Kevin LoveMs. Dobson TutorialWLS-83/23/14Gabriel Marquez's story Chronicles of a Death Foretold follows Santiago Nasar's last day before he is brutally killed. It is widely believed that Santiago Nasar took Angela Vicario's virginity before her marriage and that he should be punished because it is forbidden for women in their culture to have sex before marriage. 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 town in which the story takes place revolves around honor. No one in the novel would question an action to defend someone's honor, as it is normally considered an important moral trait that is crucial to preserve. In this story, a person who does not demonstrate honor would be considered an outcast in the community. Marquez uses honor throughout the story to illustrate how important togetherness is in this community. Many characters in the novel are inspired by the power of honor, as it is single-handedly 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 a single woman, Angela Vicario. The Vicario twins, Pedro and Pablo, stab Santiago to death to regain their sister's honor. Angela goes against her culture and dishonors her family by sleeping with a different man than the one she would soon marry. Both 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. Girls were raised to marry. They knew how to filter them... middle of paper ...... he allegedly took her virginity because he was popular among the community and no one really had any hard feelings against him. But nevertheless, Angela is scrutinized in this scene to confess the name of the culprit. The fact that the brothers took the time to pull her away from the rest of the family and ask her privately who this person was shows how sinful it was for a woman in that culture to have sex before the marriage.Gabriel Garcia Marquez completes the story of Santiago's murder. Santiago runs home after being ordered by Clothilde Armenta to do so, where the Vicario twins stab him repeatedly before he can enter. Honor looms large in many people's lives, especially in the culture of this city, where defending the honor of one's sister and family was more important to the Vicario brothers than the time they would spend in prison..