Chronicle Of A Death Foretold Literary Analysis

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If you take note of something detrimental is bound to happen to an individual, would you act on it? Every person has experienced the “bystander effect” at least once in their lifetime, making decisions on whether or not is it worth it to get involved in other people’s business. In the story entitled Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, it becomes known to everyone in town, except the victim himself, Santiago Nasar, that there’s going to be a murder taking place. However, no one tries to intervene with the Vicario brothers, who wants retribution for their sister’s honor. Santiago’s death could’ve been prevented by Colonel Lázaro Aponte, but he didn’t comprehend the matter to be important, and by Davina Flor since she was …show more content…

When being interviewed by the narrator about the matter concerning Santiago’s death, she states that “she was nothing but a frightened child at the time, incapable of a decision of her own” (13). Divina Flor’s mental state was still developing at the time and at such a young age you couldn’t really comprehend how grave a situation actually is. She couldn’t come to a decision to whether or not to tell her boss about the talk circulating the town. In addition, if you add her mother, Victoria Guzman, who clearly loathes him, to the mix, her choices of keeping quiet were more or likely influenced. Moreover, Divina Flor was clearly a victim of harassment. She told the narrator that “[Santiago] always did when he caught [her] alone in some corner of the house” and she felt “an awful urge to cry” (13). Divina Flor must’ve wanted the violations to cease so she decided to keep the information to herself because it happened often. Santiago also said that it’s time for her to lose her virginity and that backs up her choice of keeping her lips shut. Divina Flor kept her naivety of the situation due to personal

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