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Magical Realism Essay While this genre in itself is an oxymoron, it can be defined as a genre of writing where magical or spectacular elements are introduced to a realistic and culturally accurate setting whose characters accept these events as part of their lives. Some of the genre’s defining characteristics are magical events are set in an ordinary world with historic and cultural realities but there is no logic or reasoning behind the event. There are also cultural influences in the story that are common beliefs among different types of people. And the hardest to define characteristic is the seamless blend of magical and realistic elements into one story. One of the key elements of magical realism is, the story bears the influences of†¦show more content†¦Furthermore, magical realism is also defined by a setting in an otherwise ordinary world with historical and cultural realities. Rudolfo Anayas book Bless Me Ultima, has many of these cultural realities that make the setting seem real in the â€Å"fictional† story. One of the key elements in the book are the characters with unexplained magical powers called Curanderos, these people are known to be able to heal the wounded and cure the sick. Curanderos are a part of Hispanic-American or chicano culture. Since Bless Me Ultima is set in a small town in New Mexico and the characters speak spanish, the reader can assume the dominant culture would be chicano affirming the cultural reality of these â€Å"witch doctors.† The story is also tied with historic realities in terms of setting. During Tony’s narration of his life, his brothers were only home a few different times due to their participation in the war. The war the book refers to is World War II which was an event that would have been happening during this time. Later in the book, Tony’s father blames the atomic bomb testing that occurred in New Mexico during the war for the strong hot winds that created dust devils that occurred durin g summer. In addition, another key element of the genre of magical realism is the blending of the magic and reality together seamlessly, blurring the line between the two. â€Å"Light is Like Water† is one of the best examples of thisShow MoreRelatedMagical Realism In Gabriel Garcia-Marquez A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings869 Words   |  4 Pagesthat a dead enormous man washes ashore, or a man with wings just appears out of nowhere all of a sudden making your life better without you realising it, or the power of a curandera is stronger than of God and evil itself. Magical realism a genre of writing, that introduces a realistic narrative and naturalistic technique but includes the elements of dreams, and fantasy making it seem completely normal, different than fiction. 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