Negetive+in+100+Years+of+Solitude

Throughout the book there are many sexual encounters between family members. With having such a close family bond the line between caring for a family member and being sexually attracted to them gets crossed. This book starts and ends with incest. Ursula and José Arcadio Buendía are cousins. They were afraid that their children will be born with a tail of a pig. Later in the book, it acutally comes true when Aureliano and Ursula have a child. Aureliano is Ursula's nephew. This is evident by looking at the family tree. On page 148 Amaranta is having connections with her nephew, Arcadio. The realizes that it is wrong and states, "It's almost as if I were your mother."
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