In the short stories, "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings," "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" and "Death Constant Beyond Love", the author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez features the literary writing style known as magic realism in his writing. He also incorporates a Latin American theme into his stories. Marquez reflects both magic realism and Latin American themes by exploring both the natural and supernatural worlds and exemplifying traces of Latin American culture.
             In "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings", many elements of magic realism are apparent. A good specimen is the old man with wings himself. An old man is normal and earthly. However, when wings are applied, what was once mundane becomes stereotype of magic realism. Magic realism serves to lure the reader into the climax in this story. There is a strange atmosphere and everything is exaggerated. "The rain would have killed so many crabs that Pelayo had to carry them to the sea... it was an old man... impeded by his enormous wings." (Page 42) Magic realism catches the reader's attention by the mentioning of the wings. "The angel was the only one who took no part in his own act. He spent his time trying to get comfortable in his borrowed nest, befuddled by the hellish heat of the oil lamps and sacramental candles that had been placed along the wire." (Page 44) This climax is quickly defeated because of the reaction of the common people to the mysterious old man. People expect him to perform miracles but he does nothing. Therefore, magic realism builds suspense in the plot and then releases the pressure in the climax. Some elements of Latin American culture are the names of the characters. The Latin American names define the surroundings and setting of the story better.
             Similar to "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings", "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" also includes magic realism. An obvious example of magic realism would be the size of the drowned man. The drowne...