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    without actually doing it‚ so that we can learn the message from a journey‚ without actually going on it. Two excellent examples of literature doing this are in the texts stopping by woods on a snowing evening by Robert Frost and City of beasts by Isabel Allende. The texts have elements of physical journeys (getting from point a-b) and inner journeys which is a journey within us. City of beasts is a text about a young boy named Alex who is forced into an adventure with his Grandmother into the Amazon

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    The postman: compare and contrast Mario Jimenez a young an immature boy with no experience in life started his career at age seventeen as a post man to the famous poet Pablo Neruda. Both characters have very similar but yet very different experiences throughout the book‚ Pablo and Mario became good friends along the plot of the story. When Mario got hired to be Pablo’s postman he was very well excited about the job even though that would be his only client but that did not bother Mario. He would

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    A supernatural event is an event which‚ according to the laws of nature‚ cannot happen. In the two works that I have studied “Like water for chocolate” by Laura esquivel and “The house of the spirits” by Isabel allende‚ magic realism has been used as a common literary device to give the book a fantasy-like twist‚ making it very interesting and engaging. Magic realism stretches the boundaries of realism in order to stretch or widen the definition of reality. In Like Water for Chocolate‚ magic becomes

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    of literary work‚ thus setting forth a theme for the piece of literature. In this case‚ this epigraph gives the readers a small gist and theme of what to expect when they read the novel. “The House of Spirits” is a novel which was written by Isabel Allende. This story revolves around family life‚ mainly around two upper-class families; the Del Valle and the Trueba family and was originally written in Spanish‚ then translated to many different languages‚ English being one. The story is set in a Latin-American

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    Suubi N Musisi Mr. Miller AP English Lit 3 December 2013 Magical Realism Magic realism or magical realism is an art form where magic elements are a natural part in an otherwise mundane‚ realistic environment. (Faris‚ Wendy B. and Lois Parkinson Zamora‚ Introduction to Magical Realism: Theory‚ History‚ Community‚ pp. 5) Although it is most commonly used as a literary form‚ magic realism also applies to film and the visual arts. Professor Matthew Strecher defines magic realism as "what happens

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    Keith IB English III Pereira 12/15/12 The House of the Spirits Essay In Isabel Allende’s novel The House of the Spirits‚ there are two definitive classes of people that are present throughout the novel. The poor class‚ including the peasants of Tres Marias and the socialist party members‚ has continual resentment towards the other class‚ which is the wealthy aristocratic class. The wealthy division of the novel shows little humanity towards the poor‚ treats the poor

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    Within the story ‘And of Clay We Are Made’‚ the author Isabel Allende has made an indifferent theme for which the reader can adorn to their such thoughts of this sad poetic story consisting of such human suffering. For one poetic theme you can use‚ ‘Hope lies in those who choose to have faith in others’. Perhaps this theme can be twisted between both the characters Rolf Carle and Azucena- ‘Lilly’. Add a statement about what literary elements you will use to prove your theme. This is a separate paragraph

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    Isabel is a young slave that worked on a plantation with her family. Being a slave was bearable on that plantation because Mrs. Finch was a good owner that treated her slaves with respect. While growing up‚ her mother raised her to be very spiritual. They honored their ancestors and tried to have a positive outlook. For example‚ Isabel’s dad got whipped one day for speaking out. Ever since then he has said those marks represent my country that I am from‚ which is Africa. However‚ everything wasn’t

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    Isabel Allende and Laura Esquivel both utilize similar themes in the books The House of Spirits and Like Water for Chocolate‚ respectively. Loss of innocence and the corruption of man are a couple of the most significant themes found in both books. These themes are shown in the characters of the book after violence or sex and such things like that. Because there are recurring acts of violence and sex found within both The House of Spirits and Like Water for Chocolate‚ there are the themes of a loss

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    Truong Duong English 1301-034 MW: 1:30pm-2:50pm Assignment # 1 An Act of Vengeance by Isabel Allende Story of Vengeance Crowned with the Bloody Jasmines The story begins with Dulce being crowned Carnival Queen. Shortly afterwards‚ readers are introduced to the antagonist Tadeo Cespedes‚ and his history of violence. The senator had originating planned to take his own daughter’s life so that she wouldn’t fall into the hands of his murder. Dulce told her father that if she remained

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