a very old man with enormous

the infant very ill is much more nonrealistic. The use of numbers also seems magical in a sense. The story takes place on the third day of rain, not simply while

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Some will look only at what is on the pages of text and never consider what is written between the lines. For this family of three, life takes a better turn after giving the old man a chicken coop in which to sleep. The language used by Magical Realists such as Marquez contains a romantic quality. Only when he becomes "ill" does the family begin to worry about him. There is no grandeur in describing the angel or the spider. Once the novelty has passed, the person becomes ordinary. The ordinary aspects of the story give it a realistic allure. In Marquez’s text, the angel is described as being "an old man, a very old man" (220) with "buzzard wings, dirty and half-plucked" (219). "The world was sad since Tuesday" (220) describes the mood of the people as not only sad, but extraordinarily sad and for a space of time as well. This fact explains why one usually interprets an angel as being beautiful and apparently, to use the human concept of age, in their twenties or thirties and, yet, they are so knowledgeable about life. This fact suggests

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that the angel was once an old sailor who remembers his past as a human and is adjusting to his fate as an angel. One can easily see why Marquez is such a forerunner in the field of Magical Realism. Just as fans are in reality, they desert one fad for another. The family that houses the angel makes the realistic decision of selling admission to see the angel in order to better their financial standing.

Common topics in this essay:
Realists Marquez, , Magical Realism, Father Gonzaga, Enormous Wings, lady spider, chicken coop, angel makes, written lines, family houses, story realistic, magical realism, story angel, acceptable characters,

Approximate Word count = 944
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

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