One of the roles of literature is to teach us something about ourselves or essentially unveil something about yourself that you did not know was there. The novel The Chronicles of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is an example of teaching us about ourselves and human nature because Marquez writes about different things that happen to us in our everyday life that we do not notice because it could be looked at as second nature. The novel shows different aspects of human nature, there is shared guilt/guilt, Gossip, and human routine these aspects are integral to the story and how the plot advances and possible helps the reader see that they may experience these things also.
Shared guilt and guilt are major roles of the novel because it is a part of the reason Santiago was murder. Marquez makes sure every character in the novel feels some type of guilt for Santiago’s murder, even the characters that are not essential to the plot, such as, the mayor and the priest who are there to help the people of their town when something is going wrong but, instead they were worried about domino games and the visit of the bishop to help someone in need. Even though the characters are given some level of innocence, they are also given some guilt, but that’s just human nature because without one of the two life would be a little off balance. Divina Flor was one of Santiago’s servants and he abused her the way his father abused her mother and she knew that he could “have his way” with