Lawrence Thornton is a really amazing writer. From the beginning I was hooked on this book and I love the way he tells the story. An interesting passage that I found in the book was "Five minutes after I left he'd gotten into his car and headed toward La Boca, convinced the bird was just ahead of the car's lights"(51). At first, I thought that Carlos might be crazy for trying to follow a bird, but then I thought about the fact that he's clarevoyant and that through his gift he has lead himself to believe that the bird will lead him to his wife. I in a way believe that this is possible because he has a gift that no one else has and only he can understand the reasons for which he follows the bird. I also feel that through this brd, the author is trying to give the reader a sense of magical realism because it's a bit random that a bird would turn up in the middle of the night when birds are normally in their nests or something. Birds don't just hang around at night so I think the author is either showing magical realism or trying to foreshadow events that will occur in the book.
Revised Inquiry Questions: 1. How does the development of the different characters in the novel, Imagining Argentina, show/help the reader understand what can happen when human rights are taken away?
2. How does Lawrence Thornton use the element of magical realism to show the faith of the characters and how that keeps them going? What else is he trying to say about faith and how does he represent it?
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Lawrence Thornton is a really amazing writer. From the beginning I was hooked on this book and I love the way he tells the story. An interesting passage that I found in the book was "Five minutes after I left he'd gotten into his car and headed toward La Boca, convinced the bird was just ahead of the car's lights"(51). At first, I thought that Carlos might be crazy for trying to follow a bird, but then I thought about the fact that he's clarevoyant and that through his gift he has lead himself to believe that the bird will lead him to his wife. I in a way believe that this is possible because he has a gift that no one else has and only he can understand the reasons for which he follows the bird. I also feel that through this brd, the author is trying to give the reader a sense of magical realism because it's a bit random that a bird would turn up in the middle of the night when birds are normally in their nests or something. Birds don't just hang around at night so I think the author is either showing magical realism or trying to foreshadow events that will occur in the book.
Draft Inquiry Questions:
What effect does the author intend to have with the development of the different characters in the novel, Imagining Argentina?
How would the story change if the element of magical realism weren’t present?
Revised Inquiry Questions:
1. How does the development of the different characters in the novel, Imagining Argentina, show/help the reader understand what can happen when human rights are taken away?
2. How does Lawrence Thornton use the element of magical realism to show the faith of the characters and how that keeps them going? What else is he trying to say about faith and how does he represent it?
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