Womens Role in Chronicle of a Death Foretold Essay -- Gabriel Garcia

In Latin America, wowork force are treated differently from men and children. They do lots of work for unexplainable reasons. Others for sacred reasons and family orders and others because of the men involved. Women are like objects to men and have to obey their orders to either be rich or to live. Some have sex to get the mens approval, others marry a rich man that they dont even know very well, and become slaves. An important book called Chronicles of a death Foretold is an example of how these women are treated. Purisima del Carmen, Angela Vicarios mother, has raised Angela and her sisters to be good wives. The girls do not marry until late in life, rarely socializing beyond the outsides of their own home. They pass by their time sewing, weaving, washing and ironing. Other occupations include arranging flowers, cleaning up the house, and writing engagement letters to other men. They also keep the old traditions alive, such as helping the sick, comforting the dying, and coverin g the dead. While their mother believes they are perfect, men view them as too tied to their womens traditions. The men are terror-struck that the women would pay more attention to their job more than the men. Throughout the book, the women receive the respect they deserve from the men and others around them.Any man will be happy with them because they have been raised to suffer (pg 31, Marquez) This quote talks about how the daughters are taught embroidery, machine sewing, lace weaving, helping the unfortunate, and serving just to cope with the society. about married women get engaged at the age of 14. The man may be 17 or 18. Not saying that if a female is a hard worker but looks ugly that she wouldnt get a forced marriage. M whatever Latin American women would li... ...es one forgot she existed. The daughters she raises are perfect any man will be happy with them because theyve been raised to suffer. As for marriage, they must do as their family says, not out of love. This mea ns they cant clean house anyone they want to marry, the family does. Most Latin American families want their lady to marry a wealthy man. They know that wealthy man is aggressive, so Angela or her sisters would be perfect since they are raised to deal with harsh situations. So when Angela Vicario is told by her parents that she must marry Bayardo San Romn, a wealthy and somewhat mysterious peculiar who knows from the instant he sees Angela, that she is the woman he must have. She has no choice but to consent, particularly since her family is of modest means. Bibliography Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. Chronicles of a Death Foretold, 2008, Vintage.