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.