tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743710294218199902.post470028187002474917..comments2010-04-15T22:06:50.176-07:00Comments on Siena's 365 Blog: Cien Anos de Soledad 2Sienahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06149534349568924259noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743710294218199902.post-87942426299622234512010-04-14T22:56:13.869-07:002010-04-14T22:56:13.869-07:00I like that you touched upon the subject of naming...I like that you touched upon the subject of naming because that is a recurring theme that I have had a hard time understanding. As a continuation of what Jon has said, I think that the idea of names as a defining factor of someone's life is quite apparent. Just as the objects began to lose their significance as the people of Macondo began to forget the names of things, maybe the people of Macondo would be forgotten if their names were to be forgotten. By naming each generation the same thing, the name, and therefore, the people belonging to those names, have become eternilized in the history of Macondo as well as in the memories of the people of Macondo.brhoadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09884503441163666491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743710294218199902.post-47605314166951080522010-03-14T16:59:34.941-07:002010-03-14T16:59:34.941-07:00I think your idea surrounding Ursula being the fam...I think your idea surrounding Ursula being the family leader is quite true. The one difference I've noticed between the control that men and women like to have is that men enjoy gaining control over others for themselves, such as in war and love, whereas women like to control others in order to create an easier situation for others, such as in (as you stated) the reorganization of the family by Ursula and Amaranta's denial of marriage. It almost appeals to the age-old idea of women taking care of the home while men take care of the rest.a.lawn.uh.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10555705156181521330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743710294218199902.post-55528145831448057862010-03-12T11:32:36.238-08:002010-03-12T11:32:36.238-08:00Indeed, naming is important here: both the proper ...Indeed, naming is important here: both the proper names of the characters, and more generally (as I've tried to suggest) the question of how to affix words to things, and what happens when they grow apart.<br /><br />In fact, it's interest that there's a kind of reversal here. Whereas we ordinarily think that proper names are more or less arbitrary (that you'd be the same person if you had another name), here they are thought to indicate or even determine character: Aurelianos are one way; Arcadios are another.<br /><br />Yet we tend to think that other words are more or less attached to the objects they depict, and here the relation between words and things is otherwise much more tenuous.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14637452970276655064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743710294218199902.post-49450795084934860912010-03-10T14:21:29.638-08:002010-03-10T14:21:29.638-08:00Siena,
I agree with what you say about the "t...Siena,<br />I agree with what you say about the "types" of men in the Buendía family. It's interesting how the men keep cycling the names, but up til now Úrsula forbids the use of her own name, saying that too much suffering comes with it. I agree with you that the women of the family are very strong and independent (except remedios la bella, whose significance I still haven't quite figured out), and find it almost humorous that one of the Buendía men tries to ward off one of Remedios' suitors by saying that the the women of his family were no good.c.hamblinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13645029947686539217noreply@blogger.com