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The Catholic religion, the most common practiced religion in the world, can be seen as a common setting for the origin of the Bible that is the oldest known book to this day. The Bible tells of many great stories of old that have been somewhat forgotten; In Gabriel Garcia Marquez's ,A Chronicle of a Death Foretold, biblical allusion are used throughout the novel which compares symbolisms and imagery to the Bible and Roman Catholic religion. The main focus of interest in the novel is the murder of Santiago Nasar which can be compared to the murder and acts against Jesus Christ. Acts and imagery of other actions taking place in the novel can be referred to the Bible of the Roman Catholic religion. Santiago Nasar, the main protagonist in the novel, is murdered for no other reason than for the honor killing of the Vicario twins. Santiago on the morning of the murder “Santiago put on a shirt and pants of white linen”(5); White is the color for innocence the same color that Jesus in the bible wore on the same day of his death and the white is used to express the innocence of Santiago. From the beginning of the book we know that the bishop is coming to town and by knowing that the religion is from the novel the reader would have to assume that there had to be some symbolic representation which has to do with the religion in the novel. The main allusions that can relate the character of Santiago to Jesus of the catholic religion would have to be his death. “The knife went through the palm of his right hand and then sank into his side up to the hilt. Everybody heard his cry of pain”(139); The knife going through the hand is comparing on how Jesus was nailed to the cross during his death, not just any cross a wooden cross just like the ... ... middle of paper ... ... allusions shown in the novel give a greater understand of Roman Catholicism and the story of Jesus. As the days go by and we live our lives we start to forget the old stories that once brought our world together. With the reading one can develop the true story behind the murder of Santiago and how his story is just like that of Jesus Christ. The reader gets the knowledge of one of the oldest stories with the help of this novel. The power of the Roman Catholic Church is a powerful effect on the world around this novel and the world today and through the novel we see the effect of the seven deadly sins that are apart of the society that we don’t see with the naked eye. Also the reader should get a deeper understanding of how the seven sins are related to people and everyday live of humans. If we don’t learn from the stories of the past we are doomed to repeat it.

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