 The novel revolves around the fictionalized figure of Bolívar and includes many minor characters who are part of the General 's travelling party , whom he meets on his journey or who come to him in his memories and dreams of his past . Sometimes they are identified by particular quirks or tied to small but significant events . They include , for instance , General José María Carreño , a member of the entourage , whose right arm was amputated after a combat wound , and who once revealed a military secret by talking in his sleep . At other times , they are prostheses for the General 's now failing powers : Fernando , for example , the General 's nephew , is " the most willing and patient of the General 's many clerks " , and the General wakes him " at any hour to have him read aloud from a dull book or take notes on urgent extemporizations " . One of the least developed of the minor characters is the General 's wife , María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alayza , who had died , readers are told , in mysterious circumstances shortly after their marriage . The General has " buried her at the bottom of a water @-@ tight oblivion as a brutal means of living without her " ; she only fleetingly enters his memories in the book 's last chapter . According to Menton , she is " upstaged " by Manuela Sáenz , whose later history García Márquez recounts as if she instead were the General 's widow . María Teresa 's death , however , marked the General 's " birth into history " , and he has never tried to replace her . 
 The novel <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>revolves</mark></a> around the fictionalized figure of Bolívar and <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>includes</mark></a> many minor characters <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='drop_aux' title='4'><mark>are</mark></a>part of the General <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>travelling party , whom he <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>meets</mark></a> on his journey or who come to him in his memories and dreams of his past . Sometimes they are identified by particular quirks or tied to small but significant events . They include , for instance , General José María Carreño , a member of the entourage , whose right arm was amputated after a combat wound , and who once revealed a military secret by talking in his sleep . At other times , they <a href='drop_aux' title='7'><mark>are</mark></a>prostheses for the General <a href='null_genetive' title='8'><mark>'s</mark></a>now failing powers : Fernando , for example , the General <a href='null_genetive' title='9'><mark>'s</mark></a>nephew , <a href='drop_aux' title='10'><mark>is</mark></a>" the most willing and patient of the General <a href='null_genetive' title='11'><mark>'s</mark></a>many clerks " , and the General <a href='uninflect' title='12'><mark>wakes</mark></a> him " at any hour to have him read aloud from a dull book or take notes on urgent extemporizations " . One of the least developed of the minor characters is the General <a href='null_genetive' title='13'><mark>'s</mark></a>wife , María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alayza , <a href='null_relcl' title='14'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='been_done' title='15'><mark>had</mark></a> died , readers are told , in mysterious circumstances shortly after their marriage . The General <a href='been_done' title='16'><mark>has</mark></a> " buried her at the bottom of a water @-@ tight oblivion as a brutal means of living without her " ; she only fleetingly <a href='uninflect' title='17'><mark>enters</mark></a> his memories in the book <a href='null_genetive' title='18'><mark>'s</mark></a>last chapter . According to Menton , she <a href='drop_aux' title='19'><mark>is</mark></a>" upstaged " by Manuela Sáenz , whose later history García Márquez <a href='uninflect' title='20'><mark>recounts</mark></a> as if she instead <a href='uninflect' title='21'><mark>were</mark></a> the General <a href='null_genetive' title='22'><mark>'s</mark></a>widow . María Teresa <a href='null_genetive' title='23'><mark>'s</mark></a>death , however , marked the General <a href='null_genetive' title='24'><mark>'s</mark></a>" birth into history " , and he <a href='been_done' title='25'><mark>has</mark></a> never tried to replace her . 
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