Death Foretold Quotes

As I read through A Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, I continued to question and wonder as to why nobody made an effort to inform Santiago Nasar of the coming events. But also considering, are there more people at fault than the Vicario Brothers because nobody chose to come forward? Upon finishing the novella, I had assigned blame to the town for not telling Santiago and to the Twins for the killing. I immediately labeled the town to be senseless, despite the severity of the situation. My favorite passage from A Chronicle of a Death Foretold is one of the numerous scenes where characters disclosed they were aware of the Vicario Brother’s murder plot, yet made no effort to come forth (19-23). This passage is one
It’s awful that it took the Vicario Brothers killing Santiago, in order for the town to understand the seriousness their threat imposed. During this time period in Colombia, when the church and the state were heavily connected, not even the two important figures of these factions understood what was going on until his death. Neither of the two were worried about Nasar and believed it was a fib, however this may explain why the entire town did not worry either. Or, it may be the fact that the Vicario Brothers had a good reputation, many people like Victoria Guzman, believed it to be “...drunkards’ baloney” (13) or such as Clotilde Armenta who stated those who believe should not be “silly’ (55). Of all the people in the town, the one who did everything in her best effort to prevent the murder, Santiago Nasar’s mother, felt the most guilt.This was revealed when she said was talking to the narrator and he inferred “...she never forgave herself for having mixed up the magnificent augury of trees with the unlucky ones of birds…”. A lesson should be learned, that we must not take for granted the idea that others will say something if we don’t. It does not always work that