The Chronicles of a Death foretold.

Well I had to read this book for school and while many pretty would much rather do anything and everything else I actually enjoyed what I read. I think it was because I knew what was going to happen and I remember a teacher talking about this book my sophomore year. It was a really short read and it wasn't anything that made you want to gorge your eyes out. Pleasurable would be a good word for it. But the thing is it tells you how the book is going to end. The title itself suggests someone is going to die. But there is a real lesson to the whole book. It's about honor and how a simple lie can change a person's life. Miscommunication, many things would not have occurred in the novel if people actually told someone what was going to happen.

Think about it... Everyone in the town knows that these guys are after you and they are planning on killing you. Seems like a pretty good thing to warn somebody about. You know warn a brother. Now realize that everyone in the town has come under  the assumption that you already know. Yes, some guys are after me and I'm just going to nonchalantly gallivant across town.  Can I get a hell no? It also doesn't help if you have vengeful housekeepers who would much rather see you dead than give you a heads up. Plain and simple, you're screwed.

Who? ( Are the characters)

Santiago Nasar - The main protagonist who is murdered the day after Angela Vicario's wedding. At the beginning of the book you already know he is going to die.

Angela Vicario - A dishonored bride. She was returned to her family on her wedding night for not being a virgin. She blamed Santiago for being her perpetrator.

Pedro Vicario - One of the twins, and Angela's brother. Was in the army and is the more serious twin.

Pablo Vicario - One of the twins and insists on committing the murder of Santiago Nasar.

These are sort of the main characters, sure there a lot of other supporting characters who help bring the story together. One of those being the narrator who was a very good friend of Santiago's. He is also Angela Vicario's cousin so he plays a big role in how we feel about Santiago being murdered.

Honor

When it comes to motif's, honor was definitely a big one. The Vicario brother's didn't just wake up one morning and say, "hey let's go kill that rich Arab guy". No they had a reason, a motive to kill and that was to restore their sister's honor. There is a hundred percent chance that they would have killed anybody else their sister had named. It wasn't personal, they had to do it.