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IB English Paper One Eng Per 6 Due June 13, 2007 Mat Laffitte Magical Realism and Characterization and its affect on women's portrayal in Chronicle of a Death Foretold and The House of the Spirits Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits and Gabriel Marquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold both are Latin American novels that illustrate and deal with various aspects of their cultures. Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a novel about a small town where a baffling murder takes place twenty-seven years earlier. The House of the Spirits is a novel based in Chile that illustrates the political, social, and economic struggles the characters undergo. Both Latin American novelists share similar writing styles, greatly influenced by their backgrounds. Allende's feminist views and Marquez's childhood, having grown up solely among women, is reflected in both texts. One evident theme, which parallels the authors' backgrounds, is the way in which women...

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