Narrative approaches in "The Chronicles of a Death Foretold" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Gabriel Garcia Marquez uses as a variety of different narrative approaches in the chronicles of a death foretold, to effect the readers perception of narrator himself. These unique narrative strategies make the reader question the intentions of the narrator, his own character and the means in which the narrator tells the unusual hazy and jumbled chronicle of Santiago's murder. The narrator's characteristics and his unique magical realism have an important effect in the narration of …

…memories. Marquez through these unreliable memories shows how Santiago is murdered because it was not in anyway proven that he deflowered Angela, however that he was accused. Marquez relates this to the narrative, by telling the story, by carefully choosing and arranging recollections the narrator's version of events can be seen as the truth. Marquez makes it clear that the narrative is selective and judgmental so again the reader can subject the narrator to criticism.