Transfer Of Power
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Power is not given yet it is transferred from one source to another.
Ursula Buendia acquires her power from her husband in a series of events.
First Jose Arcadio I Buendia goes senile and the role as head of the family
and the power that comes with this role is transferred to Ursula. When
Jose die ....
Middle of paper
.... continues to
work in the house as best she can when many other Mocondo villagers just
become idle. Ursula ses her personal power when her 17 grandsons are
executed and yet she remains calm and collected. Ursula not only uses her
power to help herself she maintains it for nearly a century.
Incredibly Ursula is able to maintain her power for more then three
generations after the death of Jose. Ursula accomplishes this not by
making decisions that are always necessarily agreed upon bu ....
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