PRIDE

consumed with nothing but the thought of self || one's pride ||< Blind Pride- it prevents you from seeing the truth about yourself or your life || positive aspects ||< Stubborn- the only answer you'll accept is your own because you're better than everyone else || and the belief that you can ||< Glory hound- the only thing you care about is glory so you can have more to be proud of || in general ||< Self-rightous- everything you do is right || one can do it like you can || clearly preposterous || Pride in one’s work: Although pride usually takes a negative connotation in this book, there are some instances where it helps the characters. Pride in a job well-done is a great motivating force. This is especially evident in Colonel Aureliano Buendai. On page fifty, Marquez describes the proto-colonel’s obsessive dedication in his work. He “finds refuge” in his workshop from the “noise of flasks and trays and the disaster of spilled acids and silver bromide…” indicative of his father’s work. While it would also be reasonable to call his silversmithery obsessive, it gives him a shield to protect his withdrawn character from the chaotic events of Macondo. Being proud of his work, and knowing his father is proud of their mutual work- as at “the joy of everyone when [they] …succeeded in penetrating the metallic debris and had separated Ursula’s gold,” (pg 28)- anchors Aureliano to his family and the house. That’s why, after his obsession with Remidios replaces his work and is summarily removed, he wanders off to fight a war. Instead, a less healthy brand of pride ties him to fighting for many years…
 * < **Positive** || **Negative** ||
 * < Dignity-respect in one's self ||< Ego- overly obsessed with ones self. Almost
 * < Honor-following a moral code to protect
 * < Self Respect- valuing oneself: seeing your own
 * < Confidence- the willingness to try to reach goals
 * < Pride in ones work- happiness at a job well done ||< Cocky- arrograntly prideful ||
 * < Satisfaction- contentment with oneself and life
 * Self-admiration- Wow! I'm a pretty cool dude! || inflexibility- only your rules are good enough and no
 * || Narrow-mindedness- An idea I hadn't considered on my own?

Ego: Ego is often used to describe someone who thinks that everything they do matters to everyone. Egos often form with the aqusition of new power and for Arcadio it is very corruptive. "He invented a unidform with braids and epaulets of a marshal, inspired by the prints in one of Melquiades books, and around his waist he buckled the saber with gold tassels that had belonged to the executed captain....... the trumpeter in the group greeted him with a fanfare that made the customers laugh and Arcadio had him shot for disrespect for authorities." Being in charge of Macondo gave him a very large head and he doesn't stop until "he became the cruelest ruler that Macondo had ever known."(114-115) In the end his ego gets him killed for he can't stand the thought of being anything less than a hero, or demigod as he might like to think.