In today's reading White discusses what he calls magic realism. This is story telling in which the author combines elements of magic with reality. He gives some examples such as Homer's Iliad. The work that comes to my mind is Hocus Pokus. The story of modern day children bring back into being three witches and a boy (who takes the form of a cat) they had cast a spell on in colonial times. When it was made into a movie the humor of the story also became as much a part as the magic.
For Further Reflection
In this segment White states that the boundary between the natural and sueprnatural is not something that is clear cut. His examples for this are: "lovers suddenly discover thawt they can read each other's minds; an archaeologist discovers that he possesses the 'genetic memory' of a Babylonian King.
The "Try This" assignment:
Try you hand at magic realism by describing an incident that take place in a familiar setting--say, an inner-city playground--where, for some strange reason, some of the chldren begin to levitate, or everything begins to change color.
Although I enjoyed the movie mentioned about is this usually not the type of thing I enjoy reading, seeing, or writing about but again this will be an assignment that I will list in my growing list of topics. It might be interesting so write about a couple who steps through something that leaves them with magical powers of some kind. Will need to develop this later at some point in time.
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