All 6 Uses of
arbitrary
in
One Hundred Years of Solitude
- The idea of a peninsular Macondo prevailed for a long time, inspired by the arbitrary map that Jose Arcadio Buendia sketched on his return from the expedition.†
Chpt 1 *arbitrary = based on chance or impulse
- Ursula would shout at him every time she learned of some new arbitrary act.†
Chpt 6
- Thanks to him the Street of the Turks, with its dazzling display of knickknacks, became a melodic oasis where one could forget Arcadio's arbitrary acts and the distant nightmare of the war.†
Chpt 6
- He knew all about the details of the house: Pietro Crespi's suicide, Arcadio's arbitrary acts and execution, the dauntlessness of Jose Arcadio Buendia underneath the chestnut tree.†
Chpt 7
- Colonel Aureliano, Buendia had him told, word for word, that he was eagerly awaiting that tardy but deserved occasion in order to take a shot at him, not as payment for the arbitrary acts and anachronisms of his regime, but for his lack of respect for an old man who had not done anyone any harm.†
Chpt 11
- Some time would have to pass before Aureliano realized that such arbitrary attitudes had their origins in the example of the wise Catalonian, for whom wisdom was worth nothing if it could not be used to invent a way of preparing chick peas.†
Chpt 19
Definition:
based on chance or impulse (rather than upon reasoning, consistent rules, or a proper sense of fairness)