In this interactive oral on the novel, Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, I had advanced my understanding of the novel with the new context of the book I learned. The oral had allowed for me to learn about the history of Columbia where the novel is set in as well as the culture tied to the country. Not only that, the background of Marquez and his magic realism roots were taught in the oral which allowed for a deeper understanding of the intensity of the novel’s significant events. Magic realism is fantasy used to enhance the reality of a story, not escape it. Marquez is considered to be one of the masters of magic realism, and from that, I learn about why certain scenes seem almost impossible. An example of this was