Blog #8

"With a vitality that seemed impossible at her age, Úrsula had rejuvenated the house again. "Now they're going to see who I am," she said when she saw that her son was going to live.  "There won't be a better, more open house in all the world than this madhouse"" (Márquez 180).

This line stuck out to me because it shows the pure strength and determination that Úrsula has, which is evident throughout the entirety of the novel.  Úrsula is constantly looking after and providing for her family, even after she's been through so much horror, such as the death of her husband and many of her children.  She is a character of consistency and stability even in her old age, which is a trait not many characters in this novel have.  Another thing that stuck out to me about this line was the reappearance of the action of changing the house.  A couple chapters back, Úrsula redid the house because she realized that her children were soon going to start families, and the house was too small at the time, so she decided to expand it.  It seems as though the reconstruction of the house could be a signifier of a change coming in the future that Úrsula realizes.  It seems that it could be a way for her to prepare for this change, such as the expansion of her family or Aureliano Buendia's survival of the war.