Section A: I find Fermina very interesting. She has a strange personality and swings from one opinion to the next in the flash of an eye. She also is removed from the world. She watches it from the sidelines instead of participating in it. Eventually she is pushed into the fray. Then she has to play the game of life without having played it before. She is also really smart and understands a lot of things. I do not like Florentino. He is obnoxious and thinks that its fine to sleep with a bunch of other people. He also believes that Fermina will finally like him again even though he has only changed for the worse. He also does some obnoxious things. I am in the middle of liking and not liking this book. It is really dense and obnoxious, but I like the personalities of some of the characters.
- Love (Both physical and mental)-The love between Dr. Urbino and Fermina. Also Florentino loving Fermina. Finally Florentino sleeping with 622 people+.
- Illusions-The illusion of Florentino and of him loving Fermina.
- Social class-Florentino is much lower than Fermina while Dr. Urbino is much closer.
Section B: Why is there so much time skipping? The story would be a lot more smooth if it went in chronological order. Usually when the author skips around, it adds something. I am unable to identify what is being added. Also, does Florentino realize what he is doing? He is sleeping with a bunch of people and he still wants to be with Fermina. Fermina definitely won't like that, so why is he doing it?
Section C: "Only god knows how much I love you." This is the last thing Dr. Urbino said before dieing was this. It also didn't allow Fermina to say anything. I believe that if she had gotten to say something she wouldn't have been so together after his death. I find this interesting just because of what he said. The thing about god and such. Just was memorable.
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