Love in the Time of Cholera Lesson Plan

Analyze the aphoristic comment from the narrator that says Urbino was "too young to know that the heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good, and that thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burden of the past" (106). What does this mean and what does this tell us about him?

This statement essentially means that Urbino is too young, at this point in that the story has flashbacked to, to understand that love can color one's perception of reality, and that it is that change in perception that allows for love to thrive. This tells us that he is not like this, but one day will be. The story has jumped across multiple timelines and back and forth...