Chronicle Of A Death Foretold

Gabriel Garcia Marquez is known for revealing aspects of Latin American culture during the 1980’s- aspects that still predominate today’s society. Specifically in his novel, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Marquez takes a journalistic approach to the investigative and the psychological component of the twenty-seven-year-old murder of Santiago Nasar in a typical Colombian town. Throughout this approach, Marquez intends to limit the influence of emotion, yet tension is inevitable after the spiritual division of the two characters, Angela Vicario and Bayardo San Roman. As the separation was instigated by Bayardo San Roman, the act brings to light his persona while reflecting on the persona of many Latin American men. Most importantly, Marquez manipulates the character of Bayardo San Roman to highlight the disparity of the social
Marquez to further embellish the confusion between reality, fiction, and form, uses names in the novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold. For example, through the use of names Marquez intends to focus and emphasize each character’s role in the murder like that of Bayardo San Roman; “the man who had given back his bride, had turned up for the first time in August of the year before six months before the wedding” (Marquez 15). Overall, the use of names helps spread the guilt throughout the novel to every character, including to the perfect Latin American male character Bayardo San Roman; as he is responsible for returning the bride, without explanation, which eventually set vengeance in motion. All in all the use of names serves to reiterate that the combination of the machismo culture, the emphasis on honor and the passive attitudes of the people who have grown up in this environment are responsible for the murder and the chaos in the Colombian