Realistic and Magical Elements of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings Es

Realistic and witching(prenominal) Elements of A Very Old human being with Enormous Wings A Very Old homosexual with Enormous Wings is a renowned short story written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It was published in 1955. Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born and spent his childhood in Colombia scarce has lived in Paris and Mexico. As for the work that made him famous, A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings is considered by most an archetype of Magical realness. When reading A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, one comes across many elements of Magical naturalism. A good specimen of Magical Realism is the erstwhile(a) man with wings. An oldish man is normal and earthly. However, when wings are applied, what was once mundane becomes stereotype of Magical Realism. What is most important about they old man with wings is not actually the old man himself, but, more importantly, the fact that the characters interacting with the old man view him as just a old man with wings. Unlike the society that most live in, this society would never accept the old man as ordinary. The cleaning woman who was turned into a rover as a child for disobeying her parents is also a good model of Magical Realism. Things in Gabriel Garcia Marquezs works are classified as Magical Realism. The woman who knew of all things living and dead is a type of Magical Realism. How many people know everything? For that matter, how many people actually know anything? The point is that no one, no matter whom, is capable of knowing everything. Realistic elements are tossed into the melting pot of Magical Realism just as fictional elements are so commonly done. Capitalism is a realistic element that is never forgotten. No matter what any writer creates, it will more then likely collect at least some kind of capi... ...hat it is a work of Magical Realism. Over all, A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings is a perfect sample of Magical Realism. Works Cited Chanady, Amaryll. Magical Realism in Spanish American L iterature. Magical Realism Theory, History, Community. Ed.Louis Parkinson Zamora and Wendy B. Faris. Durham, N.C UP, 1995 125-144. Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings. The Norton Introduction Literature. Ed. Jerome Beaty.N.Y. W.W. Norton and Company, 1996.525-529. Leal, Luis. Magical Realism in Spanish American Literature. Magical Realism Theory, History, Community. Ed. Louis Parkinson Zamora and Wendy B. Faris.Durham, N.C UP, 1995119-124. Roh, Franz. Magical Realism in Spanish Literature. Magical Realism Theory, History, Community. Ed. Louis Parkinson Zamora and Wendy B. Faris. Durham, N.C Duke UP, 1995 15-31.