Chronicles Of A Death Foretold Analysis

The novel Chronicles of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García-Márquez combines strong Columbian cultural aspects and significant biblical references to create a murder story that has you on the edge of your chair. The journalistic writing style used by Marquez makes the novel unique because, it jumps from different characters’ point of view composing a greater feeling of understanding between the different character which engages the audience. Chronicles of a Death Foretold has several comparisons that practically mock the catholic church and state it as being corrupt bringing up the question, to what extent does Biblical Representation relate the culture to the events in Chronicles of a Death Foretold?

Many aspects of Colombian culture can be traced back to the early culture of Spain of the 16th century and its collision with Colombia's native civilizations. “Catholicism …show more content…
The love of Angela makes the novel such a mystery. The secrets behind the love can only be shown through the eyes of the beholder which explains the fact of Angela Vicario’s secret lover which is a mystery throughout the novel, Marquez does a great job showing how love and honor can have such a major impact on one’s life to the point where one is killed over the love and sacrifices of another. Marquez also says “Nothing in this world was more difficult than love,” (Garcia-Marquez quotes), states how the author is motivated by the feeling and power of love.

Marquez throughout Chronicles of a Death Foretold keeps you in awe on love in general, without love there would be no disagreement between Santiago and the twins, there would be no Bayardo or any of the drama. This can be related to the love that Jesus Christ shares dying for the sins of others and the love and forgiveness he has for each and every one, without love there would be no emotion or sacrifice which Marquez tries to create throughout the