Deep Thinking Questions

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-Why does Jose Arcadio have sex with the old Pilar Ternera?
-Why does Rebeca eat dirt and whitewash? It seems the 2 times she does
this are connected with turmoil and confusion in her life.
-Why does the entire town have insomnia?
-Did melquides return from the dead literally, or was he never did in
the first place?
-Where does Rebeca come from? Does her mystery roots symbolize of
something?
-Should Colonel Aureliano Buendia stand out for having 17 children
children around the world? Later, why do these chldren seem to be
forgotten?
-Why does Amaranta burn her hand?
-Why is Jose Arcadio's cause of death a mystery?
-Why don't the 17 Aurelianos men wash the Ash off of their head
evenutually?
-Why is Remedios the Beauty so niave and unaware? Is her ignorance
what makes her pure enough to float to heaven?
-Why does Ursula want to hide her aging flaws and the fact that shes
going blind?
-Why does the author decide to incorporate magical elements to the
story?
-When generations after her have died, why hasn't Pilar Ternera?
-Is there a connection that both Ursula and Ursula Iguaran fear incest
when others do not?
-Why is there so much love conflict? Many charcters first ingage in,
what might seem like a relationship doomed, and then find a new love
soon after, sometimes through an affair. Why?