Taityana Ray
November 2, 2016
Dr. Guroux
Period: 2 Flannery O’Connor said “I am interested in making a good case for distortion because I am coming to believe that it is the only way to make people see.” In this quote, O’Connor is criticizing the importance of magical realism. O’Connor’s quote relates to the ideas and thoughts in the story that seem to be realistic when in reality it is mythical. In the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, the author, Gabriele Garcia Marquez, includes immaculate use of magical realism. His story incorporates examples of magical realism such as flying carpets, blood, and weather. Gabriele Garcia Marquez has a natural born talent for combining what is perceived as reality with