Culture: How Far Does It Go?
The most important aspect of the Latin American culture has everything to do with honor. Women have the biggest responsibility when it comes to honor. Losing your honor might undoubtedly portray as the worst deed in this culture. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the author Gabriel Marquez, demonstrates the horrifying actions taken when losing one’s honor. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the events that occurred in the novel and compare them to the same culture and also the outcomes of going against your religion in different cultures.
Latin American culture is usually stereotyped as Hispanic culture simply because of the Spanish association with each other. One major concept that dignifies this culture …show more content…
Although no evidence concluded this accusation. Angela Vicario, the victim, loses her honor by the accused suspect. Pedro and Pablo Vicario, twin brothers of Angela, commit the horrendous crime. Bayardo San Roman, husband of Angela, founds out Angela lost her virginity. The reader apprises you of these characters due to the fact that they create the story. The descriptions provided gives an eyesight of who they are and what their place in the story portrays. To start off, you got equipped with knowledge about Latin American culture. It just so happens to be the same culture issued in the novel. Every aspect tends to stay the same, especially the concept of honor. Without doubt, if one happens to lose their honor in the story the same actions would happen as it would if it was not a story. On the other hand, that did not happen. The reader says this because in the Latin American culture the female who shames herself obtains the aftermath. However, in the novel the male who acquired the female’s virginity without being the one who marries her obtains the aftermath. “Bayardo San Roman didn’t enter, but softly pushed his wife into the house without speaking a word” (Marquez 28). At this point in the story Angela’s husband returns her home after accusing her of having sex with another man. By the way the story describes Angela’s appearance you would think that Angela got sexually assaulted. With that being …show more content…
For example, in the U.K 2007, a woman left her arrange marriage and started to be with another man. This did not sit too well with her father and uncle. The father and uncle took matters into their own hands. They murdered her by strangling her and hiding her in a suitcase which later had been buried under the property (Barton 2007). In addition, a woman had been stoned to death by her family in Pakistan. This event occurred because she had married a man without her family’s consent. The mother claims that her daughter insulted the whole family. As soon as the couple left the court house the daughter had stones thrown at her by her family. The daughter was supposed to marry her cousin (Washington Post 2014). Lastly, in India if one does not follow their cultural norm of an arrange marriage or they marry someone of the same sex without approval they will encounter physical violence and/or killed (Pink Pangea
The most important aspect of the Latin American culture has everything to do with honor. Women have the biggest responsibility when it comes to honor. Losing your honor might undoubtedly portray as the worst deed in this culture. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the author Gabriel Marquez, demonstrates the horrifying actions taken when losing one’s honor. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the events that occurred in the novel and compare them to the same culture and also the outcomes of going against your religion in different cultures.
Latin American culture is usually stereotyped as Hispanic culture simply because of the Spanish association with each other. One major concept that dignifies this culture …show more content…
Although no evidence concluded this accusation. Angela Vicario, the victim, loses her honor by the accused suspect. Pedro and Pablo Vicario, twin brothers of Angela, commit the horrendous crime. Bayardo San Roman, husband of Angela, founds out Angela lost her virginity. The reader apprises you of these characters due to the fact that they create the story. The descriptions provided gives an eyesight of who they are and what their place in the story portrays. To start off, you got equipped with knowledge about Latin American culture. It just so happens to be the same culture issued in the novel. Every aspect tends to stay the same, especially the concept of honor. Without doubt, if one happens to lose their honor in the story the same actions would happen as it would if it was not a story. On the other hand, that did not happen. The reader says this because in the Latin American culture the female who shames herself obtains the aftermath. However, in the novel the male who acquired the female’s virginity without being the one who marries her obtains the aftermath. “Bayardo San Roman didn’t enter, but softly pushed his wife into the house without speaking a word” (Marquez 28). At this point in the story Angela’s husband returns her home after accusing her of having sex with another man. By the way the story describes Angela’s appearance you would think that Angela got sexually assaulted. With that being …show more content…
For example, in the U.K 2007, a woman left her arrange marriage and started to be with another man. This did not sit too well with her father and uncle. The father and uncle took matters into their own hands. They murdered her by strangling her and hiding her in a suitcase which later had been buried under the property (Barton 2007). In addition, a woman had been stoned to death by her family in Pakistan. This event occurred because she had married a man without her family’s consent. The mother claims that her daughter insulted the whole family. As soon as the couple left the court house the daughter had stones thrown at her by her family. The daughter was supposed to marry her cousin (Washington Post 2014). Lastly, in India if one does not follow their cultural norm of an arrange marriage or they marry someone of the same sex without approval they will encounter physical violence and/or killed (Pink Pangea