Honor In Chronicle Of A Death Foretold And Pedro Paramo
“The Significance of Honor in Chronicles of a Death Foretold and Pedro Paramo”
Kelli Sullivan
World Literature Paper One
4/6/10
Word Count: 1,208
Sullivan 1 Honor is a major part of many societies not only in life today but also in Chronicles of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo. In these two societies, although honor is a key part of their society, the life styles of many is contradictory to this idea. The main religion of the culture in Chronicles of a Death Foretold; Pedro Paramo is Catholicism. Through both novels they display various kinds of honor through the main characters and the way that they develop through the course of time. In the two novels the consequences of breaking the honor code never crossed the minds of the characters. This is a …show more content…
This same idea happens with Ana and Miguel, because Miguel had raped Ana, Father Reinteria’s niece. Referring back to Maria being that she was a prostitute; the society seen nothing wrong, which was contradictory to their reaction to finding out that Angela was not a virgin either. “She taught us more than we should have learned, but she taught us above all that there’s no place in life sadder than an empty bed (65).” This quote alone shows that Maria Cervantes is not presented as an unworthy women with a dirty profession, but the woman who taught the men about sex. In the end of both novels, my thoughts are that if both Angela and Pedro had not lied and committed incest things would have been different. Santiago would not have died and Pedro would not have been alone. The way things played out in the novels plays a huge role on the conclusion. This alone goes to show that although these characters had committed such acts that would put them to shame, while they committed these courageous acts there was no thought of them being put to shame but in the end, honor was all they had in that
Kelli Sullivan
World Literature Paper One
4/6/10
Word Count: 1,208
Sullivan 1 Honor is a major part of many societies not only in life today but also in Chronicles of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo. In these two societies, although honor is a key part of their society, the life styles of many is contradictory to this idea. The main religion of the culture in Chronicles of a Death Foretold; Pedro Paramo is Catholicism. Through both novels they display various kinds of honor through the main characters and the way that they develop through the course of time. In the two novels the consequences of breaking the honor code never crossed the minds of the characters. This is a …show more content…
This same idea happens with Ana and Miguel, because Miguel had raped Ana, Father Reinteria’s niece. Referring back to Maria being that she was a prostitute; the society seen nothing wrong, which was contradictory to their reaction to finding out that Angela was not a virgin either. “She taught us more than we should have learned, but she taught us above all that there’s no place in life sadder than an empty bed (65).” This quote alone shows that Maria Cervantes is not presented as an unworthy women with a dirty profession, but the woman who taught the men about sex. In the end of both novels, my thoughts are that if both Angela and Pedro had not lied and committed incest things would have been different. Santiago would not have died and Pedro would not have been alone. The way things played out in the novels plays a huge role on the conclusion. This alone goes to show that although these characters had committed such acts that would put them to shame, while they committed these courageous acts there was no thought of them being put to shame but in the end, honor was all they had in that