The one thing Esquirel and Marquez have in common is their use of Magical Realism in writing. In both Like Water for Chocolate and A very old man with enormous wings. magical realism plays a role in the plot and conclusion of the story. It is said that Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the father of magical realism and I can tell why. In my opinion, A very old man with emormous wings by Gabriel Marquez used magical realism more efficiently than Esquirel did in Like Water for Chocolate.
Marque used magical realism as a main theme of his story, as did Esquirel but I would say that it was executed more appropriately in Marquez's writing. As the man with the enormous wings is an angel, you expect the story will be magically enhanced. Though this is a more trite example of a story using magical realism Marquez does a good job of making the story his own. His diction and sensory details bring the story to life. For instance, while reading I began to picture the man with the enormous wings and the chicken coup, almost as if I had seen it before.
I did not have this same experience with Esquirel, as in my opinion the book did not have a lot of introduction to the scenery or characters for that matter. Like Water for Chocolate had the potential to be a great story, but the magical realism was brought up at random times and you never got to know much about the characters, also the vocab itself could have been more authentic to what people would have said at that time, almost how Khaled Hosseini used words real afgani people would have in A thousand Splendid Suns.
Though Marquez had more sensory details, Esquirel did do a good job of taking advantage of figurative language, though that is not normally my favorite type of writing I cannot dispute her talent in that sector of writing, as I cannot in her creative ideas of ways to make this story different than ones before it, such as her use of Magical Realism. Esquirel could have used more influence from Marquez, and really used her magical realism to make the book an icon of how you can bring magical realism into romance, and even realistic fiction.
Marque used magical realism as a main theme of his story, as did Esquirel but I would say that it was executed more appropriately in Marquez's writing. As the man with the enormous wings is an angel, you expect the story will be magically enhanced. Though this is a more trite example of a story using magical realism Marquez does a good job of making the story his own. His diction and sensory details bring the story to life. For instance, while reading I began to picture the man with the enormous wings and the chicken coup, almost as if I had seen it before.
I did not have this same experience with Esquirel, as in my opinion the book did not have a lot of introduction to the scenery or characters for that matter. Like Water for Chocolate had the potential to be a great story, but the magical realism was brought up at random times and you never got to know much about the characters, also the vocab itself could have been more authentic to what people would have said at that time, almost how Khaled Hosseini used words real afgani people would have in A thousand Splendid Suns.
Though Marquez had more sensory details, Esquirel did do a good job of taking advantage of figurative language, though that is not normally my favorite type of writing I cannot dispute her talent in that sector of writing, as I cannot in her creative ideas of ways to make this story different than ones before it, such as her use of Magical Realism. Esquirel could have used more influence from Marquez, and really used her magical realism to make the book an icon of how you can bring magical realism into romance, and even realistic fiction.