The Night Face Up Magical Realism

Witches, Warlocks Vampires, are all magical realism. Magical realism is somewhat like different types of fiction, however, there are certain characteristics that make magical realism what it is. These genres are expressed in different ways and different situations demonstrated in stories and movies. Magical Realism is a genre that is not written the same way or demonstrated each time. Magical Realism has many elements that can either be individual or combined within a story.

Magical realism is found in many ways. Trees coming to life, dolls haunting someone, a boy living within the wall, ordinary objects that come to life within a story is an element of magical realism. This element is demonstrated by Edward Bloom in the movie Big Fish, by Tim Burton walking through the dark forest that is said to be haunted to get to a bigger city because he believes his hometown is too small for him, then later getting attacked by killer trees. Most people are aware that

In the story, “The Night Face Up” by Julio Cortazar the story goes back and forth from Aztec Times to now.He is about to be executed in the Aztec world, however, although readers believe he is experiencing now, they soon find out that he is living in Aztec times. Cortazar fools readers with time warp and parallels to now and the Aztec world. (17). Also, in Big Fish, when Edward Bloom first sees his wife for the first time, at the carnival time stopped, after stopping while seeing the love of his life for the first time it sped up not being able to track what was going on. This matter of magical realism is also commonly believed in our world to happen to people in their own first hand experiences. This is telling that magical realism is not always just in stories. Magical realism is also elements that are believed in or one says or thinks they may have experienced in their own