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A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, By Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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In the short story “A very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, there are many examples of magical realism. Magical Realism refers to the occurrence of supernatural, or anything that is contrary to our conventional views but not divorced from reality either. Magical realism is based on reality but it also allows us to see dimensions of reality that we are not normally aware of. For example, In the short story “A very Old Man…” the people live in an ordinary small town, but an angel shows up one day and turns things around for the town and couple that found him. During the story “A Very Old Man…” many real and magical things occur. For example, some real elements would be, On page 224 it says “On the third day of rain
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