As the story progressed I started to realize that a major theme in this book is finding self-worth. When I say this I am mainly speaking about Florentino because he felt that he needed to matter in the world after being rejected by Fermina. He started seeing women after realizing that he would not be able to have Fermina until Dr. Urbino was dead. His way of having self-worth was to be with as many women as possible. Florentino had over 10 lovers, that I could count, from the time that he was rejected until Dr. Urbino died. He even had a lover who was just 14 and "Entrusted by her family to Florentino Ariza as her guardian and recognized blood relative."
Another theme that comes from Florentino's lovers is betrayal. Many of the women that he had relationships with were married, so they were having affairs. One of the most extreme cases of betrayal was when florentino was trying to have an affair with Olimpia Zuleta who was newly married. When Florentino wrote something (inappropriate) on Olimpia's stomach and her husband saw it, her husband immediately killed her. Another betrayal that happened in this section was when Dr. Urbino was having an affair with Barbara Lynch. Fermina was so furious with Urbino that she left to Hidlebranda's ranch with her kids.
Why do you think that Fermina came back to Dr. Urbino after he begged her to come back? Why would she do that if she knew that he had had and affair during their relationship?
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