Santiago's Death

Santiago changes in many ways. He changes from worrying about the future, to not worrying. He learns that

The quote I will analyze and relate to me is “We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or possessions and property. ”(page 76). This quote applies to Santiago’s journey, as he had to give up most of his possessions to continue his adventure. The specific events I will be analyzing are Santiago selling his sheep and the thief who stole his money. At the beginning of the book, Santiago always wanted to travel.

From the outset, García Márquez already establishes the themes of religion and violence with mentions of the bishop’s arrival and images of rifles chaotically bouncing against the walls, suggesting that these themes will play a key role in the novella’s development. The opening line is intentionally vague and non-descriptive, building suspense and encouraging the reader to take part in the speculation, wondering who will kill Santiago. This immediately makes the reader play an active role in the investigation and unwittingly participate in the murder about to unfold as they gain increasing knowledge of future events, just like the rest of the community. For this reason, the true nature of a community is already being explored as we see how easy it is to become implicit in the crimes of others without being truly conscious of what you are

The foreshadowing in this novel prepares readers for decisions Santiago will make later on. This idea is evident when Santiago is explaining to the king why he is shepherd. "They wanted me to be a priest, but I decided to become a shepherd." "Because you really like to travel."" (Coelho 18). When the King completes Santiago's claim by saying that he loves to travel, an inference can be that he will make decisions that will keep him traveling. For example, he decides to keep going on his personal legend instead of staying with Fatima. Nonconformity is seen when Santiago tells the King that even though his parents want him to be a priest, he decides to become a shepherd. In using foreshadowing, Coelho also manages to implant symbolism in the same idea.

Therefore, the old king’s narrative that is told through Santiago's thoughts has grand narrative significance to the overall passage. It help Santiago

The Narrator explains that people can’t always do things they would like to do. In the novel, Santiago runs into dilemmas, but improvised to still continue his

Santiago learns to appreciate the omens around him, as they allow him to understand and get closer to the Soul of the World. Omens teach Santiago that when he believes in accomplishing something, the universe conspires to help him. Omens can be either good or bad, but even bad omens can lead to good in the end. A bad event would be when Santiago was robbed, but the omens led him to the Crystal Merchant where

Santiago foreshadowed omens, as it symbolized a mysterious ray of hope or change to come. These omens are what leads him through The Hero's Journey. Santiago followed his omens, which guided him on his journey to becoming a hero. If Santiago didn’t

Second, Foreshadowing is used in the passage to show that everyone knew Santiago was going to die, and none of the characters prevented it. Divina remembers Santiago’s hand as being “frozen and stony” and uses the metaphor “like a

In the novel, ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Santiago never really learns of the motive behind his murder. We are given a very bias view of the reason that he was murdered for. The only evidence against him was Angela’s word. There was no real proof that he was the one who had taken Angela’s virginity. Santiago might have had a very “shit” (Marquez, 8) character, but Marquez subtly lets the reader see the other side of the coin where Santiago may have just been a mere victim of suspicion. This book is left very open ended for the readers to interpret the truth. Sometimes everything we

With his dreams, “He'd dreamed he was going through a grove of timber trees where a gentle drizzle was falling… (2 Garcia-Marquez)” and the way he dressed the morning of death, “Santiago Nasar put on a shirt and pants of white linen, both items unstarched, just like the ones he'd put on the day before for the wedding (3 Garcia-Marquez),” were only the beginning in his resemblance to Jesus. The way Santiago is dressed in all white gives off a sense of purity or innocence, which is a significant contrast to the accusation Angela Vicario made against him stating that he was the one guilty for taking her virginity. This fact also enhances Santiago’s symbolism to Jesus, because as Jesus died innocent and for the sins of others, in the same way, that is how Santiago Nasar died. Though it is not said if Santiago is innocent or guilty, the only way for this connection to be accurate is if he is; he was also killed in the same basic way as Jesus. Just as Jesus was killed on the wooden cross, with his hands and feet nailed to it, the Vicario brothers did the same to Santiago, but with a wooden door.

Obviously the plans of death for Santiago was no secret, everyone in the town knew and what shocks me is that Santiago was the only one unknown to it. In a way it seems like everyone was trying not to let Santiago know that there were plans for killing him. The novel is based on Santiago death, but I feel that it was the things like honor, religion, and machismo that made up the story that got us on the topic of Santiago’s death. These connections influence on the outcome of the novel is unbelievably true but one that played a key role was honor. Honor, a strong word that can be seen and used for many things had a great impact on the novel Chronicle of a Death foretold, and was one of the main reasons behind Santiago’s death.

The responsibility to warn Santiago Nasar about the Vicario brothers was but in the hands of the townspeople, who failed to save him. If Santiago Nasar really is a religious figure of a savior, and that the world failed to save him, the world will end. Actually, the first dreams in the book, those of Santiago Nasar, are initially interpreted to symbolize a salubrious future for him. However, the dreams are later seen again as symbols of his unfortunate death. The ambiguous mood can relate to the many differing perspectives on the end of the world. For example, there are some people who believe in science in that the world will live to be millions and millions year older, while others believe that reputed seer Nostradamus’s prediction that the world will end in 2012.

Dreams, the first symbol introduced in the novel reveals the shallow bonds within the town. According to the psychoanalytical theory, dreams are an escape for the unconscious mind to be brought out to the conscious mind (Barry 94-97) and dreams is another symbol discussed in the book. It represents Santiago’s hidden emotions that are being repressed. We are

Santiago’s dream sequence mentioned at the beginning of the novella is one of the most significant symbols in the novella. He dreams that “he was going