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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Label Occurrences
José Arcadio Buendía canonical 9
José Arcadio (son of José Arcadio Buendía) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
founder of Macondo ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
patriarch ⓘ
appearsIn One Hundred Years of Solitude ⓘ
surface form: Cien años de soledad

One Hundred Years of Solitude ⓘ
associatedWith Buendía family ⓘ
Macondo ⓘ
Melquíades ⓘ
gypsies ⓘ
characterTrait curious ⓘ
obsessive ⓘ
stubborn ⓘ
visionary ⓘ
child Amaranta ⓘ
Aureliano Buendía ⓘ
José Arcadio (son of José Arcadio Buendía) ⓘ
surface form: José Arcadio
countryOfFictionalSetting Colombia ⓘ
createdBy Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ
fate dies tied to a chestnut tree ⓘ
firstPublicationOfWork 1967 ⓘ
founds Macondo ⓘ
genreOfWork magic realism ⓘ
household Buendía house in Macondo ⓘ
languageOfWork Spanish ⓘ
literaryMovement Latin American Boom ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Aureliano Buendía ⓘ
José Arcadio (son of José Arcadio Buendía) ⓘ
surface form: José Arcadio

Úrsula Iguarán ⓘ
roleInWork patriarch of the Buendía family ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
settingOfLife Macondo ⓘ
spouse Úrsula Iguarán ⓘ
symbolizes Latin American utopian dreams ⓘ
the dangers of obsessive knowledge-seeking ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

One Hundred Years of Solitude → mainCharacter → José Arcadio Buendía ⓘ
Macondo → founderInFiction → José Arcadio Buendía ⓘ
Aureliano Buendía → father → José Arcadio Buendía ⓘ
Aureliano Buendía → sibling → José Arcadio Buendía ⓘ
this entity surface form: José Arcadio (son of José Arcadio Buendía)
Amaranta → hasRelative → José Arcadio Buendía ⓘ
Úrsula Iguarán → spouse → José Arcadio Buendía ⓘ
Remedios the Beauty → relative → José Arcadio Buendía ⓘ
Aureliano Babilonia → predecessorInFamilyLine → José Arcadio Buendía ⓘ
Buendía family → hasMember → José Arcadio Buendía ⓘ
Buendía family → foundingMembers → José Arcadio Buendía ⓘ