Chronicle of a Death Foretold
In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the narrator tells us that two
people were responsible for the death of Santiago Nasar, however the
narrator is wrong. Ignorance killed Santiago Nasar. There are three
specific townsfolk responsible for the murder; Leandro Pornoy, Divina
Flor, and Colonel Lazaro Aponte. Each of these three people had an
equal opportunity to stop the murder; however each person’s ignorance
caused them to fail in their duty as a fellow citizen. It was their
duty after they heard of the Vicario brothers’ plot to kill Santiago
Nasar to do whatever was necessary to stop the murder; however none of
them took enough initiative to prevent the murder from happening. I
say enough because some things were done to try and prevent the
brothers from completing their mission, but these attempts were weak.
As the title indicates, the death was foretold, which means to tell of
or indicate beforehand. These three people, Leandro Pornoy, Divina
Flor, and Colonel Lazaro Aponte, are responsible for the death because
of their lack of effort in stopping the killers.
Leandro Pornoy was employed as a policeman during the time of the
murder. Faustino Santos, a butcher in the town, notified Leandro of
the brother’s intentions. How did Faustino know? He asked the
brothers what they were doing sharpening their knives at this time of
the day, and Pablo Vicario answered, “We’re going to kill Santiago
Nasar,” (Marquez 52). The policeman entered Clotilde Armenta’s store,
where the two Vicario brothers were sitting and drinking. He sat down
to drink and chat with them (she (Clotilde) supposed that they had
told him something about their plans from the way he looked at the
knives when he...
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...things to do than
try and stop the murder, which is why his ignorance is the worst of
all.
In conclusion, the Chronicle of a Death Foretold’s narrator tells us
that two people were responsible for the death of Santiago Nasar,
which is untrue. The Pure ignorance of three townsfolk killed
Santiago Nasar. The three specific townsfolk responsible for the
murder, Leandro Pornoy, Divina Flor, and Colonel Lazaro Aponte, failed
in their duty as a citizen of the town. Each of these three people
had an equal opportunity to stop the murder; however each person’s
ignorance caused their failures in their characters. This death was
foretold, and foretold to an entire town, yet the actions of these
three people aided the killers in their mission of murder.
Work Cited
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. Chronicle of a Death Foretold. New York:
Vintage International, 2008.
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