Predetermined fates (cyclical nature)
This pattern of sin and consequence occurs repeatedly in Buendia relationships.
What is Incest?
This is a method employed by the people of Macondo to combat the insomnia plague.
What is labeling everyday objects?
This invention, brought by the gypsies, first fascinates José Arcadio Buendía.
What is ice?
This meteorological event symbolizes stagnation and decay.
What are four years of rain?
Macondo’s entire timeline appears in this magical document.
What are Melquíades’ parchments?
This character shoots himself after being abandoned by Amaranta.
Who is Pietro Crespi?
This event represents the destructive side of modernization.
What is the banana plantation massacre?
These animals swarm Macondo after a violent storm.
What are yellow butterflies?
This character spends years decoding Melquíades’ parchments, only to discover they predict events already lived.
Who is Aureliano Babilonia?
This person's ghost appears repeatedly as a reminder of forgotten sins.
Who is Prudencio Aguilar?
This political group continually exploits Macondo.
Who are the Conservatives?
This smell surrounds the Buendía house after Rebeca arrives.
What is the smell of gunpowder and earth?
Colonel Aureliano Buendía's sons are marked with this sign before execution attempts.
What are ash crosses on their foreheads?
José Arcadio Buendía spends his final years tied to this object, symbolizing solitude’s madness.
What is a chestnut tree?
The amount of wars/ battles that Colonel Aureliano lost.
What are all of those that he fought?
This happened when Rebeca's "love" turned supernatural.
What are flowers raining from the sky at Rebeca's death?