Passage #6 : in an annotated packet

In our presentation, we talked about how Márquez display that the ideas of honor and its being
upheld is detrimental to society. I first talked about how Pedro was willing to step down and
cease plotting murder against Nasar after the mayor had disarmed him for he felt his honor was
fulfilled(40s-50s maybe). This displays how intoxicating the desire to uphold honor is as the
dominant brother, the one who had joined the military, the one one with reasonable arguments,
ends up being persuaded and follows in with his “little,” submissive brother. Also, within this
passage it is outlined that Pedro Vicario has an STD. This is ironic as the having of an STD is
dishonorable in itself, and Pedro could be held accountable for the exact same act committed by
Santiago Nasar, yet it is overlooked when acting as the judge, jury, and executioner for Nasar
as to defend his sister’s honor. There is also a simile, “it’s as if it already happened,” when
describing Pablo’s conclusion in convincing Pedro to go on with their murder plans. This
displays how unrelenting and overwhelming the need to protect her honor is: it related to
machismo in that this is expected, welcomed, and even celebrated by society. The casual,
rather nonchalant tone represents how little Marquez cares as well as the rest of the town:
atrocities committed under the shroud of honor have become a normalcy.