José Arcadio Buendía

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fictional character founder of Macondo literary character patriarch

José Arcadio Buendía is the visionary yet increasingly obsessive patriarch who founds the town of Macondo in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude."

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José Arcadio (son of José Arcadio Buendía) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
founder of Macondo ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
patriarch ⓘ
appearsIn Cien años de soledad NERFINISHED ⓘ
One Hundred Years of Solitude NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Buendía family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macondo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Melquíades NERFINISHED ⓘ
gypsies ⓘ
characterTrait curious ⓘ
obsessive ⓘ
stubborn ⓘ
visionary ⓘ
child Amaranta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aureliano Buendía NERFINISHED ⓘ
José Arcadio NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfFictionalSetting Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdBy Gabriel García Márquez NERFINISHED ⓘ
fate dies tied to a chestnut tree ⓘ
firstPublicationOfWork 1967 ⓘ
founds Macondo NERFINISHED ⓘ
genreOfWork magic realism ⓘ
household Buendía house in Macondo NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork Spanish ⓘ
literaryMovement Latin American Boom NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentalState gradual madness ⓘ
narrativeFunction founder of the family saga ⓘ
symbol of obsessive pursuit of knowledge ⓘ
symbol of visionary ambition ⓘ
notableFor founding Macondo ⓘ
interest in alchemy ⓘ
interest in magnets and inventions ⓘ
obsession with scientific experiments ⓘ
occupation founder of a town ⓘ
relative Amaranta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aureliano Buendía NERFINISHED ⓘ
José Arcadio NERFINISHED ⓘ
Úrsula Iguarán NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInWork patriarch of the Buendía family ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
settingOfLife Macondo NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Úrsula Iguarán NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolizes Latin American utopian dreams ⓘ
the dangers of obsessive knowledge-seeking ⓘ

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Aureliano Buendía → father → José Arcadio Buendía ⓘ
Macondo → founderInFiction → José Arcadio Buendía ⓘ
One Hundred Years of Solitude → mainCharacter → José Arcadio Buendía ⓘ
Aureliano Buendía → sibling → José Arcadio Buendía ⓘ
this entity surface form: José Arcadio (son of José Arcadio Buendía)