1. The genre of magical realism
2. The author Laura Esquivel
3. The book turned film Like Water for Chocolate
Post a comment with 10 facts about the 3 topics above (10 facts total, not 30). Do not copy directly from the person above you. They must be your own words.
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1. Luara Esquivel is a mexican author.
ReplyDelete2. Luara Esquivel has 3 siblings.
3. Luara Esquivel was once married to a famous actor.
4. The book Like Water for Chocolate was released in 1989.
5. The book Like Water For Chocolate was turned into a film in 1994.
6. Luara Esquivel earned the Mexican Acedemy of Motion Pictures award.
7. The book Like Water For Chocolate has sold almost a 1,000,000 copies in Spain and Latin American cpountries.
8. The book Like Water For Chocolate has sold close to 200,000 copied is the US.
9. Magical realism is when authors bring magic elements into the natural real life enviorment.
10. Magical realism originated in Latin America.
1. The genre of magical realism is literature fiction that invokes a wide variety of opinions from different readers.
ReplyDelete2.Laura Esquivelis an mexican writer and author. Born on September 30, 1950, in Mexico City. Esquivel began writing while working as a kindergarten teacher. She wrote plays for her students and then went on to write children's television programs during the 1970s and 1980s.
Laura is an inteligent and smart woman. Most of her books are fiction.
3. The film is a 1992 film in the style of magical realism. It became the highest profiting Spanish-language film ever released in the United States in 1992.
1.Magical realism is a literary genre or style associated especially with Latin America that incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into otherwise realistic fiction.
ReplyDelete2.Laura Esquivel was born on September 30, 1950.
3. She was born in Mexico City, Mexico.
4. She was born third out of the four children her father had.
5. Like Water for Chocolate was Laura's first novel.
6.In March 2009 Laura Esquivel ran as preliminary candidate of the Local Council in District XXVII of Mexico City for the PRD.
7. For the Film "Like Water for Chocolate" that was released in the US, Lauraa recieved Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures Award.
8. She also recieved eleven in all, from Ariel Awards.
9. In the book, Laura used actual episodes from her real life to write the book.
10. The first writing Laura ever did was done as she was a kindergarden teacher by writing plays for her students.
1. Magical realism is taking everyday life and adding a twist to it.
ReplyDelete2. Laura Esquivel was born in Mexico City, Mexico.
3. Laura Esquivel began writing when she was a kindergarten teacher.
4. Her first novel, "Like Water For Chocolate" is the reason that Laura Esquivel is internationally loved.
5. Her novel "Like Water For Chocolate" was made into an award winning film.
6. The book "Like Water For Chocolate" has sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide.
7. The film based on the novel was released in 1992.
8. Magical realism can be seen in many Latin literature.
9. The term "magic realism" originated in the 1920's.
10. Magical realism is used to describe the work of people like Laura Esquivel, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, John Fowles, and Gunter Grass.
1.magical realism is when an author takes magical elements and brings them into real life envirnment.
ReplyDelete2.Magical realism is used in many kinds of books today.
3. Many magical realism books are probably more favored over nonfiction books because they contain some things many people dream about.
4.laura esquirel is a mexican authour.
5.her book was published in the year 1989.
6.her book was a popular book.
7.the book is about mexican recipes.
8.the book involves magical realism.
9.the book has sold over 2 million copies.
10. water for chocolate has taken its place alongside loved novels like The Joy Luck Club.
1. Magical realism is putting magic elements in a realistic story
ReplyDelete2. The first person to implement magical realism was a Cuban writer named Alejo Carpentier.
3. Laura Esquival was born on November 30, 1950.
4. She was born in Mexico City.
5. She began writing when she was a kindergarten teacher.
6. Like Water for Chocolate was made into an award winning movie.
7. Like Water for Chocolate was published in 1989.
8. Tita is the main character in the story.
9. Laura Esquival's father was a telegraph operator.
10. She was the third of four children.
1 Magical realism originated from Mexico
ReplyDelete2. Magical realism is when magical part are a natural part
3. the book was published in 1989 for the fist time
4. The novel follows the story of a young girl named Tita who longs her entire life to marry her lover, Pedro.
5. the book was turned into a film in 1994
6. born September 30 1950
7. she was born the third out of the four children
8. Esquivel was once married to actor and director Alfonso Arau
9. she now lives in Mexico city
10. In March 2009 Laura Esquivel ran as preliminary candidate of the Local Council in District 28of Mexico City for the PRD
1.Magical realism is magical elements that are blended into a realistic atmosphere.
ReplyDelete2.The author was born September 30, 1950.
3.Laura is currently 62 years old.
4.She is married to Alfonso Arau.
5.She was born the third of four children.
6.Laura also has a movie Like Water for Chocolate.
7.Laura's book was released in 1989.
8.The film was released in 1994.
9.Like Water for Chocolate became one of the largest grossing foreign films ever released in the US.
10.Laura's book was translated into 23 languages.
1.magical realism is a genre where things in real life happen but a magical element is added.
ReplyDelete2. magical realism doesn't only apply to literature it also applies to visual arts and film.
3. Laura esquivel is best know for her novel like water for chocolate.
4. like water for chocolate has sold more than 4.5 million copies.
5. when she was a kindergarten teacher she wrote plays and songs for her students.
6. Laura was born in Mexico city, Mexico.
7. like water for chocolate was Laura Esquivel's first novel.
8. like water for chocolate was published in 1989.
9. in 1993 more than 202000 copies of like water for chocolate were sold.
10. like water for chocolate has sold more than 1000000 copies in spain and other spanish speaking countries.
1. term magic realism in its modern sense first appeared in 1995.
ReplyDelete2. Laura was born on september 30 1950.
3. Laura is the age of 62.
4. Laura frist novel was published was like water for chocolate.
5. Like water for chocolate was realased in 1989.
6. Like water for chocolate was turned into a movie in 1994.
7. the movie Like water for chocolate won a Mexicon Academy of Motion Pictures.
8. Laura lives in mexico.
9. Mexican Author.
10. Laura second novel is called The law of love relased in 1996.
1. Magical Realism is an unexpected alteration of reality.
ReplyDelete2. Magical realism puts European elements and elements that we associate with together.
3. Like water for chocolate was Laura Esquivel's first novel.
4. She was born in Mexico City, Mexico.
5. Like water for chocolate is the number one best selling book in Mexico for 3 straight years.
6. Like water for chocolate film was released in 1994.
7. Like water for chocolate was the highest grossing spanish film released in the US at the time.
8. Laura is 62 years old and is still alive.
9. The title in spanish is como agua para chocolate.
10. The film won the Ariel Award for best picture.
1. Magical realism is when magical elements is used in a real world environment.
ReplyDelete2. Magical realism is also used in films such as back to the future.
3. Laura Esquivel, the author, was born on September 30, 1950 in Mexico city, Mexico.
4. She is 62 years as of this year.
5. Like water for chocolate has a few themes such as self-growth. Throughout the book Tita learns to stand up for her self.
6. The other themes are cruelty and tradition. Tita is made to follow tradition because her mother abuses her.
7. The book has sold over 4.5 million copies.
8.Other books Esquivel has wrote are the law of love and Malinche.
9. The book was turned a movie in 1992. The film won the Ariel award for best picture.
10. Magical realism is also used in art.
1.Magical realism is a genre of fiction literature that invokes a wide array of opinions from different readers
ReplyDelete2.Laura Esquivel was born in Mexico City
3. Esquivel was born in 1950
4.Like Water for Chocolate was her first novel
5. Laura sold more than four and a half million copies around the world
6. Remained New York Times bestseller list for more than a year
7.currently lived in Mexico
8.The book then became a movie in 1992
9. Earned 11 Ariel awards
10. It became the highest spanish- language film ever released in the U.S at the time
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1. Magical Realism in Spanish translates to "Lo real Maravilloso" which has different meanings.
ReplyDelete2. Magical Realism is a Latin American literary movement which arose in the 1960s.
3. Laura Esquivel is a Mexican author.
4. Laura Esquivel began writing while being a Kindergarten teacher.
5. Laura Esquivel is currently the official candidate of the PRD.
6. Like Water for Chocolate tells the story of Josefita De la Garza.
7. Like Water for Chocolate—Como agua para Chocolate was published in 1989.
8. Like Water for Chocolate is a novel in monthly installments with recipes, romances and home remedies.
9. Like Water for Chocolate uses magical realism.
10. Like Water for Chocolate takes place during the revolution in early 20th century Mexico.
1. Magical realism is a very interesting genre. It can be made up of many fake sources, but it will still sound realistic.
ReplyDelete2. Magical realism is commonly used as a literary genre, but it's also used to film and be a part of visual arts.
3. Laura Esquivel was born on September 30, 1950.
4. "Like Water for Chocolate" is English for "Como agua para chocolate," which is the first book Laura Esquivel ever wrote.
5. The book was released in 1989.
6. Esquivel believes that the kitchen is the most important part of the house.
7. When the book was released in the US, Laura won the Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures award.
8. The book, Like Water for Chocolate, has been translated into 23 languages.
9. The movie, Like Water for Chocolate, won a Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures.
10. The movie was released in 1994.
Made a mistake with one of my facts. The film won the Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures award, not the book. Another fact is that she used an episode from her own family to write her book.
Delete1. Laura Esquivel was born on September 30, 1950 in Mexico City, Mexico.
ReplyDelete2. Laura Esquivel's first novel, Like Water for Chocolate was released in 1989.
3. The movie, Like Water for Chocolate, was released in 1994.
4. The book, Like Water for Chocolate, was translated into 23 different languages.
5. Laura Esquivel was born third of four children.
6.Like Water for Chocolate has been the number 1 selling book in Mexico for the last three years.
7. Laura's second novel, The Law of Love, combines romance and science fiction.
8. Magical realism deals with magic events in a realistic environment.
9. The term magical realism first appeared in 1955.
10. Magical realism also applies with visual arts.
1.Magical Realism developed as an art movement in the years after WWI.
ReplyDelete2.The term Magic Realism was coined by the writer Franz Roh in 1925.
3.Some writers argue that Magic Realism doesn't really encompasses a movement in art, but that it's simply a style.
4.Magical Realism tricks us by hiding unexpected or suggestive content in what at first might seem to be a common or ordinary scene.
5. Laura not only wrote novels, but also was teacher.
6. Laura also wrote screen plays for childrens telivision in her native Mexico.
7. Most of Lauras novels blend different types of genres.
8. The movie was published in 1898 by writer Laura Esquivel.
9. The Movie earned all 11 Ariel awards of the Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures, including the Ariel Award for Best Picture.
10. The movie made $21,665,468 in the box office.
1. Magical Realism is mainly a Latin-American type of genre.
ReplyDelete2. Magical Realism is a combination of magical features and realistic features, in which the magical features are added to a realistic setting.
3. Laura Esquivel was born on 09/29/1950 in Mexico City.
4. Laura Esquivel's most popular work is "Like Water for Chocolate" which was published in 1989 and since then has published more than 4.5 million copies.
5. Laura Esquivels' book has been translated around the worl in 35 languages.
6. Laura Esquivel started writing when she worked as a kindergarten teacher and now lives in Mexico City.
7. The book "Like Water for Chocolate" was turned into a film and released in the early 1990s.
8. The movie was awarded 11 awards from the Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures.
9. Laura Esquivel wrote many screenplays and was married to a director, Alfonso Arau, but is now divorced.
10. Laura Esquivel's many stories are influenced by her Mexican culture and focuses a lot on women.
1. Magical realism combinnes fantasistic elements and realistic events
ReplyDelete2. Laura was born on Semptember 30. 1950
3. Laura is the third of four children
4. Like Water For Chocolate was published in 1989
5. Like Water For Chocolate premiered as a movie in 1992
6. Laura is maarried to Alfonso Arau
7. Laura's father was a telegraph operator
8. Like Water For Chocolate was New York Time's Best Seller for a year
9. Laura will be turning 63 this year
10. Magical Realism is not only a genre for novels but also for movies and other forms of visual arts