All 5 Uses of
asthma
in
One Hundred Years of Solitude
- He got dressed by feel, listening in the dark to his brother's calm breathing, the dry cough of his father in the next room, the asthma of the hens in the courtyard, the buzz of the mosquitoes, the beating of his heart, and the inordinate bustle of a world that he had not noticed until then, and he went out into the sleeping street.†
Chpt 2asthma = a common lung disorder characterized by wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and sometimes coughing
- Remedios went over and asked some questions about the fish that Aureliano could not answer because he was seized with a sudden attack of asthma.
Chpt 4 *
- He passed the time remembering and fighting against asthma.†
Chpt 5
- During the crushing insomnia brought on by his asthma he would measure and remeasure the depth of his misfortune as he went through the shadowy house where the senile fussing of Ursula had instilled a fear of the world in him.†
Chpt 18
- He was done in, with an attack of asthma that lasted for several days and that gave him the look of a man on his deathbed.†
Chpt 18