José Arcadio Buendía and Úrsula Iguarán get married on the village of Macondo, which is described as “a mountain chain… on the other side of the mountains of the ancient city of Riohacha (10)” where José Arcadio Buendía later names Macondo because of its “ashen, foamy, dirty sea, which had not merited the risks and sacrifices of the adventure (12).” Therefore demoting the story making the characters lead to their downfall because of the accursed town. When Úrsula Iguarán has her first child, the traits of José Arcadio Buendía are inherited by his son and later on to the rest of his decedents. Thus leading to a Man v. Himself conflict leading to lost memories and knowledge of previous decedents to the same mistake from the past. The plot begins