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The Characters of One Hundred Years of Solitude

Aureliano José Buendía

The son of Colonel Aureliano Buendía and Pilar Ternera, Aureliano José becomes obsessed with his aunt, Amaranta, and joins his father's army when she ends the affair. He deserts the army convinced he can marry her, but she rejects him. Mistaken as one of Colonel Aureliano's sons, Conservative soldiers murder him at an uprising.