During the interactive oral I feel my understanding of the cultural and contextual elements of the work helped me develop a better understanding of why the murder of Santiago Nasar occurred. The discussion talked over: why the brothers murdering Santiago was socially acceptable in this rural area, as well as how certain characteristics or actions were normals of their society. An example being machismo being a huge aspect of Colombia’s culture. Jina Malone and I connected together how the brothers were following what was culturally acceptable and doing the murder in a sort of honor killing. After reviewing my own research and listening to my peers; I learned that this honor killings were a morally acceptable thing. They were believed to be
