Death Foretold
Reflective Statement
Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born March 6, 1927, Aracataca, Colombia, he's a Colombian novelist and known to be one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Marquez was awarded the Nobel prize in the year 1982. He wrote the novel Chronicle of a death foretold in 1981. The book is about the murder of the main character named Santiago Nasar, who is rich, a handsome guy living in the small Colombian town.In the novel the author Marquez plays a character of himself interviewing people, and getting information from other characters who was involved with the murder of Santiago. My understanding of the book through the interactive oral was when Marquez told the story from information by using the dream as a symbol throughout …show more content…
Imagery is the use of language that appeals to readers to feel, smell, see, hear or taste. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, imagery had a huge effect because readers had a way of connecting with the Bible. " It looked like a stigma of the crucified Christ" ( Marquez, 75 ) This quote from novel helps the readers picture Santiago Nasar into a direct parallel to Jesus Christ. When Jesus was killed his hands and feet were pinned to the crosses and was looked as a disgrace, same when Santiago was crucified. In the Bible, Jesus had to die to pay the penalty for all mankind sin, whereas Santiago was crucified for someone else's sin, and his blood was in the hands of the community. This is an important aspect in the novel because both Santiago and Jesus were portrayed to rid the sins of the town. The imagery in the Bible helped the readers make a judgment about Santiago through Jesus Christ. Nevertheless, religion plays a significant role that continued throughout the whole novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold. The novel is filled with a resemblance that connects with the Bible such as the character names , the symbols and imagery to prove the connection between Jesus Christ and Santiago Nasar of how it illustrates Santiago as a Christ figure. All of these religious symbols and imagery helped the readers get a clear picture of what the authors was trying to represent and made the experience of the novel more enjoyable as a
Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born March 6, 1927, Aracataca, Colombia, he's a Colombian novelist and known to be one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Marquez was awarded the Nobel prize in the year 1982. He wrote the novel Chronicle of a death foretold in 1981. The book is about the murder of the main character named Santiago Nasar, who is rich, a handsome guy living in the small Colombian town.In the novel the author Marquez plays a character of himself interviewing people, and getting information from other characters who was involved with the murder of Santiago. My understanding of the book through the interactive oral was when Marquez told the story from information by using the dream as a symbol throughout …show more content…
Imagery is the use of language that appeals to readers to feel, smell, see, hear or taste. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, imagery had a huge effect because readers had a way of connecting with the Bible. " It looked like a stigma of the crucified Christ" ( Marquez, 75 ) This quote from novel helps the readers picture Santiago Nasar into a direct parallel to Jesus Christ. When Jesus was killed his hands and feet were pinned to the crosses and was looked as a disgrace, same when Santiago was crucified. In the Bible, Jesus had to die to pay the penalty for all mankind sin, whereas Santiago was crucified for someone else's sin, and his blood was in the hands of the community. This is an important aspect in the novel because both Santiago and Jesus were portrayed to rid the sins of the town. The imagery in the Bible helped the readers make a judgment about Santiago through Jesus Christ. Nevertheless, religion plays a significant role that continued throughout the whole novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold. The novel is filled with a resemblance that connects with the Bible such as the character names , the symbols and imagery to prove the connection between Jesus Christ and Santiago Nasar of how it illustrates Santiago as a Christ figure. All of these religious symbols and imagery helped the readers get a clear picture of what the authors was trying to represent and made the experience of the novel more enjoyable as a