CORRUPTION

Lizzy and Clurrs

Corruption TheFreeDictionary.com defines corruption in several different ways: **1**. dishonesty and illegal behaviour
 * 2**. the act of corrupting morally or sexually
 * 3**. the process of rotting or decaying
 * 4**. an unintentional or unauthorized alteration in a text or data
 * 5**. an altered form of a word

Negative "...and the row of machine guns opened fire...and only then did he discover that he was lying against **dead people**....and those who had put them in the car had had time to pile them up in the same way in which they transported **bunches of bananas...**" (306-307) This is an example of the damage and destruction brought forth by the banana company in Macondo. Another example of destruction in Macondo is on page 315, "It rained for four years, eleven months, and two days...The sky crumbled into a set of **destructive** storms and out of the north came hurricanes that scattered roofs about and knocked down walls and uprooted every last plant of the banana groves..."
 * **__Positive__** || __**Negative**__ ||
 * change of bad habits || total and absolute power ||
 * forced new ideas || Paranoid ||
 * fresh start/new beginnings || Greed/Lust/Gluttony ||
 * forming of a group/assembly || loss of humanity ||
 * new found strength/bravery || destruction ||
 * domination/ total control || civil war and/or world war ||
 * satisfaction/things going the way of the corrupter || disloyal/dishonest ||

Positive "..but he only saw Captain Roque Carnicero with his arms in the air and Jose Arcadio crossing the street with his fearsome shotgun ready to go off." (chapter 7 pgs 128-129) This is an example of viewing corruption in a positive way. Jose Arcadio may have not had the bravery to save Colonel Aureliano Buendia from being shot if it wasnt for the corruption of the conservatives against the liberals.

Directions- A. A chart looking at the positive and negative connotations of the word with brief explanations for each(min. 7 each column) B. A paragraph which takes one word from each side and explains, using precise textual evidence (words, phrases, page numbers), how the book presents the word in the positive or negative manner you suggest.