Kevin LoveMs. DobsonWLS Tutorial-83/23/14The Story of Gabriel Marquez Chronicle of a Death Foretold follows Santiago Nasar's last day before he is brutally murdered. It is widely believed that Santiago Nasar took Angela Vicario's virginity before she got married and that he should be punished since in their culture it is forbidden for women to have premarital sex. The story is set in a small Colombian town in the 1950s and is told in the first person through the eyes of a mysterious narrator. The culture of the city where the story takes place revolves around honor. No one in the novel would question an action done to defend someone's honor because it is normally considered an important moral trait that is essential to keep intact. In this story, a person who does not demonstrate honor would be considered a pariah in the community. Márquez uses honor throughout the story to illustrate how important togetherness is in this community. Many of the characters in the novel are inspired by the power of honor, because this alone is solely responsible for the death of Santiago Nasar. The story begins with the narrator telling us the ending. Santiago Nasar was killed after being accused of taking the virginity of an unmarried woman, Angela Vicario. The Vicario twins, Pedro and Pablo, stab Santiago to death in order to regain their sister's honor. Angela goes against her culture and dishonors her family by sleeping with a man other than the one she will soon marry. The two brothers believe that the only way to solve this problem is to kill Santiago for allegedly taking her virginity. “Brothers were raised to be men. The girls were raised to marry. They knew how to do a screening... middle of paper... which supposedly took her virginity because she was popular in the community and no one really had a grudge against her. But despite this, in this scene Angela is scrutinized to confess the name of the culprit. The fact that the brothers took the time to distance her from the rest of the family and ask her privately who that person was shows how sinful it was for a woman in this culture to have premarital sex. Gabriel Garcia Márquez ends the story with the murder of Santiago. Santiago is running to his house after being instructed to do so by Clothilde Armenta where the Vicario twins repeatedly stab him before he can enter. Honor is an important part of many people's lives, especially in the culture of this city, where defending the honor of their sister and family was more important to the Vicario brothers than the time they would spend in prison.