"""What worries me," he went on, "is that out of so much hatred for the military, out of fighting them so much and thinking about them so much, you've ended up as bad as they are. And no ideal in life is worth that much baseness." He took off his wedding ring and the medal of the Virgin of Help and put them alongside his glasses and watch." (page 159)
In this scene Colonel Aureliano Buendia is sent to kill General Moncada. This scene stuck out to me because I could so vividly picture it in my head. Buendia has lost all sight of what he is fighting for and I can hear the disappointment in General Moncada's voice. Earlier in the book Buendia said himself that he realized he was only fighting for his pride and I think this quote shows that. He is going to kill a man that has greatly helped the town because he is not willing to lose his pride. Even after hearing all the women speak up for Moncada, especially his mother, he is still going to kill this respectable man. General Moncada shows his maturity and respect for Buendia in this scene. He is not begging to have his life spared but is vocalizing his concerns about Buendia. I already disliked Buendia at the end of the first section but this scene especially made me really despise him.
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