation of Macondo.  Also he fell in study of mistery things (science) by gypsies.

Melquiades- leader of the group of gypsies that came Macondo every March.

Ursula Iguaran- Jose Arcadio’s wife and made he keep away from science study.

Colonel Aureliano Buendia- no change

Jose Arcadio- no change

III. Plot summary

 Jose Archadio Buendia and Ursula were living in the Macondo. Marcondo was a village of twenty adobe houses and every March gypsies came and set up their tents near the village. One day, Jose Arcadio fell in science study because of gypsies’ interesting things like magnets, magnifying glasses, and telescopes. His passion of study science made he looks like mad person. He always stays at his laboratory and studied. But Ursula persuades out of the science study him by family and life of Macondo. So he quite the study at his laboratory and more focused on the child. However, this chapter ended up with he brought his child at the gypsies’ tents and shows ice.

IV. Quotes

“If you have to go crazy, please go crazy all by yourself! But don’t try to put your gypsy ideas into the heads of the children” p.5

“Instead of going around thinking about your crazy inventions, you should be worrying about your sons”p.14

I can not forget these quotes because these quotes are very realistic arguing. Also I could understand how Ursula cares about her sons than what Jose Arcadio Buendia do.

V. Themes

Family- Jose Arcadio’s too much interest of science brought problems of family.

Perspective- this chapter shows very different perspective between Jose Arcadio and Ursula.

Out side effect- gypsies’ invention from out side of Macondo brought interest into Macondo people.