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Ideas and issues in "the visit" and "a chronicle of a death foretold".
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IDEAS AND ISSUES IN "THE VISIT" AND "A CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD" Nicolas Antippas Mr. Mark Lindberg English 11 25/05/02 Nicolas Antippas Mr. Mark Lindberg English 11 26/05/02 Ideas and Issues Many works of contemporary literature discuss ideas and topics which are seen in the world around us today. These themes are either directly demonstrated or implied. Two works as such are "The Visit" by Friedrich Durrenmatt and "A Chronicle of a Death Foretold" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The issues raised in these two books are justice, communication, tradition, and moral values. Tradition is the ongoing obligation to commit to something, which is an act that has existed for many years. More often than not, tradition helps keep a community in one piece, much like laws do. In other cases, tradition obligates people and makes them do things they normally wouldn't do. In "A Chronicle of a Death Foretold", tradition is one of the forces that drives the Vicario...
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