In their society the idea and concept of honor is the most important to a family. It affects how a person lives. The result of the Vicario family not having their honor was the reason Santiago was killed. Honor is so important that sometimes people will do anything to regain it and in this case murder someone. The Vicario the best way to reclaim their family's honor was to murder Santiago. Angela's family finding out about her secret not only destroyed her relationship with her family, but was cause for Santiago death. Angela could of easily told her mother who her perpetrator was and stopped the murder from happening. Not only did she keep the secret of her virginity, but lie about who took and even stated it later on in the story. She even realized that keeping that secret was a mistake, while her mother was beating her and was crying, because she felt bad for Bayardo, who went through a long process so they could get married. In their society the concept of honor and what surrounds it is a very hard thing to live up to, and the hardship that surround a woman are very hard to
In their society the idea and concept of honor is the most important to a family. It affects how a person lives. The result of the Vicario family not having their honor was the reason Santiago was killed. Honor is so important that sometimes people will do anything to regain it and in this case murder someone. The Vicario the best way to reclaim their family's honor was to murder Santiago. Angela's family finding out about her secret not only destroyed her relationship with her family, but was cause for Santiago death. Angela could of easily told her mother who her perpetrator was and stopped the murder from happening. Not only did she keep the secret of her virginity, but lie about who took and even stated it later on in the story. She even realized that keeping that secret was a mistake, while her mother was beating her and was crying, because she felt bad for Bayardo, who went through a long process so they could get married. In their society the concept of honor and what surrounds it is a very hard thing to live up to, and the hardship that surround a woman are very hard to