What is the relevance of Aureliano desiring a 9 year old Remedios?

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Mattia Yeah that part was unsettling, not to mention that his "love" was presented in such a positive light...
I see it as a simple means to justify his solitude: he's unable to have normal relationships with people and form meaningful bonds. He has always been psychologically devastated, and this resulted in him leading a life of frustrations.

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Bluebell That's a good question, that was a very disturbing part of the book. I actually don't know. Maybe it was to show the degradation of the family and the lows to which they were sinking in their actions. Maybe this was why they needed to be wiped out as a family (as predicted through the prophecy which is revealed at the end). It's a more sinister aspect of the book I guess.

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Limb Lost I take it that he is a deranged man and a monster. Sometimes you'll see people vouch for him or say that he is a hero, when in reality he is one of (if not the) biggest monsters in the novel. He starts 32 civil wars and causes de deaths of many people for no gain. On top of that he is a rapist pedophile

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