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Chapter 18-20 summary: (Active Blog)
Aureliano spent all of his time in Melquiades room, the ghost of the Gypsy guides Aureliano to help decipher the prophecies when they are 100 years old. He figures out that they are written in Sanskrit . The Buendías then become poor, but Petra Cotes helps them out by sending food to them. Santa Sofía de la Piedad the widow of Arcadio, walks out without telling them where she is going Then Fernanda del Carpio dies to over come her bittersweet yearning for the past . Later after her death her son Arcadio the second returns to Macondo. He totally changed and having solitude. Ignorant he has not been studying anything because he was counting on inheriting lots of money. But all that was left was a old house in ruins, he left with nothing but his memories. Then he discovers Ursula's gold under her bed, and shares it with the children of the town. (oh no!) In his solitude and loneliness becomes friends with Aureliano the second who shares his knowledge with him. Then they receive a visit with the son of CAB, who is shot by the police in front of the Buendia house. (17 sons that had died, symbolized death). Then 4 children who JA celebrated at a party, kill him in his bath and steal his gold. (haha) That relationship has definitely ended.

AU returns to Macondo from Europe bringing her husband named Gaston. He followed her and realizes that her love for the town is only a dream. Macondo is declining and it's impossible to rewind and start all over. Aureliano the second remembers that the Buendias are the most recognizable family of the whole village. Then Aureliano the second falls in love with AU. He then finds a new friendship with a wise bookseller. Together they party they go to whorehouses and bars. Aureliano then sees the ancient Pilar Ternera (great-great grandmother). He also takes a lover, a black prostitute named Nigromanta. Gaston has a vision of establishing an airmail service in Latin America. Gaston so preoccupied fails to realize that Aureliano the second and AU have become lovers.

The chapter starts out with the news that Pilar Ternera died in her rocking chair. Gaston travels to continue his business plans for airmail, who learns about his wife's affair and does not return. Aureliano the second, the Catalonian and the four scholars leave Macondo. A village that is sentenced for death. The happy lovers Aurliano the second and AU still continue happily. (haha and she is still married) The Buendia house crumbles, its destroyed by the red ants that swarm everywhere. Ursula fears about incest become true AU and Aureliano the second have a son named Aureliano the third (same name again), he was born with a tail of a pig. Unfortunately AU bleed so much that she died after giving birth :(. Aurliano the second drunk seeks comfort and goes to Nigromanta, but being so ignorant he forgets the baby. When he goes back it is to late the ants were feeding on it, and that was left was the corpse. He then figures out that the Generations of the Buendias has come to an end. He then finally decipher the ancient prophecies. They were the description of the entire history of the family and the village of Macondo. He then reads a part in the text, which is where he is at that moment. He read on and around him a apocalyptic wind swirls, ripping the town from it foundation, erasing it memory and existence. (i new it was going to happen, but what a sad ending)


Reflective Blog: I am going to make this short i am really happy the book is done, and my Saturdays are free. (sorry Mrs. Blaber, no offence to you) I am sad that the book had to end that way. We all knew it was coming, the town was set up for destruction from the very beginning. And everyone has to die, but it was sad the AU died giving birth, and the baby got eaten by ants because the ignorant father forgot about his new born. Maybe the author point is every ending in life is not always happy. That is just how the world is.