Chronicles of Death Foretold
Columbian Culture in the First two Chapters “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” is a very poignant and compelling novel written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez it is the story written in an omniscient point of view after the narrator's return to the Colombian town to resolve the details of a murder twenty years after it had taken place. The book has been written in a first person narrative by the narrator arguably as the witness to the events that occurred, sharing all of the characters' thoughts. Marquez’s use of this creative technique and the repeated foretelling of the crime help build the suspense through the first two chapters. The narrative is non-linear In the first two chapters of the novel the reader learns about the protagonist of the story Santiago Nasar, a young man who is thought to have taken the virginity of Angela Vicario and is disliked by the townspeople. The reader to an extent becomes familiar with Columbian culture through the events that occur in this novel "Latin America" is the area that includes all of the Caribbean islands and the mainland that stretches from Mexico to the southernmost tip of South America. It has a very long history since 1492. Mostly Spanish and Portuguese were settled there, Latin American culture was derived from its native inhabitants' traditions. In this novel the esteemed writer Marquez blends and paints the elements of the cultures in Chronicle of a Death Foretold. In the novel the narrator conveyed the sense of powerless of women. The importance of the ritual of courtship is also very evident in Colombian culture. The novel's style is itself a ritual repetition of the events surrounding a crime. In the second chapter the narrator writes that Bayardo will do whatever it takes to win the approval of Angela by showering her with gifts. He decides to marry Angela Vicario, whom he has never met. His courtship of Angela demonstrates the rituals of Latin American marriage culture. The purpose of this courtship ritual is not