Quotes
"Aureliano, it's raining in Macondo."
"Don't be a jackass, Gerineldo. It's natural for it to be raining in August."
This is a telegraph between Colonel Gerineldo Marquez and Colonel Aureliano Buendia. It shows the intense pressure the two are under due to the war, and how they are slightly growing apart. This also shows that Aureliano is beginning to change for the worse, most likely from the war that is making little progess for the Liberals.
Magical Realism
Aureliano attempting to kill himself, but somehow it does not work. This is somewhat far fetched, especially because a shot to the chest usually will kill someone.
Themes
Depression. Aureliano is very depressed from the war, especially after Jose Moncada is put to death. He see's no purpose in the war and exiles himself away from his loved ones, at least in a mental state.
Character Development
Aureliano, again, goes into a solitary state of isolation, to the point of a suicide attempt. He finally evaluates his problems when Marquez is sentenced to death. He and Marquez decide that they need to stop the war, changing their political viewpoints.
Summary
The two Colonels in the book, Marquez and Aureliano, start to realize that the war is getting them nowhere. Aureliano is distraught and returns home stranger than ever. It gets so bad that at one point he even tries to take his own life, but he survives. Marquez falls in love with the single Amaranta, but she rejects him, although she does care about him. Aureliano recovers soon after Marquez has his charges dropped, and together they try to end the war. They end up battling their own Liberal troops. He signs a treaty ending the war, and starts to feel that he has let down his party. Ursula, his mother, focuses hard to help her son recover, both mentally and physically.
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