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    Moral Corruption The reason that Santiago Nasar met his death was because of moral corruption. He was morally incorrect about the actions that he took. He hurt many people in his clouded thoughts which resulted in chaotic and perverse actions. Even he was a victim to his own creation of madness‚ and for this Santiago paid the consequences. Santiago Nasar is the main character in the book “Chronicle of a Death Foretold‚” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Marquez’s style of writing gave a deeper meaning

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    "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will" (Charlotte Brontë). This quote represents what the women in the book Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez would of wanted in their lives‚ but instead their freedom was taken over by man’s greed. In the 1900’s‚ women in Columbia were not able to make many choices for themselves. They were raised to suffer. Once they married a man‚ they were only their to please men and nothing else. Angela Vicario

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    Imagine living in a life where getting killed for a matter of honor is acceptable. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold‚ Santiago gets murdered by the Vicario brothers for allegedly taking the virginity of their sister‚ Angela Vicario; where death is the only solution to uphold family honor. Throughout this story‚ Gabriel Garcia Marquez depicts the primary themes of history and time through the character roles and events that led up to Santiago’s murder by using the setting and non-linear style to show

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    The role of Familial Honor and fate in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s The Chronicle of a Death Foretold "On the day they were going to kill him‚ Santiago Nasar got up at five-thirty in the morning..." (3). In this manner‚ in the first line of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel‚ Chronicle of a Death Foretold‚ the reader is introduced to Santiago‚ the main character who is viciously murdered by Pedro and Pablo Vicario for allegedly taking the virginity of their sister‚ Angela. In the novel‚ Marquez uses

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    remorseless entity that dominates and govern one’s life. Society owns the ability to not only influences one’s behaviors and roles‚ but also utilize its authority to corrupt one’s morals and identity. In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novella‚ Chronicle of a Death Foretold‚ society plays an essential role in the vicious murder of Santiago Nasar. Society’s culpability in the murder reveals the ambiguity of the town towards each other (and their roles) and the selfish tendencies that rise among them. As humans

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    In today’s interactive oral I gained a better understanding of the Colombian culture‚ specifically religion and weddings‚ and applied this knowledge to what I already knew about our culture and to Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel A Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Catholicism has been widely practiced in Colombia ever since the Conquistadors first introduced it to the country. As such‚ Colombian Catholics strive to complete the seven sacraments of baptism‚ reconciliation‚ Eucharist‚ confirmation‚

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    Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Garcia Marquez’s Nobel Prize winning novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold depicts a Colombian society through an unexpected death of Santiago Nasar. The actions of the characters throughout the novel are greatly impacted by religion because society forces men and women to act a certain way in order to portray their families as valuable and honorable. The novel takes place around a murder scene involving two brothers in search of the man who took

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    One of the major themes of Chronicle of a Death Foretold is gender roles. Although Marquez goes into more detail about the oppressive lives of women in his novel‚ the lives of the men are also filled with servitude. Men must obey the laws of machismo and dutifully preserve their families’ honor. The Vicario’s brothers murder of Santiago Nasar clearly exemplifies the cruel role that their society expects them to fill. Their motive as well as their reluctance to kill Nasar bears striking similarity

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    Similar to the pattern viewed in Slaughterhouse-Five‚ the townspeople in a Chronicle of a Death Foretold also use their belief in fate to justify Santiago’s death. Their lack of responsibility leads to their ability to condone the killing. In striving to understand their place in the murder‚ they resolve to believe that it was inevitable and their attempts to stop it would have been ineffective. Because fate disencumbered them from their responsibility‚ they easily justify the killing. For example

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    Character descriptions in Chronicle of a Death Foretold serve important literary functions: they elucidate themes‚ establish motifs‚ and drive the plot forwards. The descriptions of minor characters are particularly important - because they do not serve major functions in the plot‚ their descriptions are often the only vehicle through which the author conveys the character’s literary function. Minor characters with particularly interesting and meaningful descriptions include Santiago Nasar’s fiancee

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