Simbolos En Cronica De Una Muerte Anunciada

Simbolos en Crónica de una muerte anunciada

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Symbols


We learn that both the narrator's and Santiago Nasar's mothers interpret symbols from dreams, but the overall importance orsignificance of symbols in the novel is never clearly linked to any other concept or idea that informs the work as a whole. This is especially true because the work is supposed to be journalistic andfactual, so any such symbols work against the narrator's purported intent of clarifying the events surrounding Santiago Nasar's death, becoming purely anecdotal. Because they occur randomly, constantly,and without any easily discernible premeditated purpose, it is difficult to distinguish any recurring symbol that has a greater significance in the text as a whole.

Dreams and Weather


Dreamsand weather are recurring motifs in the novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold. In Chapter 1, the night before his murder, Santiago dreams that birds shit on him, which is a bad omen. Later in the novel,the narrator has a strange dream about a child chewing corn. References are made throughout the book to the weather, as characters disagree as to whether or not it rained on the day of the murder. Itis suggested that dreams and the weather may be omens that foretell lucky or unlucky events; however, their significance is never fully explained. Whatever their meaning, the frequent references todreams and weather contribute to an atmosphere of mystery and surrealism in the book which work against the stated journalistic purpose. They also contribute to the notion that something supernaturalis afoot, that something big and powerful is happening to the community.

Style

1. “On the day they were going to kill him, Santiago Nasar got up at five-thirty in the morning to wait for the boatthe bishop was coming on.” (Chapter 1, page 3)
In the opening line of the book, García Márquez reveals the ending of the story: Santiago Nasar is killed. The rest of the story unfolds in reverse,...