CURIOSITY

We did this together...Katie and Brynn- Curiosity Obsession- Negative pg. 77 " That night Peitro Crepsi found him on the porch, weeping for Pruddencio Aguilar, for Malquiades, for Rebecca's parents, for his mother and father, for all those he could remember and who were now alone in death. He gave him a mechanical bear that walked on its hind legs on a tight rope, but he could not distract him from his obsession." This quote proves that Jose Arcadio's curiosity got the best of him as his curiosity led to obsession. Some of his few obsessions were alchemy, finding water and a pendulum machine to help people fly (what this quote was referring to). His curiosity and thirst for knowledge led to the obsession of many things such as whether the days were changing of not. This led to his craziness and him eventually being tied to a chestnut tree.
 * Positives || Negatives ||
 * Find new information- Being curious can lead to exploring new things and finding new information which improves humanity as whole || Obsession- Too much curiosity can lead to over ambition causing obsession which is unhealthy. ||
 * Knowledge- Can be obtained from people being curious which leads to a more informed society. || Trouble- For example, Curious George causes trouble by being too curious and getting into things he shouldn't. ||
 * Ambition- Drives a person to learn about new things. || Too much knowledge- You could find out things you really don't want to know. ||
 * Investigation- If you’re curious, an investigation into things can lead to a great wealth of knowledge and facts. || Ask Questions- Too much curiosity with too much questioning can lead to distrust. ||
 * Ask Questions- If someone is curious they ask questions and don't accept things at face value which improves society. || Annoying- Being too curious can be annoying to the people who surround that person such as the paparazzi ||
 * New technology- Curiosity leads people to improve life by finding new things, like Benjamin Franklin and electricity. || Not accepting- Someone who is too curious are always looking for the next best thing. ||
 * Functional/ Informed Society- If people are curious; it leads them to want a better life. || New technology- For example, in the movie I- Robot, too much curiosity led to people inventing robots who took over the world. ||

Knowledge- Positive pg. 98 " Never the less, the day the doctor revealed the secret to Aureliano, the ladder elicited the whole plan of the conspiracy. Although he was convinced at the time of the urgency of liquidating the Conservative regime, the plot horrified him. Doctor Noguera had a mystique of personal assassination. His system was reduced to coordinating a series of individual actions in which one master stroke covering the whole nation would liquidate the functionaries of the regime with their respectable families, especially the children, in order to exterminate Conservatism at its roots. Don Moscote, his wife and six daughters needless to say were on the list. Through Aureliano's curiosity, he contacted the doctor and eventually found out his plot to kill the Conservatives and their families. This Aureliano knowledge about how the "Liberals" were handling the situation at the time. Aureliano knew he was not a conservative but through this information was not on the Conservative side, causing him to reflect and figure out who he was and what he stood for. Through what he learned about himself, he was able to start his own Liberal party, in a sense, and lead many revolutions, changing the course of history in Macondo.