Light Is Like Water Magical Realism Analysis

Magical Realism in Latin American Literature

Magic realism is used by writers around the world, but it is most strongly used in the works of Latin-American writers. Magical realism is a type of fiction where the setting takes place in the real world, but extraordinary events that never could actually happen, take place. Magical Realism is a way of bringing fantasy and reality together. In all three of these stories, Two Words, Light is like Water, and The Continuity of Parks, authors used magical realism to create worlds in which reality and fantasy blend together.
In the story of Two Words by Isabel Allende, Belisa Crepusculario, is an example of a typical character of magical realism. Belisa whom was born unto a poor family, did not even have a name to call herself, so she gave herself a name,

Light is like Water is about a tale of two young boys who request a boat from their parents in return for their good grades. They ultimately get the boat and are excited to sail in it. While the parents are out, the children smash open a light bulb and the light starts flowing like water in and around their house and they sail in that light with their new boat. In the end, however, the light fills the apartment to the point where it is pouring out of the windows and onto the street. In response to the flood, firemen found the young boys, dead from the result of drowning. The magical element in Light Is like Water is the light because the young boys, Toto and Joel use it as water. The use of light as water, comes into use when the author, Marquez says that the light begins to "pour out of the broken light bulb" (Marquez 360). The element of magical realism in this story, is primarily the light that behaves as water. The elements of magical realism in this story, is what allows the reader to visualize the experiences the two children go