Friday, February 5, 2010

“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: A Tale for Children”

An angel drops into a village. What would you expect to happen? What does happen?
In fact, how does this story not meet your expectations?
How is detail handled in the story? How is it used to build something?
How much time passes in the story? How does the narrator handle the passage of time?
How do the people react to this supernatural event?
“...magical realism, is an artistic genre in which magical elements or illogical scenarios appear in an otherwise realistic or even "normal" setting. (Wikipedia) How is the story “magical realism?”
Why did Marquez call this “...A Tale for Children”?

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