The use of the second person in Aura adds to the sense of a mystery unraveling right before the narrators eyes as well as our own.
Aura portrays magical realism through its use of fantasy in a real world setting that leaves the reader questioning what is real or unreal as they unravel the mystery that is the story.
Aura portrays magical realism through the use of authorial reticence, which compel the readers to further invest themselves in the story, readily accepting of the fantastical as the norm.
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JMERLE // Dec 7th 2015 at 6:06 pm
Alexandra, you have done some interesting thinking here, and you have some beginnings to thesis statements, I think. They all are rather general, though, and still in the vague stages. To help make each of them more specific, try connecting your overall idea to a specific theme that Fuentes is working with, okay? Let me know if you have questions.
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