Staying within the same class as your spouse was better in the name of family because they will be able to find a common ground. Marriage is what held families together.The backbone of the Colombian society is Catholicism, so divorce was not an option. The fear of being rejected from the community was most feared.
The lifestyles of the people in the community are affected by the woman in the novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Gender defined what a person could and could not do in the novel, it was up to the woman to make the ultimate decision. Based on the decision that the woman man it was the man's’ responsibility to honor the woman. Being honorary towards family was part of what held families together after marriage. Marquez makes the reader knowledge that death is acceptable in the Colombian culture as long it is in the name of honing a