The end of this book is really sad to me because it is as if all of Ursula’s fears came true and it was the downfall of the family. Once Ursula dies the Buendia family completely falls apart. This really shows through the ultimate insestual act between Amaranta Ursula and Aureliano, aunt and nephew. They have an affair which results in a child. The child is born with a pig tail, which is the fear that Ursula has in the beginning of the book. She was aware that all of the family seemed to be drawn to each other because that is how the Buendia family was started in the beginning. Her original fear was to have children with tails like pigs. Although through out the novel this attraction to family members was shown before with another Aureliano (Aureliano Jose) and his aunt Amarantra, who had a very close relationship. The repetition of the names shows again the pattern of history repeating itself, and how the family is tuck in a repetitive cycle, except they are spiraling downwards and to their complete demise.
I also wanted to discuss the survival of Pilar Ternera through pretty much the whole novel. I sort of see her as a figure that sees the whole history of the Buendia family and she acts as a reminder of how similar all the generations of the Buendia family are. She was alive through all of it. She almost even reminds the reader of the past generations so that we can see the family through the whole novel and how history and the characters really do repeat themselves.
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