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• Ritual; means “A ceremony in which the actions and wording follow a prescribed form and order.”[6] Meaning the novel itself is a ritual, because it is retelling about Santiago Nasar’s death. It is actually more of a ritual repetition, because the events of the crime are just being repeated. We don’t learn much of the situation since the things are only being repeated so the knowledge is limited about Nasar’s case, the only thing we know is that the narrator is stressing his point that Nasar is innocent. In this sense, the novel can be seen as a mere ritual of investigation as at the end of the story nothing new was discovered beside the narrator stressing his point out.
Also the way, Bayardo San Roman courts Angela is a demonstration of the ritual of Latin American Marriage culture. For example, Bayardo brings a gift of music box inlaid with mother-of-pearl for Angela’s birthday and later on introducing himself to her family. The purpose of this courtship ritual isn’t love, but to show a man’s affluence and power. In this case personality doesn’t determine worthiness, but the wealth and the maiden’s parents do. …show more content…
She no longer cares what is in the content of her letters, because what is in her mind is that Bayardo is receiving it and that shows her love for him. By this ritual of writing it brings her happiness. Likewise, Bayardo didn’t read any of Angela’s letters, but he has received many letters from her. It gives Bayardo hope that Angela is serious about him and he returns to
• Ritual; means “A ceremony in which the actions and wording follow a prescribed form and order.”[6] Meaning the novel itself is a ritual, because it is retelling about Santiago Nasar’s death. It is actually more of a ritual repetition, because the events of the crime are just being repeated. We don’t learn much of the situation since the things are only being repeated so the knowledge is limited about Nasar’s case, the only thing we know is that the narrator is stressing his point that Nasar is innocent. In this sense, the novel can be seen as a mere ritual of investigation as at the end of the story nothing new was discovered beside the narrator stressing his point out.
Also the way, Bayardo San Roman courts Angela is a demonstration of the ritual of Latin American Marriage culture. For example, Bayardo brings a gift of music box inlaid with mother-of-pearl for Angela’s birthday and later on introducing himself to her family. The purpose of this courtship ritual isn’t love, but to show a man’s affluence and power. In this case personality doesn’t determine worthiness, but the wealth and the maiden’s parents do. …show more content…
She no longer cares what is in the content of her letters, because what is in her mind is that Bayardo is receiving it and that shows her love for him. By this ritual of writing it brings her happiness. Likewise, Bayardo didn’t read any of Angela’s letters, but he has received many letters from her. It gives Bayardo hope that Angela is serious about him and he returns to