Importance Of Honor In Chronicle Of A Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Society shapes who we are, our beliefs, morals, and way of living. The way we are raised impacts our outlook on life and how we live it.Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the author of Chronicle of a Death Foretold, uses the way he has been raised to inform readers and give insight to the values and morals of the Colombian society. He also brings his sense of religion into his novels. Based off of the reading, one is made aware of the severity of honor in this society and the importance of religion. The reader can also see the many religious inferences throughout the book. Both the severity of honor and the religious inferences give the reader a look into the Colombian society and its core values . Honor is an extremely large part of the Colombian society and Marques depicts its severity of all through out the novel. He does this by using Angela and the Vicario brothers.
“The brothers were brought up to be men. The girls were brought up to be married. They knew how to do screen embroidery, sew by machine, weave bone lace, wash and iron, make artificial flowers and fancy candy, and write engagement announcements… my mother thought there were no better-reared daughters. 'They're perfect,' she was frequently heard to say. 'Any man will be happy with them (Marquez,31). In a …show more content…
"There's no way out of this", he told him. "It's as if it had already happened." (Marquez 61). The irony of the situation is, that the brothers do not even want to kill Santiago, but because of the rules of society, they are forced to . Because of the standards and conditions of the Latin Colombian society, they are forced to avenge their sister’s purity. An interesting point however, is that in order to re-gain honor for their sister and their families name, Pedro and Pablo are required to commit murder, which generally is not seen as an honorable
Society shapes who we are, our beliefs, morals, and way of living. The way we are raised impacts our outlook on life and how we live it.Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the author of Chronicle of a Death Foretold, uses the way he has been raised to inform readers and give insight to the values and morals of the Colombian society. He also brings his sense of religion into his novels. Based off of the reading, one is made aware of the severity of honor in this society and the importance of religion. The reader can also see the many religious inferences throughout the book. Both the severity of honor and the religious inferences give the reader a look into the Colombian society and its core values . Honor is an extremely large part of the Colombian society and Marques depicts its severity of all through out the novel. He does this by using Angela and the Vicario brothers.
“The brothers were brought up to be men. The girls were brought up to be married. They knew how to do screen embroidery, sew by machine, weave bone lace, wash and iron, make artificial flowers and fancy candy, and write engagement announcements… my mother thought there were no better-reared daughters. 'They're perfect,' she was frequently heard to say. 'Any man will be happy with them (Marquez,31). In a …show more content…
"There's no way out of this", he told him. "It's as if it had already happened." (Marquez 61). The irony of the situation is, that the brothers do not even want to kill Santiago, but because of the rules of society, they are forced to . Because of the standards and conditions of the Latin Colombian society, they are forced to avenge their sister’s purity. An interesting point however, is that in order to re-gain honor for their sister and their families name, Pedro and Pablo are required to commit murder, which generally is not seen as an honorable