Examples Of Code Of Honor In Chronicle Of A Death Foretold

Code of honor in Chronicle of a Death Foretold mirrors how society is prejudice against women. Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel, Angela Vicario is forced to marry Bayardo Raman, a wealthy man because her mother feels that is better for her. “Angela Vicario only dared hint at the inconvenience of lack of love, but her mother demolished it with a single phrase: Love can be learned too” (Márquez 34). Women are expected to ignore their emotions according to unequal gender standards. Also, when Angela and Bayardo are finally married, he finds out that she is not a virgin. He is disgusted by that fact that she is not virgin and brings her home to her family. Her mother brutally beats her because she is not a virgin and brings shame in the family,