In the class discussions of, “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, we discussed a concept called “machismo” that I was not very familiar with. At first, I believed that the Vicario brothers feeling the need to kill Santiago Nasar because Angela Vicario lost her family honor because she was no longer a virgin. But, during our class discussion over machismo lead by Megan, I learned machismo is strong or aggressive masculine pride and the duty to protect the family pride, in this case Angela’s virginity. It was after learning this that the entire concept of magical realism started to make sense to me. This novel is considered a work of magical realism, not only because it incorporates magical aspects while keeping a realistic
