Death Foretold

In the book, “Chronicles of a Death Foretold”, it sets itself in a murder-mystery plot but in a more narrative way of stating the sequence of the events that happens before the murder. The author had based his story on a similar situation of a family he knew. In summary, the book is about the events before and after the death of the protagonist. The plot of the book begins with the narrator retelling the events of the morning of the murder. The protagonist, Santiago Nasar, is a young wealthy and handsome man. He lives in a successful farm ranch which he had inherited when his father had died 3 years prior to the present. in the residence, his mother, their cook and the cook’s daughter were living together. The day of his death was actually

The narrator puts himself into the story but only as a bystander, never interfering with the events but merely stating all that had transpired. In addition to that, this book falls under the murder-mystery genre. The mystery surrounding the murder of the protagonist will slowly unveil itself throughout the novel. Though sadly until the end it was never mentioned whether or not that it was Santiago Nasar who had taken the virginity of Angela Vicario. The plot remains unsolved and left the mystery of Santiago Nasar’s murder to the readers. “Is Santiago Nasar a guilty man or was he framed by Angela Vicario” is a question that will remain

It appears that in their culture, it is alright to abandon a tainted woman even if they are betrothed or married to each other. This explains the scene where Bayardo San Roman had returned Angela Vicario to her parents due to her already deflowered, the mother even hit her daughter for her shameful act. He can abandon her even if they are by now married. Yet, after the wedding where the narrator, the protagonist as well as the bride’s brothers had gone to a brothel to seek pleasure even if most of them has a fiancée. It shows that men are able to be devirginized even before matrimony unlike women who are to stay pure only until their husbands arrive. This is the culture found within the book where it shows male