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A 7 page essay that discusses 2 books dealing with patriarchal cultures. Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Chronicle of a Death Foretold and Tayeb Salih in Season of Migration to the North each address societal gender paradigms that differ from those found in Western industrialized societies. Marquez's novel features life in Latin America, specifically in Colombia, and Salih's novel takes place in the country of Sudan. In each of these novels, women are integral to the plot, but they are also sideline players in the individual dramas. They are pawns who are manipulated and utilized by the male protagonists in order to express the societal themes envisioned by each author. No additional sources cited.
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differ from those found in Western industrialized societies. Marquezs novel features life in Latin America, specifically in Colombia, and Salihs novel takes place in the country of Sudan. In each
of these novels, women are integral to the plot, but they are also sideline players in the individual dramas. They are pawns who are manipulated and utilized by the male
protagonists in order to express the societal themes envisioned by each author. Marquez begins his text with one of the most memorable first lines in all of literature: "On
the day they were going to kill him, Santiago Nasar got up at five-thirty in the morning to wait for the boat the bishop was coming on" (Marquez 1). As
this indicates, this is a tale of murder. Why Nasar is to be murdered is intimately intertwined with the machismo culture of Latin America, in which family honor is paramount.
Ironically, the bishop is coming to bless the marriage that is the impetus for the murder. Bayardo San Roman, a wealthy man, came to the village in order to find
a wife. He decides on Angela Vicario and proceeds to court her in the accepted manner, which involves Angelas family much more than it does Angela personally. Bayardos courtship
of Angela addresses the rituals that surround marriage in Latin American culture during this time. Bayardo brings Angela presents, such as a music box with inlaid mother-of-pearl for her birthday.
The purpose of these gifts is not to symbolize his attraction for the girl, but rather to demonstrate his affluence and power to her family. He earns the support avid
support of Angelas mother, who tells the girl that love is something that can be learned. Angela person is but a pawn in a trade arrangement. She offers her sex
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