Chronicle of a Death Foretold Group

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lusciousroxy
lusciousroxy
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High School - 11th Grade

What does the 'tree dream' at the beginning of "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" signify?

although it is said that his dreams had no "ominous augury". what insight does it offer to the reader?

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Posted by lusciousroxy on Friday September 12, 2008 at 12:20 AM and tagged with chronicle of a death foretold, significance, tree dream.

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  1. lit24
    lit24 Teacher
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    Santiago Nasar's  dreams are symbolic anticipations of his death-they are precognitive. On the morning that he was murdered Santiago woke up very early and told his mother that he had had a dream about how happy he was walking through a grove of timber  trees in light rain, but when he woke up he felt as though he was covered with bird droppings. He discussed his dreams with his mother Placida Linero because, she had "a well earned reputation as an accurate interpreter of other people's dreams, provided they were told her before eating." However, she did not consider the the dreams to foretell anything ominous, and after Nasar was murdered, "she never forgave herself."

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    Posted by lit24 on Friday September 12, 2008 at 6:31 AM

  2. i29bob
    i29bob Student
    College - Senior

    Nasars mother told of a dream that he had where he was "alone in a tinfoil airplane flying through the almond trees without bumping into anything" (5) perhaps signifying him dressed in his attire for special occasions (to see the Bishop) and going through the morning without anyone (the almond trees, signifying the skin tone of the population) telling him that someone was out to murder him.

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    Posted by i29bob on Wednesday January 21, 2009 at 4:19 PM