One Hundred Years of Solitude

Main Characters and Their Development

• José Arcadio Buendía - the founder of Macondo, a passionate explorer and inventor, showing a desire to understand the world despite the mundanity of life.
• Úrsula Iguarán - his wife, possesses incredible willpower and energy, the backbone of the family, living over a hundred years while maintaining rationality and care for the family.
• Aureliano Buendía - the eldest son, falls into solitude and alienation from the world, becoming a symbol of the repetition of history and the family curse.
• José Arcadio - his brother, more earthly and passionate, inherited his father's adventurous spirit, his life filled with eroticism and a thirst for life.
• Rebeca - the adopted daughter of Úrsula and José Arcadio, her story embodies the theme of isolation and the quest for love as a source of life's meaning.
• Amaranta - daughter of Úrsula and José Arcadio, experiences unrequited love, marking her life with solitude and the impossibility of finding personal happiness.
• Aureliano José - son of Aureliano Buendía, symbolizes the repetition of the fate of fathers and sons in the Buendía family, unable to resist the family curse.
• Aureliano Segundo and José Arcadio Segundo - twins, their lives closely intertwined, reflecting the theme of duality and the variability of life's path.
• Fernanda del Carpio - wife of Aureliano Segundo, holds conservative views and a desire for order, trying to restore the family's authority.
• Renata, known as Meme - daughter of Fernanda and Aureliano Segundo, her life marked by tragic love, repeating the fate of her ancestors.
• Mauricio Babilonia - Renata's (Meme's) lover, represents disruptive passion, his life abruptly ended due to his relationship with Renata.
• José Arcadio - son of Renata, the last representative of the Buendía family, symbolizes ultimate solitude and the breaking of the family curse.