Contextual research for Chronicle of a Death Foretold

From the last literature class, we’ve started to learn about the book “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” for a deeper understanding of the author’s intention. Accordingly, it was told in the class that by researching one of the following lists: Catholic church influence in Colombia Gabriel Garcia Marquez's life Gabo’s puzzling friendship with Fidel Castro Colombian culture and superstition – Oligarchy (Government in Colombia in the 20th century) We’ll be able to make a better understanding of the book itself. Therefore, I’ve decided to research about Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s life, who is the author of this novella: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Was born on March, 6th 1927 in the town of Aracataca, Colombia. Oddly enough, some of his works include the fictional village called Macondo, which seems to be highly similar and maybe even inspired by Aracatacahis. He stayed behind and was raised by maternal grandparents at the age of nine. After several years, his grandfather died and he had moved back to live with his parent. His father Eligio was a conservative and had the reputation of being a womanizer. He even acquired a reputation as a child by being a shy who wrote humorous poems and drew cartoons so serious and non-athletic was he that he was nicknamed ‘the old man’ by his classmates. Without further ado, as Gabriel grew up with his grandparents rather than his normal parents, his grandfather had a huge impact on his development. His grandfather would occasionally tell his young grandson: “you can’t imagine how much a dead man weights.”, reminding him that there is no greater burden than to have a killed a man. Interestingly, he was never told fairy tales or any fictional/magical stories by his grandfather but rather was always told about the last war or the cold reality of the world. Contrastingly, his grandmother influenced on a much more spiritual side, which she treated the extraordinary as something perfectly natural. The house was filled with stories of ghosts and premonitions omens and portentous all of which were studiously ignored by her husband because he did not believe in such a supernatural view of reality. Due to the strange combination of realism from his grandfather and the magic supernaturalism from his grandmother. Later, he well became popularized in literary style labeled as magic realism, which uses magical elements and events in otherwise ordinary and realistic situations. Obviously, Gabriel was known for more than simply being a magic realist as he developed a plethora of writing. Garcia began his career as a journalist while studying law at the National University of Colombia. Throughout the studying period, he has written many acclaimed nonfiction works and short stories but is best known for his novels such as 100 years of solitude / Autumn of the patriarch / Love in the Time of Cholera. Gabriel states that he feels that all of his writing been about the experiences of the time he spent with his grandparent. Through these writing, he managed to win a Nobel prize in 1982 a year after his writing completion “Chronicle of a Death Foretold”.