Themes and Contradictions In The Chronicle of A Death Foretold The Chronicle of a Death Foretold was written as an investigation. The author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez starts off with the death of a character and from there he starts jumping the chronological order into different time scenes. This gives him the ability to present different interpretations of the facts from his characters. With these interviews, the reader begins to get a better understanding of the society these people are living in, along with their cultural values, ideals and beliefs. The author goes into several