ChApTeR NiNeTeeN

Plot Summary:
Chapter Nineteen begins - Amaranta Ursula returns to town with her new husband named Gaston. She came back with awesome spirits believing that she was on top of the world and that she was gorgeous. Also she began changing around the house and threw away all of the things that are unneeded. To herself, she was almost as beautiful as Remedios . However, the beauty was a sense of older fashion. Aureliano searched the streets to find out anything on his history. Some people thought that CAB was a character that people used to kill other people like Liberals. No at this point, Aureliano realizes that he has really strong feelings for Amaranta, even though it is his aunt. He went with it regardless if he knew or not, and try to win her over. She did not find this attractive at all, but after being practically raped, she gives in to his madness and goes along with it.

Quotes:
Quote One- "Good Lord," she shouted, more gay than alarmed,"it's obvious that there's no woman in this house!"(pg. 377).
- - She is very happy to see that there was no other lady in this house. It may be kind of hindering to the personality of the man she is talking to, but it is relieving to her.

Quote Two- " You can tell me later," she said. " I forgot that today's the day to put quicklime on the anthills."
- - She has something more important to do as of right now, but when the time is right, she will be back around and you can explain everything in details to her then.

Themes:
The main theme of this chapter is incest. Aureliano falls in love with his aunt, and pushes himself upon her. He believes that even though he was unaware of the relation, he can not help how he feels, and he needs to be with her. Aramanta at first is very disgusted, but then gets pushed into it. And finally she just falls in line with what is going on.

Magical Realism:
Pilar is able to look into the future and tell Aureliano what is going to happen in the near future of his life. This represents magic because she is able to look ahead and give him a heads up on what may or is going to happen in his life.

Character Development:
Amaranta Ursula -is completely grown up. She is finally becoming the woman that her mother planned on her eventually turning into.
Aureliano- falls completely in love with her and makes her be with him.