Since the beginning of the novel, there are contradictions about the setting or about what happened in detail. The characters don¡¯t always agree with each other and that brings about a surreal image or rather an unsure one. This also makes the characters more realistic and believable because real people forget things and sometimes they are unsure on detail. The descriptions of Santiago¡¯s corpse are different from what actually happened and what the papers wrote. The papers described it as ¡°a stigmata of the crucified Christ¡± (87) while the actual corpse was very much more beaten. The description of his ruined corpse was very graphic, especially when ¡°Pablo Vicario gave him a horizontal slash on the stomach, and all hi

Although many trifling facts are mistaken such as the weather, the more major and important facts remain true to all who see it. Everyone in the town agrees that Santiago died but not everyone agrees to the exact time, such as when the narrator¡¯s sister, the nun, cries, ¡°They¡¯ve killed Santiago Nasar!¡± (82), but not everyone agrees to the exact time. The exact location is known for sure because it was so openly seen but the time of the murder was debatable, as the narrator¡¯s brother states, ¡°Santiago Nasar is Dead.¡± (80). Christo Bedoya says ¡°Of course it wasn¡¯t raining¡¦ It was just going on seven and a golden sun was already coming through the windows¡± (125), Pablo Vicario also remembers, ¡°It wasn¡¯t raining.¡± (70). But then again, Colonel Lazaro Aponte also states, ¡°I can remember with certainty that it was almost five o¡¯ clock and it was beginning to rain.¡± (64). The towns folk were arguing over the scenery, which wasn¡¯t too important but this also happens now in real life as well, making the characters more believable to the reader by linking what they do and what they think to situations in the real world.

Another thing Marquez did to enhance his character¡¯s surreality was to add in a bit of controversy over a hot topic. He had the towns people argue over whether the brothers would really kill Santiago Nasar or not. Marquez causes Don Rogelio de la Flor to say ¡°Don¡Â

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