In the novella Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Marquez befuddles both the narrator and readers with his jarring lack of chronological order by utilising foreshadowing and irony. This sharp change from traditional novella structure allows Marquez to have his readers learn more about Nasar’s murder as they read on and keep them hooked, whilst simultaneously leaving room for plenty of unsolved mysteries. The structure of the novella contributes to highlighting the oddness of Santiago Nasar’s death and enforces the idea of Santiago Nasar’s death being inevitable, despite it being entirely preventable.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold is chock full of foreshadowing, straying from traditional foreshadowing with a more blatant approach. Like a broken record, the motif of “on the day he was going to die” or “it was the last time they saw him” remains constant throughout the novella despite its scattered timeline. Marquez purposefully drills this foreshadowing into the reader’s head, reminding the reader so frequently of how foretold Santiago Nasar’s death was when, in fact, it was far from inevitable. The use of foreshadowing in the novella’s broken timeline reveals how …show more content…
For example, the title of the novella itself is ironic. Despite its jagged timeline and lack of well-grounded facts, this account of Nasar’s death is labelled as a chronicle when it’s as far from a chronicle as possible. Santiago Nasar’s death is also frequently portrayed as unavoidable through fortuitous circumstances when it could have very easily been prevented. Pedro and Pablo Vicario were straightforward with their plot to murder Santiago Nasar, yet no one stopped
Chronicle of a Death Foretold is chock full of foreshadowing, straying from traditional foreshadowing with a more blatant approach. Like a broken record, the motif of “on the day he was going to die” or “it was the last time they saw him” remains constant throughout the novella despite its scattered timeline. Marquez purposefully drills this foreshadowing into the reader’s head, reminding the reader so frequently of how foretold Santiago Nasar’s death was when, in fact, it was far from inevitable. The use of foreshadowing in the novella’s broken timeline reveals how …show more content…
For example, the title of the novella itself is ironic. Despite its jagged timeline and lack of well-grounded facts, this account of Nasar’s death is labelled as a chronicle when it’s as far from a chronicle as possible. Santiago Nasar’s death is also frequently portrayed as unavoidable through fortuitous circumstances when it could have very easily been prevented. Pedro and Pablo Vicario were straightforward with their plot to murder Santiago Nasar, yet no one stopped