Since religion is an important aspect of Hispanic cultures, particularly Latin American, it is no surprise that frequent references to the Bible and Jesus Christ are found in this novel. The major reference that is made in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel, Chronicle of a Death Foretold1, utilizes the main character of Santiago Nasar and manipulates who he is in order to achieve his goal of displaying another figure through Santiago. His presence in the novel can be coupled as many different things including a noble sacrifice in place to represent honor when he is murdered or even a demonstration of the correlation between Santiago Nasar and Jesus Christ. With the abundance of allusions to the Bible that Marquez provides the reader with, it is
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Right from the beginning of the novel, earlier the same day of Santiago’s murder, it was stated, “[t]he cocks began to crow in their baskets and aroused all the other roosters in town.” (Marquez 16) The three roosters crowing the day of Santiago Nasar’s death show an uncanny resemblance to how Jesus’s death on the cross was preceded-with the crow of three roosters. This direct affiliation with the bible can help cultivate more evidence to Santiago’s position in the novel as a Christ figure. Furthermore, it isn’t until the latter of the novel where the attack of the Vicario brothers on Santiago begins to elaborate even more on the figures correlation. Marquez displays this when he writes, “The knife went through the palm of his right hand.” (Marquez 117) This imagery of the knife piercing Santiago’s palm is completely identical to the crucifixion of Jesus when he was pinned to a wooden cross with nails holding him up through his hands. The resemblance of Santiago’s death to Jesus Christ’s crucifixion is further developed as Marquez states, “Santiago Nasar wasn’t falling because they themselves were holding him up with stabs against the door.” (Marquez 118-119) Again, the pinning of Santiago is mentioned and mirrors the pinning of Jesus on his cross, however, the platform that Santiago is pinned to is now mentioned. The realization that Santiago was pinned to the wood of his front door is just as Jesus was pinned to his cross that is made of wood, as well. The replication of these minute details in Santiago’s death from Jesus Christ’s crucifixion provides an exemplary amount of support to state that Marquez uses Santiago as a Christ figure in his
Right from the beginning of the novel, earlier the same day of Santiago’s murder, it was stated, “[t]he cocks began to crow in their baskets and aroused all the other roosters in town.” (Marquez 16) The three roosters crowing the day of Santiago Nasar’s death show an uncanny resemblance to how Jesus’s death on the cross was preceded-with the crow of three roosters. This direct affiliation with the bible can help cultivate more evidence to Santiago’s position in the novel as a Christ figure. Furthermore, it isn’t until the latter of the novel where the attack of the Vicario brothers on Santiago begins to elaborate even more on the figures correlation. Marquez displays this when he writes, “The knife went through the palm of his right hand.” (Marquez 117) This imagery of the knife piercing Santiago’s palm is completely identical to the crucifixion of Jesus when he was pinned to a wooden cross with nails holding him up through his hands. The resemblance of Santiago’s death to Jesus Christ’s crucifixion is further developed as Marquez states, “Santiago Nasar wasn’t falling because they themselves were holding him up with stabs against the door.” (Marquez 118-119) Again, the pinning of Santiago is mentioned and mirrors the pinning of Jesus on his cross, however, the platform that Santiago is pinned to is now mentioned. The realization that Santiago was pinned to the wood of his front door is just as Jesus was pinned to his cross that is made of wood, as well. The replication of these minute details in Santiago’s death from Jesus Christ’s crucifixion provides an exemplary amount of support to state that Marquez uses Santiago as a Christ figure in his