Marquez Biography and
Honor Ideology
By Daisy Richmond, Lauren Anderson,
Lynzi Svoboda, Noah Swanson, Riley Dotson,
Deven Harlan, and Sammie Coffler
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Born March 6th, 1927 in Columbia
Novelist, Short-story writer, Screenwriter, and journalist
Left law school for journalism
Studied at National University of Colombia
1958, married and had two children
Best Known works
○ One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), Autumn of the
Patriarch (1975), Love in the time of Cholera (1985)
Popularized ‘Magical Realism’
Traveled Southern United States before settling in Mexico
Years later he went with his family to Spain
He negotiated between Colombia and smaller organizations
Honor Ideology in Chronicle of a Death
Foretold
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Honor is the reason for Santiago Nasar’s death.
o The twins kill him to restore Angela’s honor after
Bayardo brings her back to her parents’ house
because she’s not a virgin.
o Everyone in the town believes that this murder is
justified because it was “a matter of honor”. The
twins don’t have any punishment for murdering
Santiago.
Honor Ideology Quotes
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“The lawyer stood by the thesis of homicide in
legitimate defense of honor, which was upheld by the
court in good faith, and the twins declared at the end
of the trial that they would have done it again a
thousand times over for the same reason.” (48)
“‘We killed him openly,’ Pedro Vicario said. ‘but we’re
innocent.’” (49)
More Honor Ideology Quotes
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“...they laid the knives, with clean blades, on Father
Amador’s desk.” (48)
“‘The strange thing is that the knife kept coming out
clean,’ Pedro Vicario declared to the investigator.”
(118)
Honor Ideology Symbolism
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Throughout the novel, the knives used to kill Santiago
are described as “clean”, even after they have been
used.
This symbolizes how the twins and everyone else
believed they were innocent and justified in killing
Santiago because it was a matter of honor.
In this way, the blades were clean-not literally, but
figuratively.
The Theme of Honor in the Book
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Angela Lost her honor by trying to be honorable.
Bayardo had to regain his honor by giving Angela back
to her family.
Pablo and Pedro were determined to restore Honor,
and humiliate Santiago the way he ‘humiliated’ their
family.
o No honor was restored because Santiago was not
aware of why he was to die.
Irony of honor
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Angela’s family wants her to fake losing her virginity
so that she does not lose her or the family’s Honor.
o She does the ‘honorable’ thing and tells him the
truth.
In the view of the small Colombian, the Twins would
regain the honor by killing Santiago Nasar,
o In the ‘modern’ world, this would be way less
honorable and logical.
Honor ideology in the Real World
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The roots of honor date back to the
Mediterranean world before the Europeans
connected with the Americans.
In Latin America, honor has influenced
pragmatic meaning, judgment and recall,
and response editing.
Honor was based on maintaining a good
reputation with regard to relationships with
others in the community.
Honor ideology in the Real World Cont.
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“Machismo”
The culture of Honor-Based Collectivism like in Latin
American Cultures, emphasizes the public nature of
self-worth and the need to protect and maintain honor
through the positive presentation of oneself to in-group
members.
Honor in Western countries is related to individual
honor, while in countries like Macedonia, Japan, and
Israel, honor is rooted more in family honor
Roles of honor for Women and Men
Women
-More based on their sexual propriety
-respect and accepting the authority of men.
-Want cooperative classrooms, rather than competitive
Men
- act with “manliness” (spanish translation, con hombría)
- strong, tough, low voice, aggressive, controlling, etc.
- control the sexuality of the women and girls that are “his”
Most humiliating insult- “Shameless” (either gender)
INTERACTIVE PART!
Women’s Honor Roles
Mediterranean
Men’s Honor Roles
Latin America
Honor Comes From
Passive
Clean Knives
Reason for Santiago’s death
Aggressive
Not Honorable
March 6th, 1927
Honor
Family based honor
Japan
Individual based honor
Marquez’s Date of Birth