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World Literature Essay Summary How a persons nurturing and upbringing triumphs over the natural way of being, in relation to Grenouille in Perfume and the society in Chronicle for a Death Foretold. Every living thing has a natural way of being. Be it a plant which will naturally incline toward the sun or a nocturnal animal which will only come out at night, all living things will have a expected way of behaving, and this does not exclude human beings. However, this original way of existence can be infringed by the location and culture in which a human being is brought up in, as well as the occurrences which take place during said persons life. The following essay shall show how the upbringing which Grenouille received in Perfume (First Published in German1985. First Translated in 1986) by Patrick Sà ¯Ã‚ ¿Ã‚ ½skind (German born March 26, 1949 Present Day) affects the unfolding of the events in the book, and how the way the society is cultivated provokes events which ultimately cause Santiago Nasars death in Chronicle of a Death Foretold (First Published in 1981. First Translated in 1982) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Spanish born March 6, 1927 Present Day) In the commencement of Perfume, we firstly see how Grenouille acts in the natural way that any living thing would, but as Grenouilles life develops, while he is being brought up by different care takers and different mentors, we can see certain crucial moments in his life which shed light in explaining why Grenouille becomes the way he does. At the start of his life, his first care-taker instantly takes an enormous disliking toward him. We see this when she speaks to Father Terrier, she constantly makes remarks about how the child is strange and insults him on various occasions for example saying he is possessed by the devil1. Perhaps, even though a baby, he still understood this because of a babys natural way of interpreting things, whereby peoples emotions and thoughts reflect a certain aura around the person, and small babies see these auras. Therefore, the first person he ever lived with seemed to be continuously disgusted by Grenouille, and alas may have already commenced the cr eation of his complex; his hate and disgust for humanity. Father Terrier later on also shows his disgust for Grenouille as he makes Terrier shudder and feel sick to his stomach2, and as Buisse does, he wanted to get rid of him as quickly as possibleimmediately if possible3 and ergo abandons him. The previous is, what I believe the beginning of Grenouilles detestation for humanity, and this is further induced when he lives with Madame Gaillard who in a sense treats him like a pet in the manner in which she feeds him, serving up three meals a day and not the tinniest snack more4. We can assume that his residence was overcrowded with orphans due to the fact that Paris produced over ten thousand new orphans a year5 and I imagine that these children were dirty and smelt. This simple situation is addition to the occasions where the children conspired to suffocate him6 may have been one of the things which cause Grenouilles misanthropy, as when he becomes an adult, he despises the smell of humans and he also hates being around them. Here we see how the lifestyle in which Grenouille grew up could possibly cause the deterioration of his natural instincts as the dislike of being around others is against the natural law of survival whereby animals naturally seek safety in groups. Greno uille on the other hand prefers being in solitude as we see later on in the novel where he lives secluded from humanity on the mountain of solitude7 inside a cave in which never in his life had he felt so secure8. (I dont know if that last phrase is grammatically correct) Was the 5th Century BCE a Golden Age for Athens? EssayAnother incident involving an unnatural catholic trait is seen when Divina Flor confesses that the true reason her mother had not told Santiago that He was going to be killed is because in the depths of her heart, she wanted them to kill him18. This is because Santiago, on various occasion made sexual advances to Divina Flor, and this would trigger a memory of her mothers where Santiagos father would do likewise to Victoria Guzmans (Divinas mother). We can therefore see how a previous event in Victorias life caused her natural catholic ideology to disappear, as she breaks one of the Ten Commandments, and wishes ill upon someone. Note: the above paragraph has been removed as I believe it isnt completely relevant, but u have left it there in order to see what you opine about it Garcia shows this breech in Catholic standards in order to show the inexistence of natural religious and moral codes which have been usurped by the societys cultural upbringing. To further implement this lack of religion, Garcia shows the coming of the bishop as a joke, whereby he wont even get off the boathell give an obligatory blessingand go backhe hates this town.19 To conclude the triumph of upbringing over natural instincts, I will take a look at the influence of sex in both novels. Our animalistic instincts tell us, there is no rule in not having premarital relations. This is what Angela does; she acts naturally, while society expects her to not fornicate until she is married, as everyone is nurtured with the idea that a woman must remain innocent until unified in matrimony. On the other hand, we do not see the same train of thought when referring to a man. Santiago clearly did as he pleased as he tells Divina Flor the time has come for you to be tamed.20 With this we see that the society has been nurtured into a hypocritical way of thinking where society sees in undignified for a woman to act naturally while a man can do as he pleases. This contrasts with how Grenouille as he has the opportunity to do as he pleases with a female, but he only does what he needs to reach his destination. Again Grenouilles natural instinct had been usurped by h is upbringing whereby he was nurtured by Baldini and Grimal to not deviate from his path no matter what.