Active Reading-Themes: Chapter Two

incest: There's incense going on in the book. Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula are cousins and they get married. Also, the day Ursula walks in Jose Aracdio and he is naked and she is astounded bu "his size".

guilt: When Jose Arcadio Buendia first kills Prudencio Aguilar, Ursula begins seeing him everywhere and then so does Jose Arcadio Buendia, so they try to move away to another town and they never find it so that is when Jose Arcadio Buendia "founds" Macondo.