"He felt himself forgotten, not with the irremediable forgetfulness of the heart, but of a different kind of forgetfulness, which was more cruel and irrevocable and which he knew very well because it was the forgetfulness of death."
The repitition of the word 'forgetful' in this section emphasizes how terrible it is to be forgotten. Forgetfulness to him, symbolized death, because no one around could even remember his existance. The long sentance structure in the author's syntax here further more emphasizes how Jose Arcadio Buendia is droning on, almost whining about being forgotten. Death is a major theme which appears many times throughout this book, this far.
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