Honor In Chronicle Of A Death Foretold

The loss of honor by Angela Vicario motivated the killing of Santiago Naser in Chronicle of a Death Foretold. One way this motivated Santiago’s death was the Vicario family’s moral values, Mrs. Vicario, the twins, and Angela’s not caring at all. Another way that Angela’s honor motivated Santiago’s death was how the church and state handled knowing about the killing. Lastly the town’s people reaction to Angela’s honor also motivated Santiago’s killing.

Honor viewed by the Vicario family helped influence in the killing of Santiago Naser. Pura Vicario Angela’s mother had very strict moral values. Pura didn’t allow her daughters to go out without a proper escort with them. She especially did this with Angela. When Angela was brought back home after four
The priest of the town Father Amador “received Clotilde Armenta’s message and others more peremptory while he was getting ready to go to the docks. “The truth is I didn’t know what to do,”” (p70). Father Amador didn’t think that there was anything he could do to stop Pablo and Pedro. He thought that they wouldn’t really go through with it. He also thought maybe someone else would talk them out of doing it because he was preparing for the arrival of the bishop that morning and felt that was more important. Major Aponte when he heard the news about the Vicario twins saying that they were going to kill Santiago Naser he said ““Good Lord!” he mocked. “What will the bishop think!”” (p56). After the major finished eating breakfast he went out to the towns square to look for the Vicario brothers and he heard from more people about Pablo and Pedro’s plot to kill Santiago. He finally found Pablo and Pedro drinking at Clotilde Armenta’s place where he thought they were a bunch of liars and they wouldn’t really do it but to be on the safe side he took away their knives just in case they went to kill