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Summary  I have finally read the part about how Santiago was killed by the Vicario brothers. There was a lot of imagery, which helped me imagine Santiago´s wounds. He was mortally stabbed 7 times and his intestines actually exploded out of his stomach. The worst part is that Santiago was practically killed again after he died. He received an autopsy from a priest that had studied to be a surgeon, but had not graduated. There were barely any surgical instruments, so the priest actually had to use any other knives he found. However the priest did find out how Santiago got stabbed.
              The narrator starts to get more of his personal opinion on what happened in this part of the book. He even starts using the world WE . The narrator indicates that he was with Santiago earlier in the day in a whorehouse owned by Maria Cervantes. I also learned that Santiago had some sort of affair with Maria and that he was engaged to a women. Maria was obviously affected by Santiago´s death and so was the narrator. Everyone that knew the Vicario brothers´plan felt guilty for not telling Santiago. In the end the narrator visits Angela Vicario who moved to another town with her family. Angela kept her secret through the whole 23 years. No one believed that Santiago was her lover, but she claimed he was.

Quote   ´´I don´t understand a God damned thing,´´Santiago Nasar said.´´ (Marquez 245)
Reactions I chose the quote above, because it shows how unaware Santiago was about his ´´foretold death´´. Santiago found out the Vicario brothers were going to kill him just a couple of minutes before it happened, but he did not know why. He was confused and did not know what to do. Everything after this seemed to move pretty quickly for him. There was a lot of imagery in the last chapters that showed Santiago´s tragic death.
         After reading the entire novel I have noticed that this novel focuses a lot on decorum. The Vicario brothers kill Santiago, because he supposedly slept with Angela. As a result Angela was rejected by her husband since she was not virgin. This demonstrates that in Santiago´s town people though it was immoral to lose your virginity before marriage. In a way Angela got back her honor by letting her brothers kill Santiago. I also found it interesting how no one actually believed that Santiago was Angela´s lover. In my opinion Santiago was killed for no reason, because not even the narrator thinks Santiago was Angela´s lover.