Florentino Ariza
By:Lyan Hreiz

Condescending:
"Um... because they see in me someone... guilty. In need of love. Someone who will not harm them. Hmmph. My heart has more rooms than a whore house, Ricardo, prepare yourself for a shock. I'm on number 622."
Florentino has 622 affairs with other women despite Fermina's belief that he maintains a virgin.

Selfish:
“Fermina,” he said, “I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of fidelity and everlasting love.” pg-50
Florentino is selfish and obsessed about how he is behaving on Fermina when he relies on his plague of lust, and exposes his own sufferings. To him, he claims that she is the only "one" and that no one else can have her except him. That's why he waited for the death of Dr. Urbino, Fermina's husband to profess his love for her.

Romantic:
"Florentino Ariza could not resist the temptation of taking one (flower) to her on his next visit. It was a difficult problem in the language of flowers because she was a recent widow."
Florentino is very romantic towards Fermina as he is very thoughtful of how he can impress her with such a small but very delicate thing.

Elegant:
"He always wears a black suit that used to belong to his dead father, and he uses too much hair gel"pg. 3
This shows how Florentinos is classified as classic and presentable.

Attractive:
"Why are you so successful with women?"
This quote represents how it is obvious that it is hard to get women, therefore Florentino being attractive helps his advantage of this."

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Passionate:
"Shoot me,’ he said, with his hand on his chest. ‘There is no greater glory than to die for love.’” pg. 82
He is incredibly emotional about his indefatigable love of Fermina by showing how his love allowed him to break with the truth of death and gave him strength and self-confidence.

Decisive:
"Florentino Ariza had kept his answer ready for fifty-three years, seven months, and eleven days and nights.“Forever,” he said. pg. 348
Florentino was so determined and disillusioned that he waited for Fermina who was a married woman for 50 years to become a wife so they can become a couple.

Obsessed:
"It is life, more than death, that has no limits" pg. 236
Florentino is totally obsessed with Fermina in that he mentions all the notes he wrote for her, how he chased her around before she realized him, how even though she broke his heart, he always worried about her compulsively and how to take her back.