What impacts and consequences does murder and death by natural circumstances have on those around it? Comparison of "Chronicle of a death foretold" and "Kitchen"

Death of people around us is something that all of us will have to experience some point in their lives, both 'Kitchen' and 'Chronicle of a Death Foretold' looks into how death affects the characters in the story. Death is generally associated with negativity especially if it's to someone that is close to our heart. While many stories very obviously makes death seem 'positive' or 'negative' in both 'Kitchen' and 'Chronicle of a Death foretold' …

…us think and examine our own feelings about the death of others around us. This causes us decide whether it is positive or negative after weighing up all those affected in the texts. The writers don't make the characters specifically good or bad as they are much more complex. Because of this we have to examine how we really feel about the characters. We have to decide for ourselves what kind of characters they are.