I. Jose Arcadio Buendia, Aureliano Buendia (I), Don Apolinar Moscote
II. Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, Rep. Tammy Baldwin, Rep. Linda Sanchez
III. A. Background of metaphorical characters.
a. José Arcadio Buendía - The founder and patriarch of Macondo, José Arcadio Buendía represents both great leadership and the innocence of the ancient world. He is a natural explorer, setting off into the wilderness first to found Macondo and then to find a route between Macondo and the outside world. In this tale of creation he is the Adam figure, whose quest for knowledge, mirrored in the intellectual pursuits of his descendants, eventually results in his family's loss of innocence. José Arcadio Buendía pushes his family forward into modernity, preferring the confines of his laboratory to the sight of a real flying carpet that the gypsies have brought. By turning his back on this ancient magic in favor of his more modern scientific ideas, he hastens the end of Macondo's Eden-like state.
b. Aureliano Buendía - the novel's greatest artist figure: a poet, an accomplished silversmith, and the creator of hundreds of finely crafted golden fishes. Aureliano's (I) inability to experience deep emotion contributes to his great battle poise and artistic focus, yet Márquez's depiction of the Colonel melting away his hard work and starting all over again signals that this poise and focus is not worth its price. Aureliano (I) is never truly touched by anything or anyone. His child bride, Remedios Moscote, seems at first to have a real effect on him. When she dies, however, he discovers that his sorrow is not as profound as he had expected. During the war, he becomes even more hardened to emotion, and, eventually, his memory and all his feelings are worn away.
c. Don
Apolinar Moscote - Father of Remedios Moscote
and government-appointed magistrate of Macondo. Don Apolinar Moscote is a
Conservative and helps rig the election so that his party will win. His
dishonesty is partly why Colonel Aureliano Buendía first joins the Liberals.
Don Apolinar Moscote is really a timid man, although outside he is portrayed as
a very self-assured man.
B. Background of Congresspeople.
a. Peter Fitzgerald was elected to the Senate on November 3, 1998, the first Republican in Illinois to win in over twenty years. A former attorney, Fitzgerald played a lead role in the investigation of Enron. Fitzgerald has a reputation for being independent from his party for Illinois. He has backed his party over several issues, but he has diverged from the Republican Party when it comes to health care and the environment. Fitzgerald has been called “an independent Republican who votes what he thinks is right, regardless of whether it conforms to the party line.”
b. Tammy Baldwin was elected to the House of Representatives in November 1998, and she became the first woman ever to serve in the House from Wisconsin. She became a successful leader in the attempt to reauthorize the Violence against Women Act. She advocates health care reform Social Security and Medicare protection, and assisting people with disabilities.
c. Linda Sanchez was recently elected to the House of Representatives on November 5, 2002. Representative Sanchez serves on the Judiciary Committee and the Committee on Government Reform. She is an advocate for the working families of California. She wishes to help improve the economy and decrease unemployment. Sanchez is also on the Small Business Committee.
IV. Annotated bibliography
A. Marquez, G. (1998). One hundred years of solitude. (G. Rabassa, Trans.). New York: Harper & Row. (Original work published 1967). The history of several generations of the Buendia family and a village called Macondo. A very good book written in the genre of magical realism.
B. Fitzgerald, P. (1998, November). About Peter Fitzgerald. Retrieved June 15, 2003 from http://fitzgerald.senate.gov/biography/biography2.htm. Information all about Senator Peter Fitzgerald. More complete than most websites for Congresspeople. Has links to special page for children, special programs in Illinois that he advocates, and more. Good for research.
C. Library of Congress. (1995, January). THOMAS-U.S. Congress on the internet. Retrieved June 15, 2003 from http://thomas.loc.gov. Thomas is a very helpful website that can show you bills from the 108th Congress and before. It shows the same bills from both the House and the Senate.
D. Sanchez, L. (2002, March 4). Linda Sanchez for Congress. Retrieved June 15, 2003 from http://www.library.ucla.edu/mgi/campaign/2002/cal/primary/usrep/sanchez/about.shtm. A website that is from the campaign to put Linda Sanchez into Congress in 2002. Consists of basically her biography. Could be more extensive.
E. SparkNotes LLC. (1999-2003). One hundred years of solitude. Retrieved June 15, 2003 from http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/solitude/canalysis.html. The chapter breakdown of Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, as well as explaining the themes, characters, and a character analysis. The characters and the character analysis only went deeply into a few characters and skimmed over others. Very annoying if you enjoyed the depth of all the characters in the book. Could explain the characters much more, but otherwise a very good site.
F. Baldwin, T. (1998). Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin. Retrieved June 15, 2003 from http://www.tammybaldwin.com/index.asp. Website for House Representative Tammy Baldwin. Has special links to her biography, issues she supports, her accomplishments, and even a special link for people who are interested in being an intern in her office. Well done.
V. Thesis and outlined argument
A. Thesis: Anger and indifference are the wrong reactions to a government order that is unethical or wrong.
B. H. Resolution 132, expressing support for the Pledge of Allegiance. Support has been called for in the past months because of the order by the District court in Oregon that ‘under God’ must be taken out of the Pledge of Allegiance. S. Resolution 71. Agrees to the same thing. The phrase ‘under God’ in the Pledge of Allegiance is not religious, it only shows patriotism.
C. This arguing back and forth should be stopped. This case should be taken before the Supreme Court so that the final decision sees that there is no further arguing.
D. Senator Fitzgerald and Representative Baldwin both voted to support the Pledge and they will neither get angry, nor are they indifferent to the District court order. They will calmly go against it. They have both chosen the right thing to do.
E. Representative Sanchez, however, was indifferent to the vote. She did not agree to support the pledge, and she did not agree to support the District Court’s decision, she merely decided to be unresponsive to this bill, which is the wrong choice.
F. Don Apolinar Moscote was given a government order to be the magistrate of Macondo. In his office of being magistrate, he ordered that all the houses in Macondo be painted blue. This order is neither logical, nor is it right. When his order was challenged, Don Apolinar chose to respond with anger and guns. This is the wrong path to take. Don Apolinar metaphorically stands for Rep. Linda Sanchez and what she has chosen to do about this event. “A week later he was back with six barefoot and ragged soldiers, armed with shotguns…”
G. Jose Arcadio Buendia and his son, Aureliano Buendia went to Don Apolinar Moscote when the order was first sent out. They made no show of force or anger or indifference. Instead, calmly and logically, they explained why the order should not be followed and changed. Jose Arcadio Buendia and Aureliano both metaphorically stand for Sen. Fitzgerald and Rep. Baldwin, respectively, because they have chosen to calmly oppose the edict. They stand for the right path. “‘In this town we do not give orders with pieces of paper,’ he said without losing his calm.” –Jose Arcadio Buendia. “Aureliano went with him…Unarmed, without paying any attention to the guards, they went into the magistrate’s office.”
