Chronicle2

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

  • Ibrahim Buys a Warehouse in Town

    Ibrahim Buys a Warehouse in Town
    52 Years Before the Murder
    • Ibrahim Nasar buys a warehouse.
    • Ibrahim Nasar is married, and converts the warehouse into a home.
  • Santiago is Born to Placida Linero / Divina Flor is Harassed

    Santiago is Born to Placida Linero / Divina Flor is Harassed
    21 Years Before the Murder
    • Santiago Nasar is born.
    • Ibrahim Nasar seduces Divina Flor when she is an adolescent.
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    Santiago Nasar's Life (21 years)

    Santiago is born, takes after his father, inherits his father's property and some of his traits, and is murdered in as part of an honor killing.
  • 06:15-25 Bishop's Boat Leaves/Nasar Agrees to Breakfast w/ Narrator

    06:15-25 Bishop's Boat Leaves/Nasar Agrees to Breakfast w/ Narrator
    -06:15 - The bishop's boat passes, without stopping (time estimated).
    -06:20 - Cristo Bedoya gives Nasar the final cost estimates on the wedding.
    -06:25 - Nasar decides to change clothes before he eats breakfast at the Narrator’s. He notes he will be there by 6:40.
  • 06:05 - The bishop’s boat sounds, & the following happens

    06:05 - The bishop’s boat sounds, & the following happens
    -Nasar leaves his house.
    - The Vicario Brothers awake on a bench, see Santiago Nasar pass by.
    - Luis Enrique briefly awakes in his bathroom, but falls asleep again.
    - The Narrator wakes up (in a brothel)
    - Flora Miguel awakes, soon finds out about the murder and motives, cries.
  • 05:30 - Santiago Nasar wakes up from a dream on the day of his death.

    05:30 - Santiago Nasar wakes up from a dream on the day of his death.
    05:30 - Santiago Nasar wakes up from a dream on the day of his death. Pages 3-22 Question 1: Why do you think that Divina “knew that she was destined for Santiago Nasar’s furtive bed” (10) and what does this say about the town the story takes place in?
    Question 2: Why does Santiago, a man who needs the next morning to recover every night, have such a fascination for Catholicism? 1951 Dates/Events