ChApTeR TeN

Plot Summary:
In Chapter Ten - The twins are the main story. They begin to grow up in their own ways and become their own finally. No longer does one follow the other. One of the twins takes after the gypsy that came into Macondo with all the new technology. The other twin is completely opposite with the beliefs in religion. Petra Cotes becomes a main character. This character becomes the realation between the twins are they contine to grow up. Without knowing, both sleep with her because hse is a complete whore. And she proves this because neither of the twins know about the other one sleeping with her! Finally when they find out, one twin lets the other stay with her because the actually do belong together and do love eachother. Still they continue to grow up and when they get older, Aureliano Segundo starts to raise animals. Then after the animals grown up, sells them off. Remedios the beauty wins queen. Then when she tries to leave Ursulas' house to go home, Aureliano Segundo goes out there to find her house and marry her.

Quotes:
Quote One - " It's better that way," she approved. "Let's hope that he becomes a priest so that God will finally come into this house"(pg. 185).
Quote Two - "No one would be better able than she to shape the vituous man who would restore the prestige of the family, a man who would never have heard talk of war, fighting cocks, bad women, or wild undertakings, four calamities that, according to what Ursula thought, had determined the downfall of their line. "This one will be a priest," she promised solemnly. "And if God gives me life he'll be Pope someday." They all laughed when they heard her, not only in the bedroom but all thorugh the house, where Aureliano Segundo's rowdy friends were gathered. The war, relegated to the attic of bad memories, was momentarily recalled with the popping of champagne bottles. " To the health of the Pope," Aureliano Segundo toasted(pg. 188-189).

Theme:
The main theme of this chapter is change. Without change, the development of the characters do not happen. Also, because of all the deaths and problems within the family, all the people are starting to change into their own person. So without the change, no new development would occur.

Magical Realism:
The magical element in chapter ten is being able to see ghost. Aureliano Segundo is able to see a ghost of Melquides. Not only was he able to see them, he could also talk to the ghost that he saw. The main thing that they talked about was the predictions that he wrote down many years ago. By being about to converse this, it also proved being able to see into the future. By being able to write these down and many years later talking about them proves another magical element. Not only being able to converse, when Aureliano Segundo was growing up he was sleeping with Petra Cotes, who said that the animals were multiplying to fast. They were doing this because of some magic that came from his sleeping with her. It was also kind of weird that Ramedio would just be able to put men in a "phase" and have them forever in love with him.

Charater Development:
The twins- change the most. The begin their lives for themself. The pretty much start over and challenge themself in ways of becoming opposite from others and eachother. They then begin to go separate ways in their paths.