Active Reading-Summary:Chapter Nine

Colonel Gerinaldo has become bored of the war yet when he returns to Macondo Amranta keeps his passions alive. He visits her everyday therefore remaining loyal. Colonel Aureliano’s power has gotten to his head for he has decided that no one can come closer than ten feet towards him. Not even Ursula, his mother. He even set afire the house of the windo of Mayor Moncanda all because she didn’t let him in. Eventually, Aureliano has noticed something different and begins distrusting in everything from the people he meets to his own officers. Aureliano has become so cold that he sentences Colonel Gerinaldo to death. Eventually, Ursula convinces him out of it and Aureliano ends the war. Aureliano laters tries to commit suicide but his attempts fail.