The author Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote Chronicle of a Death Foretold which involves magical realism and, above all, a murder on which the book mainly revolves. Which is based on a real murder that happened in Columbia. (Courtney Green). The main points that need to be highlighted from this are the interesting background on Gabriel Garcia Márquez and what influenced him to write this book about magical realism and a murder, and then mentioning what happened in his culture that made him influenced to write this book and the connection of his culture that brings him into the book itself. The book Summary of the Chronicle of a Death Foretold begins with the narrator telling the reader about Santiago Narsar who is the main character of the story. Santiago lived with his mother, Placida Linero; their cook, Victoria Guzman; and his daughter, Divina Flor. Santiago's father died three years earlier. So the family was left in Santiago to be cared for and kept in good hands. One morning Santiago was going to meet the bishop who was arriving at the dock by boat to bless the marriage of Angela Vicario and Bayardo San Roman. But what Bayardo doesn't know is that his future wife is not a virgin and he has no intention of telling her. After a while though, she feels guilty about it and ends up telling him and he leaves her because of it and her mother isn't happy about it either once she finds out too. Then, once her twin brothers find out that their sister Angela isn't a virgin, they ask her who took it from her and she doesn't tell them who did it at first, but eventually gives in when they threaten her, so she tells them that Santiago Narsar took it. virginity, so they decided to kill him. The people of the town warn him of...... middle of paper ......magical realism. Works Cited “Banana Massacre.” Wikipedia (2014): page n. Wikipedia. Network. 2 April 2014. Bloom, Harold, ed. "García Márquez, Gabriel." Bloom's literature. File, Inc. Web Facts. March 27 2Fox News - Breaking News Updates | Latest News Headlines ...014Jennings, Arbolina Llamas. "García Márquez, Gabriel." Bloom's literature. Facts about File, Inc. Network. March 27, 2014 marquez, gabriel. chronicles of a death foretold. New York: vintage, 1982. Print.Sickels, Amy. "García Márquez, Gabriel." Bloom's literature. File, Inc. Web Facts. March 26, 2014Smith, Mike. "Colombia's shocking reality." National Catholic Reporter vol. 42, no. 18. 03Mar. 2006: 14-16. SIRS Problem Researcher. Network. March 27, 2014.Green,Courtney. “The connection between Gabriel Marcia Marquez and the chronicle of a foretold death” Prezi, Inc. web. November 7 2012