Compare Chronicle Of A Death Foretold Vs. The Old Man And The Sea

The Chronicle of a Death Foretold vs. The Old Man and The Sea The Chronicle of a Death Foretold and The Old Man and The Sea are two marvelous novels of great writers of the 20th century. This essay aims to explain both novels briefly to make the reader realize the differences and similarities between them. To accomplish this aim, first I will discuss the book 's main features (type, narrator point of view, mood, tone, and writing style), then the setting, and the characters (the important ones which are most effective on the plot), major themes, symbolism, imagery, allegory, and finally, ironies, conflicts, allusions, foreshadowing and characterization. Thereafter analyzing the two books, it is possible to say that The Chronicle of a Death Foretold is more complicated, and harder to follow the storyline, and different from The Chronicle of a Death Foretold, The

“ The most obvious examples of the symbolism, imagery, and allegory are as follows: the weather, the smell of Santiago Nasar, and animal imagery (pigs, dogs and rabbits). First , the weather was referenced by the characters throughout the book. The day of Santiago Nasar’s death was thought to be a rainy day by some characters, however some said that it wasn’t. Second, the smell of Santiago Nasar that lingers around the town after his death. The smell symbolizes the guilt of Pedro and Pablo Vicario brothers. Santiago Nasar 's smell starts as he was killed. And third and the last imagery is the animal imagery. Pablo and Pedro earn their lives by killing pigs. They do not feel guilt of killing those animals, since it is their job. The Vicario brothers felt same way about Santiago Nasar, and they killed him because they felt obligated to. However, Santiago Nasar feels uncomfortable about a rabbit which Victoria Guzmán cleans for the dinner, even though his job and life in the farm usually makes him see these kind of things. The following sentence proves Santiago Nasar 's humane approach