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Thursday, April 19, 2012

2. Magical Realism Wrap-Up Vocab. 10

Salvador Dali's "Melting Clocks" represents Magical Realism because the clocks are very real, however, just as time melts away, in this picture, the clock is literally melting.

Review for your Quiz tomorrow on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World."






1. Magical Realism - n. a style /genre in painting or literature where fantastic elements blend into the real world.
2. hypothesize - v. making an informed guess
3. bountiful - adj. abundant and ample
4. labyrinths - n. complicated network or paths that are difficult to follow; mazes
5. haggard - adj. torn up, ragged
6. resistant - adj. tough, strong, defiant
7. destitute - adj. needy, desperate
8. virile - adj. manly, fertile, characterized by strength
9. resign - v. quit
10. obliging - adj. kind

Comment with one of your sentences or a brief summary of the Garcia Marquez story.
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  1. Alexis BoyerApril 19, 2012 at 10:21 AM

    The Handsomest drowned man in the world is a example of magical realism.

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  2. michelleApril 19, 2012 at 10:21 AM

    Resign: My mom got so fed up with her job so she decided to resign.

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  3. Dustin JApril 19, 2012 at 10:21 AM

    Food was bountiful in the small village.

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  4. zackApril 19, 2012 at 10:22 AM

    The man was resistant to the torture.

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  5. cynthiaApril 19, 2012 at 10:22 AM

    I had a dream of a virile man rescuing me and carrying me off from the deadly dragon .

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  6. Jonathan GonzalezApril 19, 2012 at 10:22 AM

    I hypothesize that my day will begin really good.

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  7. Jacky LizamaApril 19, 2012 at 10:23 AM

    The castle had labyrinths in order for the right knight to save the princess.

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  8. JulieJApril 19, 2012 at 10:23 AM

    This years harvest was bountiful.

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  9. ju$$tinnnApril 19, 2012 at 10:25 AM

    I HAD RESIGN FROM SCHOOL. ^_^

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  10. James M.April 19, 2012 at 10:27 AM

    Destitvte- i really hate to see people that is very destitvte

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  11. KatlynApril 19, 2012 at 10:28 AM

    Yesterday, I saw a very destitude man wandering the streets longing for food, love, and shelter.

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  12. AnonymousApril 19, 2012 at 10:29 AM

    While reading Magical Realism literature, I found it hard to hypothesize how the story, which was so bountiful with detail, could cause me to feel lost in a labyrinth in my head. I expected Magical Realism to have more haggard, destitute characters, who resist the modern world. I had a more Anne Rice outlook on it, rather than a twilight image of virile vampires. I obligingly resign my old, naive conclusion easily.

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