Chronicle of a Death Foretold BlogPost #1
Santiago Nasar wakes up one day not knowing that the people in his town are going to kill him. The novella starts off with Santiago Nasar waking up from a bad dream, one that foreshadows that misfortune was coming. His mother, one of the few people who didn't know that they were going to kill him, send him off and that was the last time she saw him. He goes into the kitchen for some coffee from the cook, Victoria Guzman, and her daughter, Divina Flor. Victoria Guzman was one of the victims that was sexually harassed and by Santiago Nasar's father. She prevented Santiago Nasar from touching her daughter, but in the shadows, he does it anyways; Divina Flor was afraid and didn't do anything to stop him. So Santiago Nasar was seen walking out of his home and onto the wasted streets, being targeted and glared at by the townspeople. There was a wedding party held the day before and none of the festive decor was cleaned up. Everyone was at the docks waving to the bishop, who didn't care for the small town. Santiago Nasar was going to have breakfast at a friend's house until mother of the friend first heard of the news and bagan marching out in anger. As she was making her way to stop the murder, she was already told that he was killed. Then the time period goes back six months before the wedding of Bayardo San Roman and Angela Vicario. He was a fine, wealthy, conceited, industrialized man who was searching for a bridel he acted (and was) a big shot. He saw Angela Vicario from a distance and decided to choose her without much thought. Since he came from a big background and the Vicario family didn't, the family accepted his proposal, which was against Angela Vicario's wishes. She didn't want to marry someone so stuck up but still married him. So the extravagant wedding took place and it even became out of control that it became a public party. But no one ever suspected that Angela Vicario wasn't a virgin and she had to hide this fact from her new husband. Bayardo San Roman took his wife away to their new home, but he came back to return Angela Vicario and left. Pura Vicario began to abused her daughter and it wasn't until her face was bruised and busted up that the attack stopped. Angela Vicario's twin brothers came in and ask their sister who was the man who caused this (the stealing of her purity) and she mumbled out Santiago Nasar's name.
"Then she sighed: "He was the man in my life" (Marquez 5).
I chose this quote because I was confused about it. This quote is coming from what Santiago Nasar's mother is saying about her son when the interviwer is visiting her. I implied the meaning in different ways and am not sure at what she is suggesting. Is she saying that he was the man in her life because her husband died and Santiago Nasar is the only man in the household left? Her only son? Or something more? To me, this quote seemed off because the way she said this is a bit weird and out of place. I noticed that the way the narrator writes this is similar to a news report/article; it has that 'no feelings involved, just facts and information' feel to it. And I'm also curious about the names. Is Santiago Nasar's full name 'Santiago Nasar', or is that just his first name? The narrator only refers to people with two names involved and I'm wondering if it's part of the culture of decorum to address people like that.
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