Chronicle of a Death Foretold - Perspective

One individual that we learn about the events from is Angela Vicario. Much of this information the narrator receives from her 23 years after the incident. The narrator says, she “answered my questions with very good judgment and a sense of humor” (pg.89). Angela answered everyone question asked by the narrator. She told about what happened to her after she was returned to her family. She also told the narrator how she wrote to Bayardo until he returned to her, 17 years later. This is also the source by which the narrator learns how the Vicario twins believed the perpetrator to be Santiago. The narrator though believes that Angela is not telling the truth due to honor for herself and her brothers. He says, she “was protecting someone who really loved her and she had chosen Santiago Nasar’s name because she thought her brothers would never dare go against him” (pg.90). The narrator believes that Angela is a reliable source for what happened to her that day. She is not a reliable source though about whom she really lost her virginity too. This information is told to the narrator directly from the source. Therefore faults in this information would come from her lying or from a faulty memory because it is 23 years later.