ChApTeR SeVeNtEEn

Plot Summary:
Chapter Seventeen starts- with Aureliano Segundo ruining everything within their house when he comes back home. Ursula tries to fix up this mess, but this is the first time she has been out of bed since forever. Maybe about a year or two, which was the time around her daughter's death. She gets out and finds that Jose Acrcadio is locked up in his room because of his performance in his new behavior. He does not want to come out because he wants to continue on studying, but she makes him come out to clean himself up in every possible way. As the chapter continues, Ursula dies (tear, tear) at age 120 and the family goes absolutely into chaos. She watched over everything that happened and made she that everything was performed properly, but not that she is gone, the family needs to continue on without her assistance that she added. Along with her death were some others, and when it came to grave time, it was all shuffled around. From some reason the twins and the others were messed up.

Quotes:
Quote One- "Lord save us!" she exclaims, as if she could see everything(pg. 335).
- - She exclaims this because she is always referring in some way the Lord, as if he is always there for her and looking out for her.

Quote Two- "What did you expect?" he murmured. "Time passes"(pg. 335).
- - Did you really think that you were going to keep here at this moment. Time goes on and so does life, so you need to move with it.

Theme:
Depression- was definitely the main theme through out this chapter. The family was completely turned around because the death of Ursula. Who would watch the family? So it tore them apart, and the family went into total chaos because there was no one there to watch over and make sure everything and everyone was doing the right thing.

Magical Realism:
Ursula sees ghost in this chapter. She just sits there and talks to them about everything and anything. She also sees her dead ancestors as ghosts. When the Buendia family comes to visit, she still hears these voices when no one else can. It is very weird because mainly that is scary. However, she is getting older and that life will be dwindling down soon. So talking to them is not that big of a problem.

Character Development:
Ursula - has began her changes in this chapter. With the loss of eye sight and with the age raging on, she begins to change the most. She is becoming crazy, and her family does not help one bit for her. She dies from old age, but what we should worry about is the family that she is leaving behind.
Aureliano Segundo - has completely changed his manhood in every way. He no longer acts a fool and now is very tired with his life. But he meets Amaranta who helps him come back to life a bit. She gives him hope. As he looks in the past with relationships he sees that no one is better for him then what he wants now. His family can survive and his well being will be set on. Later, he is affected by others around him, which gets him in many ways, but he will be fine.
Fernanda - was ignored in all ways possible. She locked herself up completely when she was ill. By the time she wanted help, it was too late and she eventually locked herself back up into solitude.