One of the main themes that I'm predicting will appear throughout the book is the pain that can result from love.
One example of when this theme is expressed is in Florentino's love-sickness for Fermina. When he first falls in love with her, he tries to see her as often as he can. He spends all his time thinking about her and writing her pages and pages of letters. After he gives her the first letter, he becomes anxious as he waits for her answer. Being away from her makes him lovesick. The possibility that she may reject makes him lovesick. He actually drinks cologne and eats roses because they remind him of Fermina. Florentino becomes sick and his mother actually thinks (at first) that he has cholera because his symptoms are actually those of a sick person. To Fermino, his need for Fermina "is a matter of life and death" (chapter 2). When he is away from her or can't have her, he becomes depressed and even sick.
A second example of love causing pain is when Florentino gets arrested when he is accused of being a spy and sending messages through his violin playing (even though he is just serenading Fermina). As a result, he spends three nights in jail and was lucky to not get executed. At the end of his jail sentence is actually feels somewhat like a martyr because he suffered love.
So far in this book, multiple people have made sacrifices in the name of love. Kai, who were some of those people and what did they sacrifice? Did it bring pain to them or the people around them? (Hint: Fermina's Aunt, Fermino, etc.)
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