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Transfer Of Power - Online Term Paper

Transfer Of Power

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 dies, Ursula also takes on the role as the moneymaker of the family.
By selling candy animals Ursula supports her family even though adding this
to her already full list of duties made it so that she "did not have a
moment's rest". This makes her an indispensable part of the household and
helps define the amount of power she has received.
Ursula uses this power that she received to come out on top ...

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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 but by standing by
her decisions and not wavering. When money is found in a statue of Saint
Joseph, whose owner is unknown, Ursula decides to bury the money, which she
believes, is not rightfully theirs. Her children question her for years
about where the money is but she never divulges the answer. Even when she
is about to die she refuses to tell her grandson whose attempts "were
useless once more". By not giving in Ursula sends a clear message that
she is strong and this strength allows her to maintain her power for most
of her life time.
Ursula's power begins to diminish when she is about one hundred
years old and go blind. In an attempt to hold on to her power and not seem
useless, Ursula ...

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Added: 4/7/2005 07:41:13 PM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 533
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