Magic realism is something i love to the very core of me. I love it , i read it, ad i wish to write in that style. That being said, I didn't like "The Magic Barrel." I thought the story was a little shallow in it's views on women (i understand it was the time and misogyny was masculinity back then). To me, the story felt like a watered down version of Marquez or Elie Weisel piece, without the beauty of language. I am glad we read it in class though, so we could dissect it and see what made it work and what gave the story flat tires.
Willi on the other hand, i loved very much. As Docotrow clearly borrowed from Marquez and Joyce in this piece(along with Grass and countless other European authors), i felt it transcended what i expected it to e. The masturbation poetry at the beginning was the clear favorite moment in the text (which may be a weakness in the writing) but i found it to be inspired in it's language, it's depiction of farm life, and just i's simple subject matter made very much complex.
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