El Narrador Misterioso In Chronicle Of A Death Foretold
El Narrador Misterioso
In a novella with a plethora of Spanish characters, one of them remains unnamed and unknown throughout. This immediately sets the stage for what unravels into a complex and convoluted novel of memories. An unidentified narrator chronicles the events and details from the vengeful murder of Santiago Nasar by the Vicario brothers. In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the reliability of the narrator is suspect as he relays the tragicomic story twenty-seven years later while adopting journalistic prejudice and projecting an omniscient persona despite being a character in the story, accentuating how the perspective of one person is not sufficient to reflect the truth.
By relaying the story twenty-seven …show more content…
In regards to his sister, “It was strange that she hadn't known, but it was even stranger that my mother didn't know either, because she knew about everything before anyone else in the house” (Márquez 20). Ironically, the narrator’s family members happen to stay uninformed about the murder until it happens, while all of the townspeople are seen as guilty as they had the ability to prevent the murder. It is easy to pinpoint the lack of objectivity in what the narrator is saying regarding his family as he knew them prior and could be seen as filtering information in their favor. The narrator having grown up with his sister included that “she seemed to have secret threads of communication with the other people in the town… sometimes she would surprise us with news so ahead of its time” (Márquez 20). The narrator is utilizing his prior knowledge of his sister to help him understand her take on the situation. Also, the narrator reveals that his “personal impression is that he died without understanding his death” (Márquez 101). The narrator develops an opinion on Santiago’s death, which veers away from traditional journalistic neutrality. The narrator’s close relationship could be a critical facet in understanding why he implies Santiago’s innocence many
In a novella with a plethora of Spanish characters, one of them remains unnamed and unknown throughout. This immediately sets the stage for what unravels into a complex and convoluted novel of memories. An unidentified narrator chronicles the events and details from the vengeful murder of Santiago Nasar by the Vicario brothers. In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the reliability of the narrator is suspect as he relays the tragicomic story twenty-seven years later while adopting journalistic prejudice and projecting an omniscient persona despite being a character in the story, accentuating how the perspective of one person is not sufficient to reflect the truth.
By relaying the story twenty-seven …show more content…
In regards to his sister, “It was strange that she hadn't known, but it was even stranger that my mother didn't know either, because she knew about everything before anyone else in the house” (Márquez 20). Ironically, the narrator’s family members happen to stay uninformed about the murder until it happens, while all of the townspeople are seen as guilty as they had the ability to prevent the murder. It is easy to pinpoint the lack of objectivity in what the narrator is saying regarding his family as he knew them prior and could be seen as filtering information in their favor. The narrator having grown up with his sister included that “she seemed to have secret threads of communication with the other people in the town… sometimes she would surprise us with news so ahead of its time” (Márquez 20). The narrator is utilizing his prior knowledge of his sister to help him understand her take on the situation. Also, the narrator reveals that his “personal impression is that he died without understanding his death” (Márquez 101). The narrator develops an opinion on Santiago’s death, which veers away from traditional journalistic neutrality. The narrator’s close relationship could be a critical facet in understanding why he implies Santiago’s innocence many