Colonel Aureliano Buendia Chapter Summaries

Gabriel Garcia Marquez in chapter 7, 8 and 9, describes the event after Colonel Aureliano Buendia was captured, his escaped from his death sentence and his victorious defeat during the revolution war and the struggles, death, and solitude of his family in Macondo. The novel is written in chronological order describing months, days, and time of then events had happened. Although, he introduces flashback of the Buendia family pass tragic death, conflicts, solitude, and grief, he keeps the story line in chronological order. For example, the chronological event that happened after the capture of Colonel Aureliano Buendia is done by describing specific dates and time up to the moment prior to Colonel Aureliano Buendia execution. Colonel Aureliano
Buendia sentence was going to be carried out per his request in Macondo. The timeline on Monday at ten thirty in the morning Colonel Aureliano Buendia was brought to Macondo, on Thursday he had shares sweet milk candy with the guards, by Friday they had not shot him, on Saturday night the guards were still waiting on answers, on Sunday no action on the part of the officers, and by Monday the official order had arrived for Colonel Aureliano Buendia execution within 24hours of receiving the letter. (122-124)
The hero of the novel is Ursula Iguaran because despite the family conflicts, she works hard to keep the family together. Ursula works hard to keep the house in order and put food on the table, not only for her family, but for strangers that come to her house. She recognized and baptized all the children that where brought to her by the women’s claiming that they were Colonel Aureliano Buendia sons giving then his first name Aureliano. She opened her home to family member, friends and even strangers and she provided then with a roof over their head. She helped anyone that needed her help and even fought for their right to live.
Magical realm can be seen when Jose Arcadio blood makes it was to Ursula house traveling thru the streets, climbing curves, turning corners, and hugging the wall so it won’t stand the rug and then Ursula following the trace of blood to find her son dead with no wound and no weapon was found only can smell the powder.
(132) As captivating as the story is about how the trace of her son blood made its way all the way to Ursula house, the reality is that some mothers have that sense when there is something wrong with their child. The mother’s close relationship with their child is a special bond and sometimes mothers have that intuition that there is something wrong with their child, so it is a normal reaction to reach out to their child to find out if their ok. Another magical real is seen after the death of Jose Arcadio Buendia that the town of Monaco was covered with tiny yellow flowers that had fallen from the sky and that had to be shoveled and raked to make way for the funeral procession could pass by. (140) Flowers don’t fall from the sky, but when a love one dies, it is a norm that people from all places gather together to mound and cry the loss of the loved one. Flowers are brought as an expression of respect and is a symbolic reminder of affection for the person who passed
away.