'Chronicle of a Death Foretold'

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In this article, the writer introduces, discusses and analyzes the novel "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Specifically, the writer discusses the concept of honor in the novel and the symbolism that Garcia Marquez presents in the novel. The writer notes that written in 1981, this dark and symbolic novel gives the reader a glimpse into Latin American culture and society, and indicates that death can be the defining moment in a town, as well as the end to a person's life. The writer discusses that honor is one of the key themes in this novel, and notes that it drives the brothers to avenge their sister, even when it seems like she may have accused the wrong man.

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"In this book, he tells the story, twenty-seven years later, of a girl who turns out not to be a virgin on her wedding night. Because she has lost her honor, her two brothers go out to find the man responsible, so they can make him pay for taking their sister's honor. One of the most interesting things about the novel is the fact that just about everyone in the town knows what the brothers are going to do, but no one warns the victim, Santiago Nasar. Later, there is speculation that Nasar may not have really been the one to take Angela Vicario's honor, and that he was murdered without cause.
"Angela's groom returns her to her family to save his own honor, and the beginning of the story actually occurs 27 years after Nasar's death, then moves in a dreamlike quality from one of the residents' remembrance of the murder to another."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bloom, Harold, ed. Gabriel Garcia Marquez. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1999.
• Editors. "Gabriel Garcia Marquez." The Spanish Repertory Theatre. 2007. 6 Feb. 2008. <http://www.repertorio.org/education/pdfs/marquez.pdf>
• Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. Chronicle of a Death Foretold, trans. Gregory Rabassa, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983.
• Hutcheon, Linda. The Politics of Postmodernism. London: Routledge, 2002
• Pelayo, Ruben. Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Critical Companion. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001.

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